Show overview
Audio Essays has been publishing since 2008, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 17 episodes. Releases follow an irregular cadence.
None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 12.3 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2009, with 8 episodes published. Published by Mises Institute.
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Narrated version of important essays.
Latest Episodes
A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property
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).
Repudiating the National Debt
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
The Health Plan's Devilish Principles
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Seeing the Unseen
Narrated by Harold Fritsche. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
The Truth About Taxes
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.
The Death of Politics
Originally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths
Stolyarov reviews Robert P. Murphy’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (2009).
The Candlemakers' Petition
"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.
Methodological Individualism
Includes a summary by Frank van Dun. Preface by F.A. Hayek. Read by Josiah Schmidt.
That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen
From Chapter I of The Bastiat Collection: Volume I. Pages 1-48 in the text. Read by Josiah Schmidt.
The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation
Chapter 13 in The Ethics of Money Production. From Part 2, "Inflation," pages 175-191. Narrated by Floy Lilley.
Not Yours to Give
Taken from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader, compiled by Bettina Bien Greaves (pp. 227-231). Narrated by Floy Lilley.
Private and Public Services
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.
I, Pencil
The audio version of Leonard Read's classic essay. Narrated by Floy Lilley.
Austrian School Arguments on the Free-Market Origin of Money
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.
The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics
This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II.
Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism
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.