- Mentoring — With Rick Rule, Lobo Tiggre and Leanne Baker
Want to learn the art of successful speculation?
Join Rick Rule, Lobo Tiggre and Leanne Baker as they mentor a Liberty.me member and CYCLE student on how to get started and succeed in speculative investing. Not everyone wants to be a speculator but this discussion promises to dispense wisdom that will be useful to everyone. Bring your questions and join the chat.
- CYCLE 15 - Amir Adnani - How to Leverage a Business Started in College Into a Multinational Corporation
- CYCLE 15 - Peter Jaworski - How Much for That Kidney in the Window: The Moral Limits of Markets
Peter is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Ethics at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is a Senior Fellow with the Canadian Constitution Foundation, and a Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies.
- CYCLE 15 - Lobo Tiggre - LIFE and Business 101
This year’s CYCLE theme is “LIFE Unlimited.” Life is the ultimate value of every living being, of course, and we want to help each of you pursue yours to the fullest. In our case, LIFE’s four letters also stand for: Leadership, Independence, Freedom, Entrepreneurship. We aim to help each participant achieve more of each of these in his or her own Life.
- CYCLE 15 - Lobo Tiggre - The Real Game of Thrones
The true nature of power, what it means in your Life ... and what it doesn't have to mean.
- CYCLE 15 - Lobo Tiggre - Roundtable Wrap-up
Broadcasting from Minsk, Lobo Tiggre will wrap up the week's discussions. Everyone is encouraged to join and share how this year's CYCLE has made a difference in their LIFE.
It is amazing how one week of communication with smart people can change your attitude to life. Specialists from different countries by telling simple and obvious things are changing your view on economics, finance, making money, style of life and personal freedom. CYCLE is no just an interesting and informative conference, it is storehouse of opportunities, discoveries and new achievements; which makes it not only a should visit, but must be place!
Удивительно, как одна неделя общения с умными людьми может поменять твое отношение к жизни. Люди разных профессий из разных стран, рассказывая, вроде бы, очевидные вещи, переворачивают твое представление об экономике, финансах, заработке, стиле жизни и личной свободе. CYCLE это не просто интересная и познавательная конференция, а целый кладезь новых открытий, возможностей и начинаний!
— YS
- CYCLE 15 - David Friedman - Feud as Law
- CYCLE 15 - Kenli Schoolland - Living Liberty
Director of Development of the International Society for Individual Liberty, Kenli is a globe-trotting ambassador for free markets and liberty. She’s also just out of college and can relate to the challenges faced by young people all around the world today as almost no one else can.
- CYCLE 15 - Roslyn Ross - Raising Children is an Act of Philosophy: What Was Done to Us for 'Our Own Good', How to Fix It, and How to Do It Differently With Our Children
Roslyn is a writer, an actress and a creator. Her recent book, A Theory on Objectivist Parenting, is available on Amazon.com. She’ll be streaming from Nicaragua.
- CYCLE 15 - Mary Ruwart - Political Freedom: A Matter of Life and Death
Mary Ruwart is the author of Healing Our World, a hard-core, yet compassionate defense of liberty. Her friends know her as a gentle soul — with uncompromising principles. She excels at bridging gaps and creating consensus. She’s also a gifted speaker known for careful researched, powerful logic, and deep passion.
- CYCLE 15 - Yuri Safronov — The 10% Story
- CYCLE 15 - Scott Horton - Against Nationalism and Empire
Scott is host of the Scott Horton Show on the Liberty Radio Network. He also hosts Antiwar Radio on Pacifica 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, KUCR 88.3. In 2007 Horton won the Austin Chronicle‘s “Best of Austin” award for “Best Iraq War Insight and Play-by Play”, for Antiwar Radio. He’s conducted more than 3,500 interviews since 2003.
- CYCLE 15 - Tatiana Moroz - The Power of Principles
Tatiana Moroz on activism and the arts as catalysts for change.
- CYCLE 15 - Grace Ayres - The 10 Things I Learned When I Quit My Job and Started My Own Business
With Grace Ayres, entrepreneur, creative and yogini.
- CYCLE 15 - Eddy Balcikonis - How to Build an Online Business with No Investment
Need startup money for your next venture? Eddy Balcikonis, CYCLE alumnus and founder of TrackDuck.com, give tips to the aspiring entrepreneur.
- CYCLE 15 - Jeffrey Tucker - Free Your Mind First
Liberty begins with the acknowledgement that your potential is limitless in the prosperity that you can create. Join Jeffrey Tucker as he explains this inalienable truth.
