Mises Audio Books Podcast Reverse Order

  TAGS SocialismStrategy Political Theory Private Property Hans-Hermann HoppeNarrator: Paul StrikwerdaIn June 2004, Professor Hoppe visited the Mises Institute in Auburn to deliver an ambitious series of lectures titled Economy, Society, and History.This project brings together the core of Hoppe's lifetime of theoretical work in one vital and cohesive source. Here we find provocative themes developed by Hoppe in the 1980s and 90s, particularly in his essays found in A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism and The Economics and Ethics of Private Property. We also find his devastating critique of democracy, made famous in his seminal book Democracy—The God That Failed.This audiobook is narrated by Paul Strikwerda.Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS Cronyism and Corporatism U.S. History Patrick Newman History is a clash between the forces of liberty and the proponents of power. In Cronyism, Patrick Newman offers a compelling and important narrative on the early days of the American republic, and the rise of a Federal regime that conquers a nation conceived in liberty. Narrated by Scott R. PollackDownload audio file READ MORE

  TAGS World HistoryOther Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda. Download audio file READ MORE

  TAGS World HistoryOther Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda. Download audio file READ MORE

 TAGS Free Markets Monopoly and Competition Subjectivism Walter BlockThe true test of our commitment to personal liberty doesn't come when we permit others to engage in those peaceable, voluntary acts with which we agree. It comes when we permit others to engage in peaceable, voluntary acts we find offensive. Walter Block's Defending the Undefendable II contains thirty chapters defending behavior that is probably offensive to most Americans, and many that are downright illegal. This book features a foreword by Ron Paul. Narrated by Patrick Smith.Download audio file READ MORE

 TAGS  U.S. History History of the Austrian School of Economics Political Theory Murray N. Rothbard The fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty highlights the most important battle of the American project — one that continues to this day — the conflict between those who want to centralize power, and those who choose to stand to defend the American heritage of liberty. This book features a foreword by Judge Andrew Napolitano, a preface by Dr. Thomas E. Woods, and an introduction by Dr. Patrick Newman. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Author: Murray N. Rothbard Murray N. Rothbard made major contributions to economics, history, political philosophy, and legal theory. He combined Austrian economics with a fervent commitment to individual liberty.Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS  Calculation and Knowledge Interventionism Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe's first treatise in English — actually his first book in English — and the one that put him on the map as a social thinker and economist to watch. He argued that there are only two possible archetypes in economic affairs: socialism and capitalism. All systems are combinations of those two types. The capitalist model he defines as pure protection of private property, free association, and exchange — no exceptions. All deviations from that ideal are species of socialism, with public ownership and interference with trade.Narrated by Jim Vann.Download audio file READ MORE

TAGS War and Foreign Policy Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe takes on the most difficult subject in economic and political theory: the provision of security. He argues that the service is better provided by free markets than government, while addressing a hundred counter-arguments. Here we have an important updating of an argument rarely made even in the libertarian tradition. Narrated by Jim Vann.Download audio file READ MORE

 TAGS War and Foreign Policy Interventionism Monopoly and Competition Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe Need the state to provide national defense? Think again, and get ready for a wild intellectual ride. With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe represents an ambitious attempt to extend the idea of free enterprise to the provision of security services. Narrated by George Pickering. Download audio file READ MORE

 TAGS War and Foreign Policy Interventionism Monopoly and Competition Political Theory Hans-Hermann Hoppe Need the state to provide national defense? Think again, and get ready for a wild intellectual ride. With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe represents an ambitious attempt to extend the idea of free enterprise to the provision of security services. Narrated by George Pickering. Download audio file READ MORE

 TAGS  Decentralization and Secession, Free Markets, Private Property Titus Gebel Download audio file  READ MORE

TAGS  Big Government Free Markets Other Schools of Thought Zack Rofer There are many popular myths that are used to try to justify the existence of the state, and also many popular myths about libertarianism and the free market. Zack Rofer's work explodes both sets of myths, and is both a primer for those taking a first look at these topics, as well as a tool for libertarians looking to sharpen their advocacy. Narrated by Jim Vann. Download audio fileREAD MORE

 TAGS  Big Government Political Theory  Louis E. Carabini Advancing social ideas that do not demand obedience or compliance requires far more personal patience than simply forcing others to comply via the political ballot box. The widely held idea that dicta and force can serve a useful purpose will eventually fade into backward thinking in the so-called public sector as it has in the private sector. Time, nature, reason, and the human spirit will see to that. Irrespective of good intentions or the approval by consensus, nature's unrelenting feedback will gradually drive ruling political authorities to extinction.Narrated by Daniel Bennett.Download audio fileREAD MORE

TAGS  Biographies U.S. History War and Foreign Policy Political TheoryMurray N. RothbardAfter World War II, the "Old Right" was derailed by an interventionist group of anti-communist crusaders—and Libertarian ideas went by the wayside. Here, Murray Rothbard tells the sorry tale from the inside.Narrated by Ian Temple.Download audio fileREAD MORE

