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Voters are faced with bundled choices, they vote infrequently, no individual’s vote will affect the election, voters have little incentive to be highly informed about the candidates’ policy positions, and the winning candidate is not obliged to deliver on his promises. Candidates who understand these simple facts will have an advantage over

Session on Economics Policy. Recorded March 11, 2011, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [18:03]

You will not affect the election, but you might die in a car crash trying, writes Mark Brandly. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Mark Brandly, professor of economics at Ferris State University, and discusses the politics and economics of oil. [18:23]

Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_22 . Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 15 July 2020.

Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU20_PPT_31 . Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 17 July 2020.

There are many reasons we should be skeptical of the GDP statistic. But it is nonetheless important to understand how it is calculated. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article: “ Calculating GDP Correctly​

The passage of an income tax in the early twentieth century was an enormous shift toward a far more centralized and powerful US state. Original Article:   “The Income Tax: Lessons from the Sixteenth Amendment”

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 16 July 2019.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 18 July 2019.