- CYCLE 15 - Fred Roeder - Entrepreneurship and Beyond
With Fred Roeder: How you can be master of your own life, fortune and World.
- CYCLE 15 - Rick Rule - Mentoring
- CYCLE 15 - Doug Casey - The International Man
Doug Casey expounds upon how internationalization engenders personal and financial liberty.
- CYCLE 15 - Jacob Hornberger - Freedom and Free Markets
Jacob Hornberger gives the libertarian angle on how freedom and free markets are inextricably connected.
- CYCLE 15 - Ken Schoolland - The Ethical and Practical Good That Entrepreneurs Create in the World
Ken Schoolland explores the power of entrepreneurship to make the world a better place.
- CYCLE 15 - Tom Palmer - To Love the Freedom of Others
Come listen to Tom Palmer as he talks about the ethical stance of liberty.
- Daniel Fernández — Liberty in Europe with the Bitcoin Couple
Daniel Fernández Méndez is a lecturer in economics at Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala and is Director of UFM Market Trends, an economics/finance newsletter. He is a PhD candidate in economics at King Juan Carlos University, and is a former Mises Institute summer fellow. We will discuss his recent research on the Cyprus crisis.
- Scotch and Scholars - Richard Ebeling
This week's guest is Richard M. Ebeling, on to talk with Mike about his new book Monetary Central Planning and the State. It's currently rocking the #2 spot in the Political Freedom category on Amazon.com.
How deep does the Keynesian infection of the modern economy go?
How can we get to monetary freedom?
Join in, have fun, and find out.
- Dr. Rahim Taghizadegan — Liberty in Europe with the Bitcoin Couple
Dr. Rahim Taghizadegan is a distinguished scholar at the Institut für Wertewirtschaft in Vienna, Austria, which has recently been relaunched as “Scholarium.” We will discuss the Scholarium’s study program based on the Austrian School. Additionally, we will discuss the original Austrian School and the modern Viennese perception, which differs a bit from the US. Finally, Dr. Taghizadegan will highlight his efforts to bring Austrian economics back to Austria.
- Rothbard U Livestream - Day 3 Afternoon
Rothbard U is a multi-day collection of lectures, courses, and engaged discourse about the Austrian school of economics, led by dynamic thinkers such as David Howden, Glenn Fox, Walter Block, Shawn Ritenour, and Pierre Desrochers.
This livestream is exclusive to Liberty.me members. Chat is internal to Liberty.me members only. See below for the schedule of events for today.
Saturday 7/18 Afternoon
13:00-14:00
Austrian business cycle theory, Howden
14:15-15:15
Economic calculation and socialism, Fox
15:30-16:30
Austrian vs. Chicago Schools, Block
17:00-18:00
Dinner and closing ceremony
- Rothbard U Livestream - Day 2 Afternoon
Rothbard U is a multi-day collection of lectures, courses, and engaged discourse about the Austrian school of economics, led by dynamic thinkers such as David Howden, Glenn Fox, Walter Block, Shawn Ritenour, and Pierre Desrochers.
This livestream is exclusive to Liberty.me members. Chat is internal to Liberty.me members only. See below for the schedule of events for today.
Friday 7/17 Evening
13:00-14:00
The Ethics of Liberty, French
14:15-15:45
Capital and Production, Fox
16:00-17:00
Banking, free and 100-percent reserve, Howden
17:00-18:00
Panel Discussion and Q&A, Block, French, Fox, Howden
- Rothbard U Livestream - Day 1 Afternoon
Rothbard U is a multi-day collection of lectures, courses, and engaged discourse about the Austrian school of economics, led by dynamic thinkers such as David Howden, Glenn Fox, Walter Block, Shawn Ritenour, and Pierre Desrochers.
This livestream is exclusive to Liberty.me members. Chat is internal to Liberty.me members only. See below for the schedule of events for today.
Thursday 7/16 Afternoon
13:00-14:00
Subjectivity and price determination, Fox
14:15-15:45
Time Preference and interest rate determination, Howden
16:00-17:00
A historical perspective on the Austrian school, French
17:00-18:00
Panel Discussion and Q&A, Block, French, Fox, Howden
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: Economics of Illusion
Join Jeffrey Tucker for another show about the world's best liberty literature! This week he'll be chatting about Economics of Illusion by L. Albert Hahn.