 TAGS  EducationMurray N. RothbardWhat is it about today's school system that so many find unsatisfactory? Why have generations of reformers failed to improve the educational system, and, indeed, caused it to degenerate further and further into an ever declining level of mediocrity?In this radical and scholarly monograph, Murray N. Rothbard identifies the crucial feature of our educational system that dooms it to fail: at every level, from financing to attendance, the system relies on compulsion instead of voluntary consent. In contrast, a market-based system of schools would adhere to a purely voluntary ethic, financed with private funds, and administered entirely by private enterprise.This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. It is narrated by Graham Wright.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Progressive Era Part 1TAGS  Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History12/20/2017 Murray N. RothbardRothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century. This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Progressive Era Part 2TAGS  Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History12/20/2017 Murray N. RothbardRothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century. This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright. Download audio file READ MORE

The Progressive Era Part 3TAGS  Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismU.S. History12/20/2017 Murray N. RothbardRothbard’s power-elite historical analysis shows how big business, big unions, and big government conspired to cartelize industries in order to further their own interests. Programs and agencies started in the Progressive Era have a destructive legacy that has carried on for a century. This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 1TAGS Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking12/11/2017 Ludwig von MisesMises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It made Mises's reputation across Europe and established him as the most important economist of his age.Narrated by Jim Vann. This audiobook is also available on Soundcloud and iTunes. The full text is available online here. Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Theory of Money & Credit Part 2TAGS Money and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking12/11/2017 Ludwig von MisesMises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It made Mises's reputation across Europe and established him as the most important economist of his age.Narrated by Jim Vann. This audiobook is also available on Soundcloud and iTunes. The full text is available online here.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 1TAGS  Austrian Economics Overview04/10/2018 Ludwig von MisesThe Mises Reader is intended to give a taste of the many facets of Mises’s thought in a way that accessibly communicates most of his key contributions to the social sciences. It therefore includes excerpts from his larger and more technically demanding works side-by-side with shorter, more introductory articles and lectures. The finished product is sort of an intelligent person’s guide to the work of Ludwig von Mises. It is especially suitable for those with an interest in Mises, but find jumping right into Human Action, Socialism, or The Theory of Money and Credit rather daunting. The hope is to give the reader a survey of Mises’s insights in a format that nourishes his intellectual soul, while also whetting the appetite for his larger corpus of work. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Mises Reader Unabridged Part 2TAGS  Austrian Economics Overview04/10/2018 Ludwig von MisesThe Mises Reader is intended to give a taste of the many facets of Mises’s thought in a way that accessibly communicates most of his key contributions to the social sciences. It therefore includes excerpts from his larger and more technically demanding works side-by-side with shorter, more introductory articles and lectures. The finished product is sort of an intelligent person’s guide to the work of Ludwig von Mises. It is especially suitable for those with an interest in Mises, but find jumping right into Human Action, Socialism, or The Theory of Money and Credit rather daunting. The hope is to give the reader a survey of Mises’s insights in a format that nourishes his intellectual soul, while also whetting the appetite for his larger corpus of work. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Case for GoldTAGS The FedMoney and BanksGold Standard01/04/2018 Ron PaulThe Case for Gold covers the history of gold in the United States, explains that its breakdown was caused by governments, and explains the merit of having sound money: prices reflect market realities, government stays in check, and the people retain their freedom. Narrated by Jim Vann.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Skyscraper CurseTAGS Booms and BustsThe FedU.S. Economy08/09/2018 Mark ThorntonMark Thornton's definitive work on booms and busts. His now-infamous Skyscraper Index theory draws the connection between loose monetary policy, artificially low interest rates, and vanity construction projects.This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Mises in AmericaTAGS BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics04/20/2018 William H. PetersonThe great essayist and economist pens a tribute to his colleague and teacher. Dr. Peterson knew Dr. Mises well. Both were professors at New York University. In this monograph, he describes his temperament and personality as well as his scholarly contributions — all in Peterson's legendary style. It is a fascinating portrait and moving tribute to a master.Narrated by Jim Vann. Text version is available here.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Science, Technology, and GovernmentTAGS Big Government Free Markets InterventionismMurray N. RothbardIn this brilliant monograph Rothbard deftly turns the tables on the supporters of big government and their mandate for control of research and development in all areas of the hard sciences.Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Download audio fileREAD MORE

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total WarTAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory08/03/2016 Ludwig von MisesOmnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology, which he terms etatism.This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Download audio file

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total WarTAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory08/03/2016 Ludwig von MisesOmnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology, which he terms etatism.This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Download audio file

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total WarTAGS War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPolitical Theory08/03/2016 Ludwig von MisesOmnipotent Government was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology, which he terms etatism.This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Download audio file

