the LE&L Debates With acknowledgements to: Economics podcasts by R. Roberts
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Energy Prices	Don Boudreaux
The Fed, Money, and Gold	Allan Meltzer
The History of Trade	William Bernstein
Monetary Policy	Tyler Cowen
Rationality in Economics	Vernon Smith
Economic Facts and Fallacies	Thomas Sowell
Vermeer's Hat and the Dawn of Global Trade	Timothy Brook
Growth, Poverty, and Aid	William Easterly
Austrian Economics	Pete Boettke
Fair Trade and Free Trade	Mike Munger
Nature, the Environment and Global Warming	Daniel Botkin
Worst-case Scenarios	Cass Sunstein
the Tragedy of the Commons and the Implications for Environmental Regulation	Bruce Yandle
Schumpeter, Innovation, and Creative Destruction	Thomas McCraw
Market Failure, Government Failure and the Economics of Antitrust Regulation	Don Boudreaux
Property Rights, Zoning and Kelo	Richard Epstein
Economics, Human Rights and the Fall of the Soviet Union	George Schultz
Growth	Paul Romer
Outsourcing and Globalization	Ed Leamer
the Great Depression	Amity Shlaes
Markets and Experimental Economics	Vernon Smith
the Flat Tax	Alvin Rabushka
the Economics of "Buy Local"	Don Boudreaux
Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles	Robert Lucas
Gasoline Taxes, Keynes and Macroeconomics	Greg Mankiw
Katrina and the Economics of Disaster	Pete Boettke
Regulation	Sam Peltzman
Capitalism and Freedom	Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman on Money	Milton Friedman
Growth	Robert Barro
An Interview with Gary Becker	Gary Becker
The Economics of Organ Donations	Richard Epstein
The Economics of Inheritance	Don Cox
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Media from the Foundation for Economic Educatrion	AUDIO BOOKS   contempory economists sharing their wisdom fundamnetal analysis	Media from the Mises Institute
Download as MP3 Introduction Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 Speaking of Liberty  By Lew Rockwell founder & president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Speaking of Liberty is a collection of speeches delivered by Rockwell over a period of ten years. The book explains why Austrian economics matters, how the Federal Reserve brings on the business cycle, why we need private property and free enterprise, the unrecognized glories of the free market economy with "price" as an informative guide for both consumers and investors, and the gold standard as the best monetary system. Other sections deal with war, Mises and other important thinkers, and the culture and morality of liberty.    Written in clear prose to reach a broad audience, Rockwell's new book is as pro-liberty as it is critical of government. It is rigorous enough to withstand the enemy's closest scrutiny, and chock full of the energy and enthusiasm that will keep you reading.    The book is united by a set of fixed principles: the corruption of politics, the universality and immutability of the ideas of freedom, the centrality of sound money and free enterprise, the moral imperative of peace and trade, the importance of hope and tenacity in the struggle for liberty, and the need for everyone to join the intellectual fight. .        Download as PDF Freedomain Radio The Stateless Society - An Examination of Alternatives Life without government? Really?   Here's how it works - and why it is so crucial!    The single greatest danger to human life is the centralized political State, who extinguished more than 170 million souls during the bloodiest rampage in recorded history. Modern States are the last and greatest remaining predators. The danger has not abated with the demise of communism and fascism. All Western democracies currently face vast and accelerating escalations of State power and centralized control over economic and civic life. In almost all Western democracies, the State chooses how children are educated,  the interest rate citizens can borrow at, the value of currency, how employees can be hired and fired, how more than 50% of their citizens’ time and money are disposed, when to go to war, who can live in the country,  where we can build our houses etc...Most of these intrusions into personal liberty have occurred over the past 90 years. States are parasites which always expand until they destroy their host population.  Most people are comfortable with the idea of reducing the size and power of the State. Most become uncomfortable with the idea of getting rid of it (almost) completely. It can be done and make us all hapier and wealthier and spontanuoaus order will replace the  planned chaos. read more here      or listen to the      mp3 podcast here: Stateless Economies An analysis of existing stateless economies - the black and gray market  MP3 file Free Riding into Slavery   MP3 file An analysis of the 'free rider' problem in economics Corruption   MP3 file How a stateless society deals with the problem of corruption The State turns everyone into a tool.  MP3 file Two examples of moral corruption... More podcasts at  Freedomain Radio Economics in One Lesson   by   Henry Hazlitt This primer on economic principles brilliantly analyzes the seen and unseen consequences of political and economic actions. In the words of F.A. Hayek, there is "no other modern book from which the intelligent layman can learn so much about the basic truths of economics in so short a time."     