The beautiful thing about Hahn’s book is how liberating it is. Keynesian economics was refuted before it began? Yes indeed. This one point stands the whole history of ideas of the 20th century on its head. The widely held view, then and now, is that Keynes’s economics were the “new economics”; nothing like this theory had ever been advanced and he was a singular mind in the history of ideas. But Hahn actually shows that he did nothing but regurgitate old fallacies and apply new terminological razzle-dazzle to them.
- Rothbard U Livestream - Day 3 Morning
Rothbard U is a multi-day collection of lectures, courses, and engaged discourse about the Austrian school of economics, led by dynamic thinkers such as David Howden, Glenn Fox, Walter Block, Shawn Ritenour, and Pierre Desrochers.
This livestream is exclusive to Liberty.me members. Chat is internal to Liberty.me members only. See below for the schedule of events for today.
Saturday 7/18 Morning
09:30-10:30
A Stock-taking of Austrian microeconomics, and some critiques of the mainstream, Block
10:45-11:45
Money, French
- Rothbard U Livestream - Day 2 Morning
Rothbard U is a multi-day collection of lectures, courses, and engaged discourse about the Austrian school of economics, led by dynamic thinkers such as David Howden, Glenn Fox, Walter Block, Shawn Ritenour, and Pierre Desrochers.
This livestream is exclusive to Liberty.me members. Chat is internal to Liberty.me members only. See below for the schedule of events for today.
Friday 7/17 Morning
09:30-10:30
Competition and Monopolies, Block
10:45-11:45
Production and the firm, Fox
- Rothbard U Livestream - Day 1 Morning
Rothbard U is a multi-day collection of lectures, courses, and engaged discourse about the Austrian school of economics, led by dynamic thinkers such as David Howden, Glenn Fox, Walter Block, Shawn Ritenour, and Pierre Desrochers.
This livestream is exclusive to Liberty.me members. Chat is internal to Liberty.me members only. See below for the schedule of events for today.
Thursday 7/16 Morning
09:30-10:30
Praxeology and the Method of Austrian Economists, Block
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: The Use of Knowledge in Society
Join Jeffrey Tucker for another exciting installment of his Liberty Classics series! This week, he'll be chatting about F. A. Hayek's The Use of Knowledge in Society.
The Use of Knowledge in Society is an essay that sums up the insights of a lifetime. It is a template for a worldview. It is a source of unlimited amounts of study and reflection. It is an insight that explains vast amounts of the world around us. It is a flash of brilliance, a revelation that millions have missed, a paradigm for understanding the past and future. It is a rebuke to intellectuals from time immemorial and a new way of thinking for true intellectuals of the future. No single essay by Hayek is more important. “The Use of Knowledge in Society” is all that and more.
- New Hampshire Austrian Economics Group - The Depression of 1907
The New Hampshire Austrian Economics Group will be discussing the Depression of 1907, and reviewing several short texts on the episode. The Depression of 1907 is seldom explored in as much detail as the Great Depression, or even smaller recessions such as the Dot Com Bust. But it plays an important role in history: This depression was used as an excuse for the nationalization of bank notes in the US i.e. the creation of the Fed as central bank.
READINGS:
PDF pages 241-244 "A History of Money and Banking in the United States" by Murray Rothbard (Link)
"The Great Depression According to Milton Friedman" by Ivan Pongracic (Link)
"Encyclopedia of American Recessions and Depression" The Panic of 1907 (Link)
- Walter Block - Libertarians and Politics
Libertarians and Politics. Are we like oil and water or peas in a pod? Can libertarians vote, campaign, and get elected even if they think the ultimate goal is to move humanity beyond politics? That is, libertarians reject the "political means," but does that mean they must reject politics too?
- Austrian Economics: Free State Style #2
The New Hampshire Austrian Economics Group will be joined by famed economist, Philip Mirowski, in an effort to better understand how various types of market structures evolve and what the implications of viewing them as “markomata” are. As a departure from standard orthodox approaches, two of Mirowski’s own papers, “Inherent Vice” and “Markets Come to Bits”, will be analyzed in this regard.
All Liberty.me members are invited to join in from their homes during this LIVE event!
- Austrian Economics: Free State Style #1
The Austrian Economics Group will meet again in Portsmouth, NH, on February 10 to discuss the similarities and differences between Austrian economists Ludwig Lachmann and Israel Kirzner in regard to equilibrium. We will read Karen Vaughn's paper "The Problem of Order in Austrian Economics: Kirzner vs. Lachmann" and Chapter 9 of "Wresting with Time" by Currie and Steedman.
