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Lecture series · recorded 2004

History The Struggle for Liberty

History The Struggle for Liberty is a free lecture series (10 recordings, 14.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with Ralph Raico.

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  1. 01

    The European Miracle 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:23:49 · 19.3 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWorld History

    Read the transcript 9,955 words

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  2. 02

    Classical Liberalism 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:28:05 · 20.2 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Political TheoryWorld History

    Read the transcript 10,987 words

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  3. 03

    John Stuart Mill 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:30:27 · 20.8 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWorld History

    Read the transcript 10,417 words

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  4. 04

    Class and Conflict 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:13:09 · 16.8 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

    Read the transcript 8,735 words

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  5. 05

    War, Peace, and the Industrial Revolution 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:31:08 · 20.9 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

    Read the transcript 11,104 words

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  6. 06

    The New World of Capitalism 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:28:15 · 20.3 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory

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  7. 07

    The Anti-Capitalists 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:33:43 · 21.5 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWorld History

    Read the transcript 11,142 words

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  8. 08

    The Planned Society 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:27:41 · 20.2 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryLegal SystemWorld History

    Read the transcript 10,632 words

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  9. 09

    The First World War 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:32:01 · 21.1 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

    Read the transcript 11,659 words

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  10. 10

    Classical Liberalism and the Welfare-Warfare State 2004

    Ralph Raico · 1:39:25 · 22.8 MB · Recorded 3 September 2004

    Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

    Read the transcript 12,345 words

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People in this series

Speakers

Ralph Raico.

Recording dates and topics for 10 of these 10 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for History The Struggle for Liberty, checked 2026-08-04.

Questions

About this series

Is History The Struggle for Liberty free to listen to?
Yes. All 10 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is History The Struggle for Liberty?
10 recordings, 14.8 hours in total.
Who lectures in History The Struggle for Liberty?
Ralph Raico.
When was History The Struggle for Liberty recorded?
2004, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of History The Struggle for Liberty?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 107,957 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.