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The European Miracle was one in which humans achieved sustained growth for the first time on earth. Why Europe? Because of European decentralization and private enterprise. Property rights were well-defined and well-defended. Feudalism was of the contract variety. City states and chartered towns arose. The freedoms that people fought for were

People learn their political views through what they believe about history. Memorials function to push certain interpretations, e.g. about the War Between the States and the greatness of rulers like Lincoln and FDR. During the early 19 th century Benjamin Constant was a great Swiss-French political activist and historian, but he was never as

The role of the intellectual is a perennial question. Why do they act the way they do? Why are they hostile to the free market? Is the state really virtuous and the market really vicious? Mises thought the anti-capitalist mentality was rooted in envy. He also thought our entire culture was soaked in contempt for money-making. Intellectuals were so

Recorded at Mises University 2001.

Recorded at Mises University 2001.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. [43:26]

Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit:  Prosperty, War, and Depression . Ralph Raico discusses how from Jefferson to Madison, and on to Bastiat, Molinari, and Spencer, the “classical” liberals routinely denounced war as the enemy of freedom, prudence, and natural rights. Instead, militarism and imperialism have long been the domain of the enemies

Recorded at Mises University 2005

Recorded at Mises University 2005.