Lecture series · recorded 2012
War: Big Government's Best Friend
War: Big Government's Best Friend is a free lecture series (2 recordings, 1.6 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 2 speakers.
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The Genesis of the American Warfare State: 1861-1890 2012
Philosophy and MethodologyU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy
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Speakers
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Thomas J. DiLorenzo.
Recording dates and topics for 2 of these 2 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for War: Big Government's Best Friend, checked 2026-07-23.
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About this series
- Is War: Big Government's Best Friend free to listen to?
- Yes. All 2 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is War: Big Government's Best Friend?
- 2 recordings, 1.6 hours in total.
- Who lectures in War: Big Government's Best Friend?
- Thomas E. Woods, Jr. and Thomas J. DiLorenzo.
- When was War: Big Government's Best Friend recorded?
- 2012, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of War: Big Government's Best Friend?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 15,226 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.