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Lecture series · recorded 2008–2018

Rothbard Graduate Seminar

Rothbard Graduate Seminar is a free lecture series (21 recordings, 15 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 8 speakers.

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  1. 01

    Introduction to "Man, Economy, and State" 2008

    Joseph T. Salerno · 18:36 · 4.3 MB · Recorded 20 June 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 2,758 words

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  2. 02

    Rothbard as Historian 2008

    Thomas E. Woods, Jr. · 33:57 · 7.8 MB · Recorded 20 June 2008

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 5,312 words

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  3. 03

    Fundamentals of Human Action 2008

    David Gordon · 31:34 · 7.2 MB · Recorded 12 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewPraxeology

    Read the transcript 4,243 words

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  4. 04

    Direct Exchange 2008

    Joseph T. Salerno · 44:51 · 10.3 MB · Recorded 12 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewValue and Exchange

    Read the transcript 6,355 words

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  5. 05

    The Pattern of Indirect Exchange 2008

    Robert P. Murphy · 33:21 · 7.6 MB · Recorded 21 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewValue and Exchange

    Read the transcript 6,295 words

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  6. 06

    Prices and Consumption 2008

    Jeffrey M. Herbener · 39:42 · 9.1 MB · Recorded 21 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewPricesProduction Theory

    Read the transcript 5,992 words

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  7. 07

    Production: The Structure 2008

    Joseph T. Salerno · 40:38 · 9.3 MB · Recorded 21 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewProduction Theory

    Read the transcript 5,993 words

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  8. 08

    Production: The Rate of Interest and Its Determination 2008

    Jeffrey M. Herbener · 32:11 · 7.4 MB · Recorded 21 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewCapital and Interest Theory

    Read the transcript 4,711 words

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  9. 09

    Production: General Pricing of the Factors 2008

    Peter G. Klein · 1:05:47 · 15.1 MB · Recorded 21 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewPricesProduction Theory

    Read the transcript 9,439 words

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  10. 10

    Production: Entrepreneurship and Change 2008

    Robert P. Murphy · 39:57 · 9.2 MB · Recorded 21 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewEntrepreneurshipProduction Theory

    Read the transcript 7,256 words

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  11. 11

    Production: Particular Factor Prices and Productive Incomes 2008

    Peter G. Klein · 59:44 · 13.7 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewPrices

    Read the transcript 8,960 words

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  12. 12

    Monopoly and Competition 2008

    Walter Block · 49:15 · 11.3 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewMonopoly and Competition

    Read the transcript 7,642 words

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  13. 13

    Money and Its Purchasing Power 2008

    Joseph T. Salerno · 55:04 · 12.6 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewValue and ExchangeMoney and Banks

    Read the transcript 8,478 words

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  14. 14

    The Supply of Money 2008

    Jeffrey M. Herbener · 50:35 · 11.6 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewMoney and BankingMoney and Banks

    Read the transcript 8,364 words

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  15. 15

    Fundamentals of Intervention 2008

    Walter Block · 50:49 · 11.6 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionism

    Read the transcript 8,434 words

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  16. 16

    Triangular Intervention 2008

    Mark Thornton · 50:08 · 11.5 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionism

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  17. 17

    Binary Intervention: Taxation I 2008

    Jeffrey M. Herbener · 1:06:22 · 15.2 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionismTaxes and Spending

    Read the transcript 9,573 words

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  18. 18

    Binary Intervention: Taxation II 2008

    Walter Block · 39:00 · 8.9 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionismTaxes and Spending

    Read the transcript 6,638 words

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  19. 19

    Binary Intervention: Government Expenditures and the Business Cycle 2008

    Robert P. Murphy · 32:51 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesInterventionismTaxes and Spending

    Read the transcript 6,682 words

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  20. 20

    Antimarket Ethics: A Praxeological Critique 2008

    David Gordon · 38:44 · 8.9 MB · Recorded 28 August 2008

    Austrian Economics OverviewCapital and Interest TheoryPraxeology

    Read the transcript 4,690 words

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  21. 21

    Economics and Public Policy 2018

    Peter G. Klein · 28:02 · 6.4 MB · Recorded 28 August 2018

    Austrian Economics OverviewFiscal TheoryPolitical Theory

    Read the transcript 4,153 words

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Recording dates and topics for 21 of these 21 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Rothbard Graduate Seminar, checked 2026-07-23.

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Is Rothbard Graduate Seminar free to listen to?
Yes. All 21 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Rothbard Graduate Seminar?
21 recordings, 15 hours in total.
Who lectures in Rothbard Graduate Seminar?
David Gordon, Jeffrey M. Herbener, Joseph T. Salerno, Mark Thornton, and 4 others.
When was Rothbard Graduate Seminar recorded?
2008–2018, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of Rothbard Graduate Seminar?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 138,121 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.