All Liberty.me members are invited to join in from their homes during this LIVE event!
- Liberty Classics: Essentials of Economics by Faustino Ballvé
The enduring power of this book is due to the enduring power of economic logic. If it is done well, it applies in all times and places. And this book does economics extremely well. In times when economics is subject to vast political manipulation, when people have abused the science to push political agendas contrary to everything economics stands for, this book stands out as a clear, objective, and rational statement of the core of what economics teaches.
Join us Sunday, December 14th at 8pm EST for Liberty Classics, as Jeffrey Tucker guides you, week by week, through 25 of the most important works in the classical liberal and libertarian tradition, all of which are available free with your subscription to Liberty.me!
- CYCLE: Pitching a Business Plan to Investors, Angels & VCs
Originally intended to be a seminar held in Ukraine this year—an idea scrapped when war erupted in that country—CYCLE will be held online this year, hosted by our friends at Liberty.me. The bad news is that well miss all the after-session fun around the camp fire. The good news is that participation will be completely free of any charge or cost, and fully accessible to students all around the world. This year’s program will continue our tradition of sharing information about the principles and theories of political liberty and free enterprise, as well as practical information about how to apply these ideas for success and satisfaction in life.
For more on entrepreneurship, check out Cameron Belt's Liberty.me Guide about building a business amidst overregulation!
- CYCLE: The Difference One Can Make: Unsung Heroes of History with Larry Reed
President of the Foundation for Economic Education, Larry Reed sits down to share stories about some of the great unsung heroes in the eternal struggle for human freedom. Ranging from Grover Cleveland to underground printing presses during the cold war in communist Poland.
The recording of this final session of CYCLE 14 also includes Lobo Tiggre's closing comments at the end.
- CYCLE: How to Succeed Without Working a Day in Your Life with David Galland
David Galland shares his very personal story of arrests, stolen cars and subsequent car crashes, poor grades, getting kicked out of college and physical disabilities to starting one of the first online banks and becoming a partner at Casey Research a firm that searches for investment opportunities when governments are "...trying to "fix" or "manage" a situation, create unintended consequences that can be profitably acted upon." (http://www.caseyresearch.com/philosophy)
While never working a day in his life.
- CYCLE: T.K. Coleman on The Essence of Entrepreneurial Thinking
Entrepreneur, philosopher, and Education Director for PRAXIS, T.K. Coleman talks with us about the value of creativity in your work "...to become the predominant creative force in [your] lives".
- CYCLE: Tom Palmer on Peace and Liberty… and the Challenges of Securing Them
Tom Palmer, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and general warrior for liberty, sits down to talk about his book, Peace, Love and Liberty.
Tom takes us on a fascinating walk through the very basis for free cultures starting with Individual Rights, Spontaneous Order and the Rule of Law.
- CYCLE: Rick Rule presents: Getting Started & Opportunities Today
A veritable factory of memorable quotes, poetry, and profound ideas expressed for all to understand, Rick Rule sits down and talks about the worst kept, and oft ignored, secret to creating wealth:
"Focus on generating utility for the consumer."
For more on entrepreneurship, check out Cameron Belt's Liberty.me Guide about building a business amidst overregulation!
- CYCLE: What Doug Casey Would Do if He Was Your Age
Best-Selling Author of 'Crisis Investing' and World Renowned Speculator, Doug Casey encourages you to waste less time, travel more, hitchhike if you must, read Seneca and meet rich people.
- CYCLE: Why Startups? with Eddy Balcikonis
Founder and CEO Track Duck, Eddy Balcikonis gives his perspective on why start-ups are the greatest expression of personal freedom that exists.
- CYCLE: Alex Daley on Funding Startups: How, When and What to Do — And What NOT to Do
Alex Daley, Chief Technology Investment Strategist at Casey Research, shares his knowledge and experience on when, why,how, and IF to ask for investment in your start-up.
- CYCLE: Ken Schoolland presents: Entrepreneurship and Immigration
Why are immigrants better entrepreneurs? What characteristics make do entrepreneurs share?
Dr. Ken Schoolland, Associate Professor of Economics at Hawaii Pacific University and Sam Walton Fellow for Students in Free enterprise, gives a thoughtful presentation on entrepreneurship and its interesting ties with immigration.
- CYCLE: Jeffrey Tucker Shares 5 Technologies that are Changing the World
Our own Chief Liberty Officer sits down to talk about technology in general and 5 that changed the world in particular.