Download as PDF audio book Part 1   Part 2 George Orwell's 1984 audio book George Orwell's classic was incredibly visionary. It is hardly fathomable that this book was written in 1948. Things that we take for granted today - cameras everywhere we go, phones being tapped, bodies being scanned for weapons remotely - all of these things were described in graphic detail in Orwell's book. Now that we have the Internet and people spying on other people w/ webcams and people purposely setting up their own webcams to let others "anonymously" watch them, you can see how this culture can develop into the Orwellian future described in "1984." If you've heard such phrases as "Big Brother," "Newspeak," and "thought crime" and wondered where these phrases came from, they came from this incredible, vivid and disturbing book. Winston Smith, the main character of the book is a vibrant, thinking man hiding within the plain mindless behavior he has to go through each day to not be considered a thought criminal. Everything is politically correct, children defy their parents (and are encouraged by the government to do so) and everyone pays constant allegiance to "Big Brother" - the government that watches everyone and knows what everyone is doing at all times - watching you shower, watching you having sex, watching you eat, watching you go to the bathroom and ultimately watching you die. part 1.mp3 part 2.mp3 part 3.mp3 part 4.mp3 part 5.mp3 part 6.mp3 part 7.mp3 part 8.mp3 part 9.mp3 part 10.mp3 part 11.mp3 part 12.mp3 part 13.mp3 part 14.mp3
Economy, Society and History Hans-Hermann Hoppe In this comprehensive series of 10 lectures, Hoppe provides the fundamental analysis and ethical as well as economical arguments for private property, individual liberty and limited government. Hans-Hermann Hoppe Hans-Hermann Hoppe is an Austrian-school economist and leading libertarian philosopher and Professor of Economics at UNLV (Nevada),  He is the author of several widely-discussed books and articles in defense of libertarian rights, based on the ethics theories of philosophers Jürgen Habermas and Karl-Otto Apel.  Hoppe analyzed the behavior of government and defines government as "a territorial monopolist of jurisdiction and taxation". Assuming self-interest on the part of government officials, he concludes that these government officials use their monopoly privileges to maximize their own wealth and power. Hoppe provides historical data proving his theoretical assumptions. 1. The Nature of Man and the Human Condition: Language, Property, and Production   :28:22] 2. The Spread of Humans Around the World: The Extension and Intensification of the Division of Labor    [1:22:40] 3. Money and Monetary Integration: The Growth of Cities and the Globalization of Trade  [1:32:16] 4. Time Preference, Capital, Technology, and Economic Growth  [1:25:48] 5. The Wealth of Nations: Ideology, Religion, Biology, and Environment    [1:33:51] 6. The Production of Law and Order: Natural Order, Feudalism, and Federalism  [1:24:51] 7. Parasitism and the Origin of the State  [1:32:05] 8. From Monarchy to Democracy  [1:27:44] 9. State, War, and Imperialism  [1:38:59] 10. Strategy: Secession, Privatization, and the Prospects of Liberty   download more of his great lectures and analysis here.
Download as MP3 What Has Government Done to Our Money?    by Murray Rothbard   After presenting the basics of money and banking theory, Rothbard traces the decline of the dollar from the 18th century to the present, and provides lucid critiques of central banking, New Deal monetary policy, Nixonian fiat money, and fixed exchange rates. He also provides a blueprint for a return to a 100 percent reserve gold standard.  The book made huge theoretical advances. He was the first to prove that the government, and only the government, can destroy money on a mass scale, and he showed exactly how they go about this dirty deed. But just as importantly, it is beautifully written. He tells a thrilling story because he loves the subject so much. The passion that Murray feels for the topic comes through in the prose and transfers to the reader. Readers become excited about the subject, and tell others.  Rothbard shows precisely how banks create money out of thin air and how the central bank, backed by government power, allows them to get away with it. He shows how exchange rates and interest rates would work in a true free market. When it comes to describing the end of the gold standard, he is not content to describe the big trends. He names names and ferrets out all the interest groups involved.   Download as PDF                                        From the University of California, Berkeley Macroeconomic Analysis Instructor Steven Wood  -   Fall 2006   A study of the factors which determine national income, employment, and price levels, with attention to the effects of monetary and fiscal policy. Visit the Course Website  (download  course as pdf ) more great economics podcasts at: One of the last radio interviews with Milton Friedman with listeners questioning the master Aired: Monday, January 03, 2005 In the 1950s, he advocated a flat tax and school vouchers. His teachings have reached into countries as different as Chile and China. Even at age 92, Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman remains a true radical.  Friedman says that the United States, under President George W. Bush, is winning what he calls "the war of ideas." Now, he wants to see true free-market ideology put into practice.  Tune in to hear a conversation with Milton Friedman about President Bush's economic instincts and the way ahead for the U.S. economy.   The  Intellectual  Portrait  Series Conversations with leading Figures of our Time Meet the world's wisest thinkers in this impressive series of radio interviews Free mp3 downloads  -  A Project of the Liberty Fund a Conversation with Milton Friedman Nobel Prize Laureate - Monetary Theory and stabilization policy -  more mp3 - 20.6 MB - 1:12:00.   a Conversation with James M. Buchanan (Part-1)    Nobel Prize Laureate - Public choice theory -  more mp3 - 17.6 MB  - 1:01:29. a Conversation with James M. Buchanan (Part-2) Nobel Prize Laureate - Theory of public choice  more mp3 - 17.05 MB - 59:35.   a Conversation with Armen A. Alchian Chicago School Economist. Prominent Price theorist -  more mp3 - 18.2 MB - 1:03:36. MORE PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES HERE