https://mises.org/ en Wed, 08 Jul 26 11:00:00 -0500 https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/foreign-investments-and-spirit-capitalism How the Industrial Revolution and foreign investment made some nations rich while others stayed poor, closing with Mises’s defense of capitalism. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:33:23 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/foreign-investments-and-spirit-capitalism https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/profit-and-loss-private-property-and-achievements-capitalism The crucial difference between physical “capital goods” and “capital” as an accounting concept, and how profit and loss, private property, and economic calculation steer production toward what consumers actually want. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:22:21 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/profit-and-loss-private-property-and-achievements-capitalism https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/money-interest-and-business-cycle The two great confusions about money and interest, from Aristotle’s “money cannot beget money” to modern credit expansion, and how monetary manipulation by banks and governments produces inflation and the business cycle. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:55:29 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/money-interest-and-business-cycle https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/making-modern-civilization-savings-investment-and-economic-calculation The first economics lecture: how saving, capital goods, and investment build modern prosperity—illustrated by the fisherman who forgoes today’s catch to make nets—and why capital must be guided by economic calculation. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:20:21 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/making-modern-civilization-savings-investment-and-economic-calculation https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/marxism-and-manipulation-man Why Marxism spread so widely while going long unchallenged, how its slogans slipped into everyday speech, and the Marxian urge to “organize” society by treating individuals as raw material to be arranged. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:08:21 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/marxism-and-manipulation-man https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/nationalism-socialism-and-violent-revolution How Marxism claims that truth itself is attainable only in a classless society, and how the cult of “action” and violence—by way of Georges Sorel and French syndicalism—fed into Leninism, fascism, and Nazi racial doctrine. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:54:15 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/nationalism-socialism-and-violent-revolution https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/individualism-and-industrial-revolution The liberal ideal of the individual and rational, welfare-serving law, and a defense of the Industrial Revolution against the myth that early capitalism degraded the common man. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:29:06 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/individualism-and-industrial-revolution https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/class-conflict-and-revolutionary-socialism Marx’s doctrine of class and class conflict: the claim that class interests determine how people think and set the classes in irreconcilable conflict—with Mises noting that Marx never actually defined what a class is. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:19:06 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/class-conflict-and-revolutionary-socialism https://mises.org/mises-wire/fireworks-regime-what-july-4th-actually-celebrates Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Michael Matulef https://mises.org/mises-wire/fireworks-regime-what-july-4th-actually-celebrates https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/mind-materialism-and-fate-man Mises opens the philosophical half of the course by arguing that Marx’s materialism—the claim that a person’s economic class shapes his very ideas and logic—dominates modern thought, and he begins to dismantle it. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:59:52 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/mind-materialism-and-fate-man https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/introduction-marxism-unmasked Richard M. Ebeling recalls the world of 1952, when socialism seemed ascendant everywhere, summarizes Marx’s system of historical materialism and class struggle, and introduces Mises as one of its most formidable critics. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:52:10 CDT Richard M. Ebeling https://mises.org/podcasts/marxism-unmasked-delusion-destruction/introduction-marxism-unmasked https://mises.org/mises-wire/cronyism-and-regulatory-capture As AI becomes a more important and visible part of our lives, the movement to regulate it also grows. The standard regulation narratives—that government regulates things in the name of the public interest—clearly do not fit the facts. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Henry Lever https://mises.org/mises-wire/cronyism-and-regulatory-capture https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/appendix-2-term-liberalism Mises defends his use of the word: true liberalism is defined by private ownership of the means of production, and he explains why he keeps the name despite its distorted modern usage. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:06:50 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/appendix-2-term-liberalism https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/appendix-1-literature-liberalism Mises's guided reading list of the essential works of liberal thought, from Hume, Smith, and Bentham onward, for readers who want to study the tradition in depth. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:59:45 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/appendix-1-literature-liberalism https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-5-future-liberalism Mises argues that modern civilization rests on liberalism and capitalism, and can be destroyed only from within—by the spread of antiliberal ideas, not by any outside enemy. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:55:29 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-5-future-liberalism https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-4-liberalism-and-political-parties Why liberalism differs from interest-based parties, the crisis of parliamentary government, and the misleading charge that liberalism is merely the “party of capital.” Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:40:16 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-4-liberalism-and-political-parties https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-3-liberal-foreign-policy Liberalism applied to world affairs: national self-determination, free trade and freedom of movement as the foundations of peace, and critiques of nationalism, imperialism, and colonialism. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:32:22 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-3-liberal-foreign-policy https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-2-liberal-economic-policy The economic case for private property and the free market, including the impracticability of socialism, the failures of interventionism, and the problems of cartels, monopoly, and bureaucracy. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:20:13 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-2-liberal-economic-policy https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-1-foundations-liberal-policy The first principles of liberal politics—private property, freedom, peace, and equality before the law—with a critique of the doctrine of force, fascism, and the proper limits of government. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:17:06 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/chapter-1-foundations-liberal-policy https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/introduction Mises defines liberalism as a program for material welfare grounded in reason, ties it to capitalism, and examines the psychological roots of antiliberal resentment. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:17:06 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/introduction https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/preface-english-language-edition Ludwig von Mises’s preface to the English edition: what classical liberalism is, why its program rests on private property, and how “liberal” came to mean nearly its opposite in America. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:16:08 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/preface-english-language-edition https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/foreword-liberalism Tom Woods frames Ludwig von Mises's book around a single question—when the state may legitimately initiate force—and the classical liberal’s insistence on a very high threshold for it. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:15:02 CDT Thomas E. Woods, Jr. https://mises.org/podcasts/liberalism-classical-tradition/foreword-liberalism https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-system "The main aim of American foreign policy is to impose the will of our ruling elite on the rest of the world." Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 CDT Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. https://mises.org/mises-wire/war-system https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-essays/economics-and-ethics-interest-rates Aristotle called interest unnatural. Aquinas called it unjust. For centuries, the Church banned it. Guido Hülsmann argues they were wrong about the free market—but accidentally right about the fiat system. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:20:03 CDT Jörg Guido Hülsmann https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-essays/economics-and-ethics-interest-rates https://mises.org/mises-wire/country-having-its-socialist-moment Democratic socialist candidates are becoming a serious political challenge in Democratic Party primaries. Have Americans suddenly become convinced by the arguments in favor of command economies, or is there something deeper going on? Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/country-having-its-socialist-moment https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries Contrary to a common—and incorrect—critique of Rothbard, he was not a fanciful purist who refused to support any political movement that failed to be perfectly libertarian in every way. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:19:16 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/greenspans-legacy-did-fed-cause-housing-bubble In the wake of Alan Greenspan's recent passing, Bob revisits two contested claims about his legacy: did the Fed under Greenspan fuel the housing bubble, and did that bubble cause the 2008 financial crisis? Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT Robert P. Murphy https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/greenspans-legacy-did-fed-cause-housing-bubble https://mises.org/notes-margin/false-choice-culture-vs-economics Jeffrey Degner writes that we cannot fix families through state intervention. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:40:00 CDT Jeffery L. Degner https://mises.org/notes-margin/false-choice-culture-vs-economics https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries Contrary to a common—and incorrect—critique of Rothbard, he was not a fanciful purist who refused to support any political movement that failed to be perfectly libertarian in every way. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-rothbard-sided-american-revolutionaries https://mises.org/power-market/lets-leave-strait-hormuz-alone Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/lets-leave-strait-hormuz-alone https://mises.org/mises-wire/israel-kirzner-and-entrepreneurial-market-process While Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard are better known in circles of Austrian economics, Israel Kirzner also made many contributions in the area of entrepreneurship. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Joseph Solis-Mullen https://mises.org/mises-wire/israel-kirzner-and-entrepreneurial-market-process https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957 Most readers are familiar with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They are less familiar with the 1957 Civil Rights Act. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:20:54 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957 https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/dont-confuse-declaration-independence-constitution Some people seem to think the Constitution of 1787 is pretty much the same thing as the Declaration of Independence. They're wrong. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:37:02 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/dont-confuse-declaration-independence-constitution https://mises.org/power-market/rothbards-conceived-liberty-free-one-volume-or-five Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/rothbards-conceived-liberty-free-one-volume-or-five https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration In celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember names like Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately, the man probably most responsible for push this nation to independence, Thomas Paine, is mostly forgotten. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:43:55 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration https://mises.org/power-market/when-politicians-say-bye-taxpayers Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson recently dismissed concerns about wealthy residents leaving Washington over higher taxes with a simple “bye.” Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:00:00 CDT Tom Wilson https://mises.org/power-market/when-politicians-say-bye-taxpayers https://mises.org/power-market/iran-war-alis-rope-dope-and-1415-battle-agincourt Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:00:00 CDT Patrick Barron https://mises.org/power-market/iran-war-alis-rope-dope-and-1415-battle-agincourt https://mises.org/mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957 Most readers are familiar with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They are less familiar with the 1957 Civil Rights Act. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/consolidating-federal-power-under-civil-rights-act-1957 https://mises.org/power-market/anti-federalists-americas-unsung-heroes-predicted-evil-empire-imperial-presidency "To deny that the Anti-Federalists were right is to deny reality." Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Ilana Mercer https://mises.org/power-market/anti-federalists-americas-unsung-heroes-predicted-evil-empire-imperial-presidency https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-increases-money-supply-cant-create-economic-growth Many economists believe that expanding the money supply helps create and facilitate economic growth. That is not the case. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-increases-money-supply-cant-create-economic-growth https://mises.org/power-market/venezuelas-government-has-made-earthquake-even-more-tragic Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:00 CDT Alejandro A. Tagliavini https://mises.org/power-market/venezuelas-government-has-made-earthquake-even-more-tragic https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration In celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we remember names like Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately, the man probably most responsible for push this nation to independence, Thomas Paine, is mostly forgotten. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-paine-no-declaration https://mises.org/notes-margin/keiko-fujimori-center-right-populist-elected-president-peru She is another right-leaning president, following Colombia's new president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, elected last month. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/keiko-fujimori-center-right-populist-elected-president-peru https://mises.org/power-market/kudzu-another-gift-america-usda Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/power-market/kudzu-another-gift-america-usda https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/vine-ate-south-government-solutions-vs-market-solutions The government paid Southern farmers to plant kudzu—millions of acres of it—to fix a Dust Bowl the government's own policies helped create. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/vine-ate-south-government-solutions-vs-market-solutions https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad The US “celebrates” its 250th birthday today, but not everyone is celebrating. We bring back a classic from 10 years ago that is even more relevant today. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:03:00 CDT Shawn Ritenour https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad The US “celebrates” its 250th birthday today, but not everyone is celebrating. We bring back a classic from 10 years ago that is even more relevant today. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Shawn Ritenour https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-fourth-july-why-am-i-sad https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/americas-libertarian-revolution https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/what-independence-day-really-means In this episode of the Radio Rothbard, we look at Murray Rothbard's monumental history of the American Revolution, Conceived in Liberty. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:40:03 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/what-independence-day-really-means https://mises.org/power-market/rationality-psychology-and-capitalism Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT Arkadiusz Sieroń https://mises.org/power-market/rationality-psychology-and-capitalism https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more Jean-Luc Mélenchon—the leader of the French far-left party “La France Insoumise”—says it's no problem that the French government's debt now tops more than 100% of GDP. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:25:06 CDT Mihai Macovei https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more https://mises.org/power-market/map-and-bubble-review-alan-greenspans-map-and-territory Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Alex J. Pollock https://mises.org/power-market/map-and-bubble-review-alan-greenspans-map-and-territory https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-leaders-lie-truth-about-lying-international-politics Lying seems to come naturally to political elites. Dr. Mark Thornton examines John J. Mearsheimer’s book, Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics to find out why elites lie so much. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-leaders-lie-truth-about-lying-international-politics https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence Many largely accept Jefferson’s statements about rights, liberty, consent, criminality, and the role of government, however, many come short of adopting Jefferson’s radical libertarian political convictions. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:55:10 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence https://mises.org/power-market/now-accepting-applications-2026-ron-paul-scholars-seminar Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/power-market/now-accepting-applications-2026-ron-paul-scholars-seminar https://mises.org/podcasts/loot-and-lobby/birthright-citizenship-and-supreme-court Automatic citizenship for the children of foreign nationals on US soil will only further politicize immigration and increase calls for more limits on migrants in the US. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:51:19 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/loot-and-lobby/birthright-citizenship-and-supreme-court https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar The dangers posed by a paper fiat currency were well-known even in the early days of the U.S. republic. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:23:12 CDT Stuart Englert https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar https://mises.org/power-market/moniker-millionaire-billionaire-and-trillionaire-are-just-reflection-inflation Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Douglas E. French https://mises.org/power-market/moniker-millionaire-billionaire-and-trillionaire-are-just-reflection-inflation https://mises.org/notes-margin/foreign-interventionism-anti-american The original opponents of American intervention abroad — the anti-imperialist movement of the late 19th century — were in fact the true inheritors of the republic and its first principles. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Brandan P. Buck https://mises.org/notes-margin/foreign-interventionism-anti-american https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/rise-and-fall-rational-control-mansfields-effectual-truth In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Harvey Mansfield's The Rise and Fall of Rational Control and finds that the author could benefit from some rational thinking himself. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/rise-and-fall-rational-control-mansfields-effectual-truth https://mises.org/mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence Many largely accept Jefferson’s statements about rights, liberty, consent, criminality, and the role of government, however, many come short of adopting Jefferson’s radical libertarian political convictions. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/tracing-jeffersons-libertarian-thought-declaration-independence https://mises.org/notes-margin/japan-government-says-it-may-still-intervene-support-yen The yen's "prolonged weakness has become a growing headache inflating the cost of imported raw materials and worsening the squeeze on households..." Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/japan-government-says-it-may-still-intervene-support-yen https://mises.org/power-market/corruption-within-and-without Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT Bryce McBride https://mises.org/power-market/corruption-within-and-without https://mises.org/notes-margin/fed-chief-kevin-warsh-declines-hint-july-rate-decision-says-inflation-too-high He's forced to admit the obvious. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/fed-chief-kevin-warsh-declines-hint-july-rate-decision-says-inflation-too-high https://mises.org/mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more Jean-Luc Mélenchon—the leader of the French far-left party “La France Insoumise”—says it's no problem that the French government’s debt now tops more than 100 percent of GDP. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT Mihai Macovei https://mises.org/mises-wire/french-far-left-downplays-government-debt-order-spend-even-more https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/slavery-was-propped-government-misesian-analysis Bob walks through what Ludwig von Mises wrote about slavery in Human Action, arguing that the institution was not — as the 1619 Project claims — the foundation of American capitalism. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT Robert P. Murphy https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/slavery-was-propped-government-misesian-analysis https://mises.org/mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar The dangers posed by a paper fiat currency were well-known even in the early days of the U.S. republic. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Stuart Englert https://mises.org/mises-wire/patriotism-shouldnt-apply-debauched-dollar https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned As technology and AI grow more sophisticated, people commonly believe that they also are eliminating uncertainty. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:32:33 CDT Luc Lelièvre https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty The modern state has become not only the guardian of political order but also the architect of cultural identity. We must separate culture from the state. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:55:07 CDT Farzin Rahimi Zonouz https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty The modern state has become not only the guardian of political order but also the architect of cultural identity. We must separate culture from the state. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Farzin Rahimi Zonouz https://mises.org/mises-wire/culture-state-and-problem-liberty https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating Despite the eternal promises of members of Congress, government office space is rapidly deteriorating. Unfortunately, Congress has no plans to deal with the problem. All of this is easily explained by Austrian economics. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:26:57 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating https://mises.org/articles-interest/economics-and-ethics-interest-rates Let's look at the nature and the different causes of the interest rate, from the point of view of economics, and with a concise moral analysis of incomes from money loans. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:05:00 CDT Jörg Guido Hülsmann https://mises.org/articles-interest/economics-and-ethics-interest-rates https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating Despite the eternal promises of members of Congress, government office space is rapidly deteriorating. Unfortunately, Congress has no plans to deal with the problem. All of this is easily explained by Austrian economics. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-surprise-government-capital-stock-deteriorating https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration This decision—as with birthright citizenship in general—will increase political conflict over the presence of foreign nationals—both legal and illegal—within the United States. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:59:57 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration https://mises.org/mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration This decision—as with birthright citizenship in general—will increase political conflict over the presence of foreign nationals—both legal and illegal—within the United States. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/birthright-citizenship-ruling-will-create-more-conflict-over-immigration https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/backwards-history-money Money did originate from the state, no matter how many times contemporary monetary theorists might claim otherwise. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:35:02 CDT Matt Taylor https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/backwards-history-money https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fed With its new ruling in Trump v. Cook, the Supreme Court demonstrates it does not understand central banking or the Fed. Clarence Thomas, however, saw through the Fed's lies. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:54:24 CDT Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fed https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned As technology and AI grow more sophisticated, people commonly believe that they also are eliminating uncertainty. Nothing could be further from the truth. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Luc Lelièvre https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-history-refuses-stay-planned https://mises.org/mises-wire/backwards-history-money Money didn't originate from the state, no matter how many times contemporary monetary theorists might claim otherwise. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Matt Taylor https://mises.org/mises-wire/backwards-history-money https://mises.org/mises-wire/get-your-free-july-rothbard-giveaway-origins-federal-reserve To celebrate the Year of Rothbard, we’re giving away some of his most radicalizing and influential books. Get your copy of our July offering, The Origins of the Federal Reserve, before July 31. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/mises-wire/get-your-free-july-rothbard-giveaway-origins-federal-reserve https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-reasons-why-oil-consumers-need-be-gouged In making threats against oil companies for "price gouging," President Trump shows he knows no more about prices than he does about the real effects of tariffs. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Vincent Cook https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-reasons-why-oil-consumers-need-be-gouged https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/libertarian-critique-birthright-citizenship It is important to change our political culture, which treats "democracy," or the "right" to vote, as the supreme political good. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:21:38 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/libertarian-critique-birthright-citizenship https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/bitcoin-not-freedom-delusion-digital-escape While Bitcoin in its early days promised freedom from the tyranny of fiat currency, those days are gone. Instead, Bitcoin owners are now satisfied if its value goes up against the dollar. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:01:57 CDT Hamoon Soleimani https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/bitcoin-not-freedom-delusion-digital-escape https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-bernie-sanderss-ai-bill-fascistic-and-dangerous Comparing Sanders to fascism may seem unusual, but it should not be forgotten that the main leaders of Italian fascism, including Mussolini, were initially socialists before they became fascists. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:27:12 CDT Amirhossein Eshtiaghi https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-bernie-sanderss-ai-bill-fascistic-and-dangerous https://mises.org/podcasts/why-healthcare-system-broken-mises-circle-new-hampshire The 2026 Mises Circle in New Hampshire. America's healthcare system has been strangled by federal bureaucracy, regulation, and control, enriching powerful insurance companies at the expense of doctors and patients alike. Speakers diagnose the disease and prescribe a cure you'll never hear in Washington. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/podcasts/why-healthcare-system-broken-mises-circle-new-hampshire https://mises.org/mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fed With its new ruling in Trump v. Cook, the Supreme Court demonstrates it does not understand central banking or the Fed. Clarence Thomas, however, saw through the Fed’s lies. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/mises-wire/supreme-court-and-supreme-fed https://mises.org/power-market/fiat-money-maestro Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/fiat-money-maestro https://mises.org/mises-wire/bitcoin-not-freedom-delusion-digital-escape While Bitcoin in its early days promised freedom from the tyranny of fiat currency, those days are gone. Instead, Bitcoin owners are now satisfied if its value goes up against the dollar. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Hamoon Soleimani https://mises.org/mises-wire/bitcoin-not-freedom-delusion-digital-escape https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/calhouns-answer-abolition-petitions What role does the Constitution play when one state has a different understanding of “American values” than another? Unfortunately, the responses have been inconsistent, depending upon which “values” one wishes to promote. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:26:01 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/calhouns-answer-abolition-petitions https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/2008-coming-reset-larry-lepards-case-sound-money Bob sits down with fund manager and author Larry Lepard to discuss his book The Big Print, which argues that the core problem with modern America is not corporate greed or partisan politics, but a monetary system deliberately structured to benefit those closest to the Fed. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:20:00 CDT Robert P. Murphy, Lawrence Lepard https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/2008-coming-reset-larry-lepards-case-sound-money https://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-answer-abolition-petitions What role does the Constitution play when one state has a different understanding of “American values” than another? Unfortunately, the responses have been inconsistent, depending upon which “values” one wishes to promote. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/calhouns-answer-abolition-petitions https://mises.org/podcasts/speaking-liberty/what-causes-business-cycle Economics’ greatest unsolved mystery, finally explained. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:44:02 CDT Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. https://mises.org/podcasts/speaking-liberty/what-causes-business-cycle https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/state-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe Mainstream economists claim that understanding and observing reality is not really “doing economics.” Instead, they believe that all we need are abstract theories that predict events well. But over time, financial markets must bend to the real world. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:25:13 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/state-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe Mainstream economists claim that understanding and observing reality is not really “doing economics.” Instead, they believe that all we need are abstract theories that predict events well. But over time, financial markets must bend to the real world. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-financial-markets-tells-us-what-investors-really-believe https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quo On this July 4, Americans will celebrate 250 years of independence. However, what are people really celebrating, freedom or a militaristic regime? Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:56:55 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quo https://mises.org/mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quo On this July 4, Americans will celebrate 250 years of independence. However, what are people really celebrating, freedom or a militaristic regime? Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/july-4-will-you-be-celebrating-founders-or-status-quo https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/politics-power-elites-inflation-and-austrian-answer Mark Thornton argues modern politics is a power struggle run by elites—and that Austrian economics explains both the rigged system and the way out. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:00:05 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/politics-power-elites-inflation-and-austrian-answer https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-taxation-fueled-quiet-envy Forget equity and fairness and reducing so-called wealth gaps. The current “tax-the-rich” movement is driven by an unspoken pathology: envy. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Angelo Monaco https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-taxation-fueled-quiet-envy https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-bernie-sanderss-ai-bill-fascistic-and-dangerous Comparing Sanders to fascism may seem unusual, but it should not be forgotten that the main leaders of Italian fascism, including Mussolini, were initially socialists before they became fascists. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Amirhossein Eshtiaghi https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-bernie-sanderss-ai-bill-fascistic-and-dangerous