Audio Mises Daily

The European Central Bank is deeply concerned about deflation, and deflation paranoia is a convenient way to justify propping up southern Europe, writes Frank Hollenbeck.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Joe Kohlhaas.

Recent research has shown that the United States government functions to benefit wealthy interests while ignoring the average citizen, writes Ryan McMaken. This audio version of the Mises Daily is narrated by Clay Barnett.

Mark Thornton presents the case for selling beer at college football games.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Clay Barnett.

The Big Pharma–FDA nexus is just one giant conflict of interest against the general public, writes Mark Thornton.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

The fact that men are born unequal in regard to physical and mental capacities cannot be argued away, writes Ludwig von Mises.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Spooner's anarchism was, like his abolitionism, another valuable part of his pietist legacy. For, here again, his pietistic concern for universal principles brought him to a consistent and courageous application of libertarian principles, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

In this article, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. touches on Ron Paul's political career.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Watermelon: "green" on the outside, red on the inside. Rio Earth Summit: "Watermelons of the World Unite!"This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Hitler is the modern archetype of political evil, but many who condemn him still embrace his policies, writes Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Tim Jackson, a professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey, suggests that greater productivity may have reached its "natural limits", writes David Gordon.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal "cradle-to-grave" healthcare, writes Yuri N. Maltsev.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

The market economy as a field of liberty, spontaneity, and free coordination cannot thrive in a social system that is the very opposite, writes Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Fascism cartelizes the private sector and denies fundamental rights and liberties to individuals. This describes mainstream politics, writes Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Libertarians must form and maintain organizations not only to promote their broad principles but to promote these principles in special fields, writes Henry Hazlitt (1894–1993).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Today's worldwide fiat-money regime has effects that extend beyond what most people would imagine, writes Thorsten Polleit.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Harold Fritsche.

Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

You always remember books that change your mind, because these books are so few and far between, writes Doug French.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

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Education will only be reformed once parents and entrepreneurs are free to create real alternatives to broken systems, writes Aaron Smith.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker

The Malthusian fallacy created the common view that economics is cold, hardhearted, excessively rational, and opposed to the welfare of people, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

"Desertion" sounds ominous, but it merely describes the right to quit, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

No one wants a needle park in his or her neighborhood, but that is exactly what prohibition brings. Prohibition also brings increased violence and property crime. Legalization would bring commercially produced products that are reasonably priced, writes Mark Thornton.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

If Congress passed legislation that systematically reduced the debt ceiling over time, the economy could be rebuilt on a solid foundation. Entrepreneurs in the productive sectors would realize that an ever-increasing proportion of resources (land, labor, and capital) would be at their disposal, writes Mark Thornton.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

It is simply impossible for one immersed in the political game to think normally. If we accept as normal the thought processes of those who make a living in the marketplace, then the tergiversations of the political mind must be considered abnormal or "crooked", writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

The NYT is angry because the courts did not stick it to another American business, writes William L. Anderson.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

There is a revolution afoot, one that is happening much more quickly than the Industrial Revolution. We are living in the middle of it, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

The ability to find cities to host their events lies largely on the ability to minimize drug-related problems, writes Jonathan M. Finegold Catalan.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Joel Sams.

Something happened in Buffalo, New York, that contradicts the propaganda of those who support "gun control", writes James Ostrowski.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

The grave robber joins the bootlegger, the gunrunner, the drug dealer, and the ivory poacher as another phony criminal created by laws that shouldn't exist, writes Adam Young.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

Bruce Ivins had the skill, the opportunity, and the motives to single-handedly produce the crisis that the state needed, writes Floy Lilley.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

Why the sudden pressure against drug prohibition? It is a burden on taxpayers. It is a burden on government budgets. It is a burden on the criminal-justice system. It is a burden on the healthcare system. The economic crisis has intensified the pain from all these burdens, writes Mark Thornton.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

Disputants would be far better off if they could choose among competing arbitration agencies and thereby reap the benefits of competition and specialization, writes Morris and Linda Tannehill.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Holly Hinton and Joel Sams.

The person of intelligence tends to "see things as they are," never permits his view of them to be directed by convention, by the hope of advantage, or by an irrational and arbitrary authoritarianism. His consciousness is uncontrolled by prejudice, prepossession, or formula, writes Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Joel Sams.

This great company keeps reinventing itself to serve the public: real people, not abstractions, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Every time we object to a thing being done by government, they conclude that we object to its being done at all, writes Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Joel Sams.

The Old Right of the postwar period had a rugged and near-libertarian honesty in domestic affairs as well, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

The abolitionist would blister his thumb pushing a button that would abolish the state immediately, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Milk in its natural state — raw milk — is consumed by very few Americans, because it is illegal in many states and thoroughly discouraged by federal health organizations, regulators, and the Big Dairy lobby. Its dangers are minimal, and those are due to its prohibition, writes Mark Thornton.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

We should thank our lucky stars for air conditioning — and hope that that government won't destroy it, writes Mark Thornton.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

Roosevelt began negotiations to welcome the model killer state of the century into the community of nations, writes Ralph Raico.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Nathaniel Foote.

Advertising must be defended by those who believe in freedom of speech — for that is all advertising is, writes Walter Block.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

The way to become an expert is as follows: don't challenge the prevailing orthodoxy of the institution; learn the history, underlying principles, and the inner workings of the institution; regurgitate the orthodoxy as you've been taught; celebrate the march of the state, writes Andrew Foy.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

A man would die of hunger who, having decided that money is real wealth, should carry out the idea to the end, writes Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Holly Hinton and Joel Sams.

In Austria, hardly any other economist has achieved the same kind of fame as Böhm-Bawerk, write Eugen-Maria Schulak and Herbert Unterköfler.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Paul Strikwerda.

Don't leave the job of criminal investigation to the politicized state, writes William L. Anderson.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

In an unhampered free-market system, the Ricardo effect is benign and progressive. It is just an interesting observation, writes Patrick Barron.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker

The great sociologist William Graham Sumner explains how the imperialist wars result in the very opposite of their stated intentions.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

A tribute from the 100th anniversary of his birth by Investors Business Daily. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

For the most part, the Great Society represented the culmination of economic, political, and intellectual developments dating back a century, writes Robert Higgs.This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.