- CYCLE: Kenli Schoolland on Living Liberty: How to introduce Freedom Into all Aspects of Your life
Kenli Schoolland shares her personal success stories in her entrepreneurial life. Using her own experience as a framework for you to set goals, build a brand, and find success - which you of course get to define!
- CYCLE: Michael Strong: Entrepreneurial Solutions for Creating Prosperity, Happiness, and Well-Being
A true believer in the entrepreneurial spirit, Micheal Strong sits down to talk about having a positive vision for libertarianism, entrepreneurial solutions to social problems, and making Utopian thinking safe for Libertarians.
- CYCLE: Facts, Fears and Bulshytt – What You Really Need to Know with Lobo Tiggre
Originally intended to be a seminar held in Ukraine this year—an idea scrapped when war erupted in that country—CYCLE will be held online this year, hosted by our friends at Liberty.me. The bad news is that well miss all the after-session fun around the camp fire. The good news is that participation will be completely free of any charge or cost, and fully accessible to students all around the world. This year’s program will continue our tradition of sharing information about the principles and theories of political liberty and free enterprise, as well as practical information about how to apply these ideas for success and satisfaction in life.
- The Man of the Century: Mises and His Works, Session #9
The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science was Mises’s final work in a career that stretches back to the early 20th century. He urges a completely new direction in economics, away from positivism and planning and toward a humane social science and laissez faire economics. Jeffrey Tucker discusses the erudition of this book, its many surprises, and sums up his 9-session series on the central books in the Misesian literary legacy. Join him Thursday, November 20th at 2:30pm ET!
- The Man of the Century: Mises and His Works, Session #7
If you were going to name the single greatest book in the social sciences from the 20th century, it would be Mises’s Human Action. Jeffrey Tucker discusses the history of how it came to be written and its main themes. Human Action is a book that you can never stop reading. No matter how many times you read it and reference it, there always seems to be more to discover. Join Jeffrey for a discussion of this book and its legacy Thursday, October 30th at 2:30pm ET!
- Sci-Fi Economics with Lucas Engelhardt
Science Fiction has long been a favorite genre for liberty-lovers. But can it teach Economics? Enter "Sci-Fi Economics," a four-part original course from Liberty.me LIVE. Instead of assigned (suggested) readings, we'll have "assigned watchings" from your favorite sci-fi TV shows. Professor Lucas Engelhardt, himself a connoisseur of science fiction, will be your guide.
This week will begin with "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River," Season 7 Episode 6 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, available free from CBS.com, by subscription through Hulu, Amazon Prime Instant Video, and Netflix, and for digital purchase from Apple TV and Vudu. Prof. Engelhart will use this episode to discuss the role of money and discuss the relationship between praxeology and fiction Monday, October 13th at 9pm EDT, only on Liberty.me LIVE!
Update: Thanks to an epic glitch with the recording, we'll be reprising session #1 October 13th, so if you missed it, head on over!
- Should Libertarians Take Money from the State? with Walter Block
Mr. Libertarian tackles a controversial and complicated question for libertarians - should they accept government money? Do anti-state convictions mean it's wrong to accept state money? This complex moral conundrum gets answered by economist Walter Block Sunday, August 17th at 6pm EDT!
- The Crisis of 2008 with Steve Horwitz
Was the financial crisis a result of the unfettered free market, or did government intervention play a role in creating the Great Recession? Economist Steve Horwitz discusses the economic crisis of 2008 and the Austrian theory of the business cycle. Join Horwitz Tuesday, August 19th at 8pm EDT!
- Economic Fallacies, Session #1 with Robert Murphy
Forget everything you've heard about capitalism. It often gets a bad rap today, but economist Robert Murphy begs to differ. In this brilliant and concise introduction to free market economics, Murphy dispels some common myths about capitalism.
Join Dr. Murphy for this four-session course following the track of his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, July 28th, August 11th, August 17th, and August 24th at 9:30pm EDT!
- Living Economics with Pete Boettke
Why are certain nations rich and others poor? What increases quality of life and what destroys it? What brings humans out of their natural state of impoverishment? Economics can give us the answers to these questions and more. Join Prof. Peter Boettke of George Mason University to learn about the history and gain a deeper understanding of economics Wednesday, July 23rd at 8pm EDT!
- RU - Austrian vs. Chicago Schools: Walter Block
Liberty.me's exclusive live stream of Rothbard University happens here -- join Walter Block, David Howden, Glenn Fox, Doug French, and Alfred Wirth for three full days of superb instruction in Austrian Economics, July 17th-19th on Liberty.me U!