Lecture series · recorded 2004–2018
Individual Lectures
Individual Lectures is a free lecture series (121 recordings, 106 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 56 speakers.
U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryBiographiesLegal SystemMedia and CultureFree MarketsMoney and BanksBooms and BustsTaxes and SpendingHealthFinancial MarketsBig GovernmentEducationU.S. EconomyCorporate WelfareThe EnvironmentThe EntrepreneurGlobal EconomyThe Police StateThe FedLabor and WagesStrategySocialismBureaucracy and Regulation
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The Case Against Neo-Protectionism 2004
Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionismMonopoly and CompetitionBig Government
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Roosevelt's WWII Policies of Unconditional Surrender and the Morgenthau Plan 2004
EducationWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History
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The U.N. Charter and International Law 2004
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Deflation and Liberty
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Austrian Theories of Interest 2004
Austrian Economics OverviewCapital and Interest Theory
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Military Decadence in Ancient Rome 2004
War and Foreign PolicyWorld History
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Ludwig von Mises as a Laissez-faire Radical: The Quest for the Historical Mises 2004
Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryBiographiesWorld History
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Contributions of James Mill: Leader of the Philisophical Radical Movement 2004
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryBiographies
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Block-Epstein Debate
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Rothbard on the Warfare State 2004
Austrian Economics OverviewWar and Foreign Policy
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States, Sovereignty, and History 2004
Political TheoryU.S. HistoryWorld History
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Inflation During the Civil War 2004
Business CyclesMoney and BankingBooms and BustsMoney and BanksU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy
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Murray Rothbard's View on Taxation 2004
Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryBiographiesLegal System
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A Critique of the Invasion of Iraq 2004
Political TheoryLegal SystemWar and Foreign Policy
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On the Need to Raise Taxes in Alabama 2005
Political TheoryTaxes and Spending
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What the Government Doesn't Want You to Know About Tobacco 2005
Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy
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A Snapshot of Croatia in Transition 2005
Political TheoryGlobal EconomyWorld History
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The Mises and Hayek Critiques of Modern Political State 2005
Political TheoryBiographies
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Trapped in Fiscal Fantasy: The Alabama State Government Budget 2005
Political TheoryMoney and BanksTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy
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Introduction to Anarchy 2005
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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How High Can the Price of Gold Go? 2005
Austrian Economics OverviewMoney and BankingFinancial MarketsMoney and Banks
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Sovereignty, International Law, and the Triumph of Anglo-American Cunning 2005
Political TheoryPraxeologyLegal System
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The Authoritarian Personality: Myth or Mistheorization? 2005
Political TheoryBiographiesWar and Foreign Policy
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On the Ethics of Paying Organ Donors: An Economics Perspective 2005
Political TheoryHealthLegal SystemMoney and Banks
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Roundheads, Whigs, and Decivilization: A Hoppean Analysis of Stuart England 2005
Political TheoryBiographies
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Democracy: How the Game Has Been Stacked Against You 2005
Political TheoryBig GovernmentLegal System
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Voting for Victory? An Analysis of Confederate Trade Legislation 2005
InterventionismPolitical TheoryU.S. History
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The Ecological Benefits of Smart Growth: Where is the Science? 2005
Political TheoryLegal System
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The Issue of Tariffs: How U.S. Revenue Collection Was Turned Inside-Out 2005
Political TheoryLegal SystemTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy
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How Small-Scale Entrepreneurs Can Compete in (Heavy Industries) Markets Dominated by International Giants 2005
EntrepreneurshipMonopoly and CompetitionThe Entrepreneur
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The Austrian Theory of Subjective Value: A Philosopher's View 2005
Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheorySubjectivismValue and Exchange
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Austrian Economics and Third World Development 2005
Austrian Economics OverviewGlobal Economy
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Anarchy and Economies of Scale 2005
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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Thymology and the Struggle for Anthrocentrism in the Social Sciences 2005
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Six Months that Changed the World 2005
U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History
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An Introduction to Libertarianism 2006
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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The Current State of World Affairs 2006
Political TheoryU.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryWorld History
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A World Without Theft
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New Books You Can't Miss
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Free Speech and Dissent During Wartime 2006
InterventionismBig GovernmentU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History
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Nozick's Argument for the Minimal State 2006
Philosophy and Methodology
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The Anarchist Society vs. the Military State: The Insignificance of the Free Rider 2006
Political TheoryBig GovernmentFree MarketsThe Police StateU.S. History
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Environmental Problems, Libertarian Solutions 2006
The EnvironmentFree Markets
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Environmental Problems: Free Market Solutions 2006
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Free Market Environmentalism Is Not An Oxymoron 2006
The EnvironmentFree Markets
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Business Ethics and the Environment 2006
The EnvironmentFree Markets
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The Economics and Ethics of Discrimination 2006
InterventionismPhilosophy and MethodologyFree Markets
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Luxury Condos? The Housing Bubble Comes to Auburn 2007
