Mises Audio Books Podcast

Austrian Economics Overview Political Theory Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism JUNE 27, 2008  Ludwig von Mises This address was originally delivered before the University Club of New York on April 18, 1950. This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio file READ MORE

Austrian Economics Overview History of the Austrian School of Economics Other Schools of Thought The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics JUNE 27, 2008  Ludwig von Mises This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio file READ MORE

Monetary Theory Money and Banking Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money AUGUST 25, 2008  Gennady Stolyarov II Austrian Economics offers an elegant, logical, and thoroughly causal explanation of how money came to be, again demonstrating the power of the free market to spontaneously organize human activity in meaningful and universally beneficial ways. Download audio file READ MORE

Free Markets I, Pencil APRIL 1, 2009  Leonard E. Read The audio version of Leonard Read's classic essay. Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

Free Markets Austrian Economics Overview Political Theory Private and Public Services APRIL 30, 2009  Claude Frédéric Bastiat From Chapter IX of The Bastiat Collection: Volume II : "Harmonies of Political Economy (Book Two)". Pages 481-505 in the text. Narrated by Brannon King. Download audio file READ MORE

Legal System Political Theory Private Property Not Yours to Give MAY 7, 2009  David Crockett Taken from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader , compiled by Bettina Bien Greaves (pp. 227-231). Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

Money and Banks Austrian Economics Overview Money and Banking The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation MAY 7, 2009 Jörg Guido Hülsmann Chapter 13 in The Ethics of Money Production . From Part 2, "Inflation," pages 175-191. Narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

Free Markets Austrian Economics Overview Political Theory That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen SEPTEMBER 1, 2009  Claude Frédéric Bastiat From Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I . Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt. Download audio file READ MORE

Austrian Economics Overview Philosophy and Methodology Methodological Individualism OCTOBER 3, 2009  Joseph Schumpeter Includes a summary by Frank van Dun. Preface by F.A. Hayek. Read by Josiah Schmidt. Download audio file READ MORE

Free Markets Media and Culture Interventionism The Candlemakers' Petition NOVEMBER 10, 2009  Claude Frédéric Bastiat "The Candlemakers' Petition" is a well known satire of protectionism written and published in 1845, as part of Bastiat's Economic Sophisms . This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II. Download audio file READ MORE

Booms and Busts Media and Culture U.S. History Austrian Economics Overview Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths NOVEMBER 18, 2009  Gennady Stolyarov II Stolyarov reviews Robert P. Murphy’s  The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal  (2009). Download audio file READ MORE

Political Theory The Death of Politics MARCH 7, 2012  Karl Hess Originally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

Taxes and Spending The Truth About Taxes JULY 2, 2012  Murray N. Rothbard This essay originally appeared in the  Review of Austrian Economics  7, No. 2 (1994), pp. 75–90, as "The Consumption Tax: A Critique".  Narrated by Harold  Fritsche .  Music by Kevin  MacLeod . Download audio file READ MORE

Free Markets Seeing the Unseen JULY 3, 2012  Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

Big Government Health Interventionism The Health Plan's Devilish Principles JULY 17, 2012  Murray N. Rothbard Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

Big Government Taxes and Spending U.S. Economy Repudiating the National Debt JULY 19, 2012  Murray N. Rothbard Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Download audio file READ MORE

Legal System Private Property A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property JUNE 11, 2014  Butler Shaffer In this monograph, Butler Shaffer addresses an important question that has aroused much interest among libertarians: What is the status of intellectual property? Are patents and copyrights legitimate? This is a major contribution to libertarian legal theory and an indispensable guide to a vital topic. Narrated by Clay Barnett. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).   Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS   Free Markets Austrian Economics Overview Speaking of Liberty MARCH 28, 2006  Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. From Speaking of Liberty, as narrated by the author, pp. 9-11. Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS   Political Theory The Politics of Obedience OCTOBER 13, 2008  Etienne de la Boetie From The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie. Pages 39-47 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS   Political Theory Our Enemy, The State JANUARY 26, 2010  Albert Jay Nock From Our Enemy, The State . Narrated by Jock Coats. Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS   Big Government Austrian Economics Overview Political Theory Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government JANUARY 31, 2014  Thomas J. DiLorenzo Introduction to Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government . Narrated by Harold L. Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS   Legal System Political Theory No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority AUGUST 12, 2010  Lysander Spooner Narrated by Matt Pritchard. Download audio file READ MORE