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 1TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr.Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, blows the top off a 70-year cover-up, reporting for the first time on long-suppressed interviews, documents, and corroborated evidence.Greaves provides comprehensive coverage of the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Roosevelt administration, the attack and the response on the ground, the investigations and cover-ups that began almost immediately and continue to this day.Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.Download audio file

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 2TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr.Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, blows the top off a 70-year cover-up, reporting for the first time on long-suppressed interviews, documents, and corroborated evidence.Greaves provides comprehensive coverage of the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Roosevelt administration, the attack and the response on the ground, the investigations and cover-ups that began almost immediately and continue to this day.Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.Download audio file

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy Part 3TAGS U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy12/30/2015Percy L. Greaves, Jr.Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy by Percy Greaves, Jr. (1906-1984), published for the first time in 2010, blows the top off a 70-year cover-up, reporting for the first time on long-suppressed interviews, documents, and corroborated evidence.Greaves provides comprehensive coverage of the history of U.S. and Japanese relations, the actions of the Roosevelt administration, the attack and the response on the ground, the investigations and cover-ups that began almost immediately and continue to this day.Narrated by Millian Quinteros. This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger.Download audio file

TAGS Big GovernmentWorld HistoryPolitical TheoryFrom Aristocracy to Monarchy to DemocracyFEBRUARY 17, 2015Hans-Hermann HoppeHoppers eye-opening monograph will revolutionize the way you view society and the state...Download audio fileREAD MORE

Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingU.S. EconomyRepudiating the National DebtJULY 19, 2012 Murray N. RothbardNarrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.Download audio fileREAD MORE

The Health Plan's Devilish PrinciplesBig GovernmentHealthInterventionismThe Health Plan's Devilish PrinciplesJULY 17, 2012 Murray N. RothbardNarrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Free MarketsSeeing the UnseenJULY 3, 2012 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Taxes and SpendingThe Truth About TaxesJULY 2, 2012 Murray N. RothbardThis 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 fileREAD MORE

Political TheoryThe Death of PoliticsMARCH 7, 2012 Karl HessOriginally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Booms and BustsMedia and CultureU.S. HistoryAustrian Economics OverviewDispelling Popular Great Depression MythsNOVEMBER 18, 2009 Gennady Stolyarov IIStolyarov reviews Robert P. Murphy’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (2009).Download audio fileREAD MORE

Free MarketsMedia and CultureInterventionismThe Candlemakers' PetitionNOVEMBER 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 fileREAD MORE

Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and MethodologyMethodological IndividualismOCTOBER 3, 2009 Joseph SchumpeterIncludes a summary by Frank van Dun. Preface by F.A. Hayek. Read by Josiah Schmidt.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Free MarketsAustrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryThat Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not SeenSEPTEMBER 1, 2009 Claude Frédéric BastiatFrom Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I . Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Money and BanksAustrian Economics OverviewMoney and BankingThe Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat InflationMAY 7, 2009Jörg Guido HülsmannChapter 13 in The Ethics of Money Production . From Part 2, "Inflation," pages 175-191. Narrated by Floy Lilley.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Legal SystemPolitical TheoryPrivate PropertyNot Yours to GiveMAY 7, 2009 David CrockettTaken from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader , compiled by Bettina Bien Greaves (pp. 227-231). Narrated by Floy Lilley.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Free MarketsAustrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryPrivate and Public ServicesAPRIL 30, 2009 Claude Frédéric BastiatFrom 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 fileREAD MORE

Free MarketsI, PencilAPRIL 1, 2009 Leonard E. ReadThe audio version of Leonard Read's classic essay. Narrated by Floy Lilley.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Monetary TheoryMoney and BankingAustrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of MoneyAUGUST 25, 2008 Gennady Stolyarov IIAustrian 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 fileREAD MORE

Austrian Economics OverviewHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsOther Schools of ThoughtThe Historical Setting of the Austrian School of EconomicsJUNE 27, 2008 Ludwig von MisesThis audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II.Download audio fileREAD MORE

Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryMiddle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to SocialismJUNE 27, 2008 Ludwig von MisesThis 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 fileREAD MORE

Legal SystemPrivate PropertyA Libertarian Critique of Intellectual PropertyJUNE 11, 2014 Butler ShafferIn 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 fileREAD MORE

TAGS Booms and BustsBusiness CyclesInterventionismEconomic Depressions: Their Cause and CureJUNE 27, 2012Murray N. RothbardMurray Rothbard was the master of reducing complicated theories to their very essence while retaining theoretical rigor, and this essay is a case in point. It was originally written in 1969 and published in the form of a tiny book that achieved a huge circulation. Its continued relevance speaks to an aspect of the Austrian theory that other theories can't boast. It is a real theory that applies across time and place, and its persuasive power is not contingent on the particulars of any individual boom bust cycle.Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin McLeod.Download audio fileREAD MORE