Booms and BustsFinancial Markets
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A No-Nonsense Look at U.S. Energy Policy 2007
InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig Government
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Predicting Booms and Busts 2007
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesBooms and BustsFinancial Markets
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Property Taxes and Education in Alabama 2007
Political TheoryPrivate PropertyEducationTaxes and Spending
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The "Roy Cohn" Speech 2008
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The Income Tax is Un-American 2008
Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy
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Update on the Housing Bubble: How Bailouts Cause Depressions 2008
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesInterventionismBooms and BustsCorporate Welfare
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The Fall of Communism and the Rise of 21st Century Socialism 2008
Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryFree MarketsWorld History
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The Truly Unintended Effects of the Fed 2009
Money and BankingThe FedMoney and Banks
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Retirement and Social Security: The Case for Abolition 2009
Taxes and SpendingU.S. Economy
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Not Guilty as Charged: The Foolish Attempt to Blame the Free Market for the Economic Collapse 2009
Austrian Economics OverviewFree Markets
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How Wars Endanger American Freedom 2009
U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy
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Cycles, Business and Otherwise, in the Austrian World View 2009
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesBooms and Busts
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Do the Arts Need Government to Thrive? 2009
InterventionismBig GovernmentMedia and Culture
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Herbert Davenport: American Austrian 2009
Austrian Economics OverviewBiographies
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J. G. Machen: Calvinist, Revolutionary, Hero 2009
BiographiesMedia and Culture
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Review of North: 'Millenialism and the Progressive Movement' 2009
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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The Case for Sound Money 2009
Money and BankingPolitical TheoryMoney and Banks
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Judicial Welfare: The Case of School Funding 2009
Political TheoryEducationTaxes and Spending
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How PACs Control the Politicians 2009
InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig Government
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How Free Should Banking Be? An International Comparison 2009
Money and BankingFree MarketsMoney and Banks
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Please, Sir, May I Work More Hours? 2009
InterventionismFree Markets
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The Privatization of Roads and Highways 2009
Private PropertyBig Government
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Meltdown 2009
Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryBooms and BustsMoney and BanksWar and Foreign Policy
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Can The Monetary System Regulate Itself? 2009
Money and BankingPolitical TheoryMoney and Banks
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers 2009
Political TheoryU.S. History
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The Evils of Intellectual Property 2009
Political TheoryLegal SystemMedia and Culture
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The Meaning of Ludwig von Mises 2010
Austrian Economics OverviewBiographies
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Skyscrapers and Business Cycles 2010
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesBooms and BustsFinancial Markets
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Skyscrapers and Business Cycles, or How You Can Predict the Next Economic Crisis 2010
Business CyclesInterventionismBooms and BustsFinancial Markets
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Mises for the Masses: Publishing in the Austro-Libertarian Tradition 2011
Media and Culture
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Interest Rates and Employment 2011
Capital and Interest TheoryMoney and BanksU.S. Economy
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Austrian Economics versus Mainstream Economics 2011
Austrian Economics OverviewOther Schools of Thought
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Prohibition Through the Eyes of Homer Simpson 2011
InterventionismHealthMedia and Culture
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Zoning and the Free Market 2018
InterventionismPrivate PropertyFree Markets
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The Value of Money 2012
Money and BankingValue and ExchangeMoney and Banks
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Rhett Butler, Ron Paul, and the Election of 2012 2012
InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig GovernmentU.S. EconomyU.S. History
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The Life of Ludwig von Mises 2012
History of the Austrian School of EconomicsBiographies
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The Great Deformation 2013
Big GovernmentBooms and BustsFinancial MarketsFree MarketsU.S. Economy
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Speakers
Alan Stone, Bettina Bien Greaves, Brion McClanahan, Clyde Wilson, Dale Steinreich, Daniel J. Sanchez, Daniel McCarthy, David Gordon, David Kaserman, David N. Laband, David Stockman, Donald W. Livingston, Doug French, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Fob James, George Koether, George Reisman, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Henry Thornton, J. William Middendorf, James R. Barth, Jason Jewell, Jeffrey A. Tucker, John A. Hay, John Sophocleus, John Thompson, John V. Denson, Joseph R. Stromberg, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Keith Reutter, Lawrence H. White, Luis Dopico, Malavika Nair, Mark Skousen, Mark Sunwall, Mark Thornton, Matthew Givens, Mises Institute, Murray N. Rothbard, Peter T. Calcagno, Richard Ault, Robert A. Lawson, Robert E. Perry, Robert P. Murphy, Roger W. Garrison, Scott Beaulier, Shawn Ritenour, Sudha R. Shenoy, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Tibor R. Machan, Vedran Vuk, Walter Block, William L. Anderson, William Marina, William Murchison, Yuri N. Maltsev.
Recording dates and topics for 114 of these 121 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Individual Lectures, checked 2026-07-23.
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About this series
- Is Individual Lectures free to listen to?
- Yes. All 121 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as video and audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is Individual Lectures?
- 121 recordings, 106 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Individual Lectures?
- Alan Stone, Bettina Bien Greaves, Brion McClanahan, Clyde Wilson, and 52 others.
- When was Individual Lectures recorded?
- 2004–2018, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of Individual Lectures?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 905,274 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.