U.S. History

Part V: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitution Ratified. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part I: The Economic Legacy of the American Revolution. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part V: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitution Ratified. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part II: The Western Lands and Foreign Policy. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part II: The Western Lands and Foreign Policy. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part III: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitutional Convention. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The repeated failure of prohibition may be just the catalyst that Austrian economics needs to gain traction with the American public.

It's a paradox: never before has a government in human history assumed unto itself the power to regulate the minutiae of daily life as much as this one.  At the same time the United States is overall the wealthiest society in the history of the world.

The conservative case against market freedom is based on the belief that if change disrupts the status quo in any way, or if companies impose cost reductions that result in a shifting of employment — or even some layoffs — then government should step in and take control.

Presented at Stanford University on July 8, 1990.