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Private Property
Private Property looks at economic, historical, legal, philosophical works. Private ownership of the means of production is the center of the market economy.
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Legacies of Injustice and Racial Inequality
Progressives argue that free markets stand in the way of economic and racial equality. In fact, free markets are the only vehicle that can help make people more equal. Original Article: Legacies of Injustice and Racial Inequality
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Some Conservatives Still Pine for the Good Ol' Days of Cannabis Prohibition
The federal government, along with pharmaceutical, alcohol, and tobacco companies have spent money trying to put the legalization genie back in the prohibition bottle, so any argument or propaganda will suit their purposes. Original Article: "Some Conservatives Still Pine for the Good Ol' Days of...
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An End to the Bizarre CDC Rent Moratorium
Many landlords just received a crash course about how irrelevant their property rights are in Washington. Original Article: "An End to the Bizarre CDC Rent Moratorium" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.
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They Don't Hate Gold Because It's Gold. They Hate It Because It's Not Government Money.
That gold was used as money in the past is merely a historical fact. But the fact that gold was a form of private money, and thus not easily manipulated for government schemes, made it a target of countless intellectual and governmental assaults. Original Article: "They Don't Hate Gold Because…
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Bob Murphy Dissects the “Shopping Cart Theory” Allegedly Blowing Up the Case for Self-Governance
Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called “shopping cart theory” of why self-governance is impossible. Specifically, because people can’t even bother to take back the shopping cart when this is clearly the socially right thing to do, we can’t hope to have a system relying on everyone’s good...
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Hoppe's <em>Democracy</em> with Stephan Kinsella
Lawyer and libertarian theorist Stephan Kinsella joins the show to discuss the middle chapters of Hoppe's Democracy, The God That Failed—in particular dealing with "desocialization" of collective property, immigration, and free trade. These are the most controversial and widely-discussed parts of...
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Hoppe's <em>Democracy: The God That Failed</em>
With an ugly presidential election just three weeks away, we dive into Hans Hoppe's classic Democracy: The God That Failed to puncture some of the myths surrounding democracy and voting. Jayant Bhandari joins the show to discuss Hoppe's controversial thesis concerning monarchy and democracy, time...
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How Government-Owned Streets Prevent Effective Law Enforcement
“Taking back the streets” ought to mean privatizing them and enabling property owners to defend their property. This would be the surest way to end the riots. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack. Original Article: "How Government-Owned...
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It’s Not "Just Property": How Looting Destroys Lives and Low-Income Neighborhoods
Advocates for looting are now claiming that looting doesn't really hurt anybody but evil corporations. In truth, looting is a disaster for many families, business owners, and the neighborhoods themselves. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian...
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Why Homeowners Hate Real Estate Developers
Homeowners believe their property rights extend far beyond their property lines. They want to dictate who lives near them, how much money their neighbors make, and what the houses in their neighborhood look like. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by...
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How Government Roads Expand Police Power in America
The case for the privatization of roads has much to recommend it if only in terms of how it would affect the power of the police to detain us, search us, and seize our property. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros. Original Article:...
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Nation, State, and Economy
Nationalism, globalism, cosmopolitanism, and immigration are heated topics today—but Mises systematically addressed them 100 years ago, in his seminal work Nation, State, and Economy. What is a nation, and what does the nationality principle mean for liberalism? Mises argues that nations arise...
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Stephan Kinsella Discusses Law Without the State, and the Illegitimacy of Intellectual Property
Bob talks with Stephan Kinsella about the basis of libertarian law, and how we could have justice without a coercive State. They then discuss Stephan’s pathbreaking work making the case that property must be in tangible things, rendering “intellectual property” an incoherent and dangerous…
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Mises on Liberalism and Political Economy
Our in-house economist and editor Ryan McMaken joins the Human Action Podcast for a deep dive into Mises's seminal 1927 book Liberalism. This is the definitive podcast on the definitive book on liberal society: its foundations, what it means for property, freedom, peace, economic policy, and...
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Joe Salerno on Mises and Nationalism
Dr. Joe Salerno will address the annual Students for Liberty conference this week on the topic of his seminal article, "Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self Determination, and the Problem of Immigration." While Mises had plenty to say about nation states and liberalism, he wrote relatively...
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Zoning and the Free Market
Much is often made of allowing "consenting adults" to exercise their freedoms unhindered by government regulation. Unfortunately, this presumption is often limited to the realm of activities like gambling and prostitution. But should not consenting adults also be allowed freedom in larger…
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Socialism by Another Name: South Africa's Land Confiscation
Whether racially motivated or not, land expropriation in South Africa is just another episode of state-forced wealth redistribution — with disastrous effects. Narrated by George Pickering. Read the original article.
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Hans-Hermann Hoppe: A World Without Theft
Dr. Hoppe's book The Economics and Ethics of Private Property is among the most important modern contributions to libertarian thought. Hoppe, like Rothbard, connects laissez-faire economics to normative libertarian theory with laserlike precision and inexorable logic. Property isn't just a social...
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The Market for Security
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2016.
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The Case for Privatization — of Everything
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2016.
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Economics of the Stateless Society
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2016.
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Dr. Guido Hülsmann: Nation, State, and Borders
Jörg Guido Hülsmann joins Jeff Deist in studio this weekend to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe. They consider what Mises, Rothbard, and Hoppe have to say about borders, migration controls, organic nations, and culture. Dr. Hülsmann also explains the critical difference between nation...
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Open Borders: A Libertarian Reappraisal
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Phoenix, Arizona, on 7 November 2015. Special thanks to CMI Gold and Silver, Inc., for making this event possible.
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What Romance Can Tell Us About Government Regulation
When it comes to romantic relationships, people ruthlessly discriminate and make an endless number of subjective judgments. Most agree that it is absurd to regulate these relationships while not realizing that the same is true of all business relationships as well, writes Julian Adorney. This…
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On Man, Nature, Truth, and Justice
The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, sponsored by James Walker. Recorded at the Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 14 March 2015. Includes an introduction by Joseph T. Salerno.
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Private Property looks at economic, historical, legal, philosophical works. Private ownership of the means of production is the center of the market economy.
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