- 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.
- Albert Lu Interviews Maurice Jackson
Albert Lu and Maurice Jackson are both experts when it comes to investments, economics, and liberty. Not only do they know all about those things, but they're also extremely good at sharing their knowledge. Tune in for an exclusive interview!
Make sure you also check out Jackson's YouTube channel and his Liberty.me blog!
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: Liberalism
Liberalism is Ludwig von Mises’s classic statement in defense of a free society. We all love a good, comprehensive piece of work and Liberalism covers everything you need to know about the topic. Tune in with Jeffrey Tucker as he shares his thoughts on the book!
There are two uses of the word liberalism that are heartbreaking, even disgusting. The first occurs when a self-described liberal pushes government power as the solution to all our economic and social woes. Government is not liberal! Government is the robber, the coercer, the taser, the jailer!
Another is when a self-described conservative condemns liberalism as the cancer that is killing society. What? Thomas Jefferson was a liberal. So was John Locke. So was Alexis de Tocqueville. Their ideas built the world we love.
Most of all, there was Ludwig von Mises, who proudly called himself a liberal. He was the 20th century’s great defender of capitalism and the free society. He decided to settle the issue about what is liberalism once at for all.
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: Omnipotent Government
This week on Liberty Classics, Jeffrey Tucker recounts his ordeal being arrested and jailed. You can read the article here. After sharing the personal details of his experience, Tucker discusses Omnipotent Government by Ludwig von Mises and how poignant it is to the realities of today's Police State. (Download PDF here.)
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: The Death of Politics
Join Jeffrey Tucker for another super slick edition of Liberty Classics! This week, he'll be chatting about The Death of Politics by Karl Hess.
In The Death of Politics, Karl Hess lays out a systematic case for anarchy. True liberty tends to be hated by political parties, who clamor for protectionism and national borders. Hess argues that, instead of going into politics, freedom lovers should create market alternatives to programs such as government schools.
Also check out the Exclusive Elements of Liberty video series only on Liberty.me!
- Capitalism & Morality 2015 Livestream (Afternoon)
Governments are made up of three kinds of people: sociopaths, crooks, and those who are after an easy life. Once in a while, well-meaning youth enter the government, hoping to usher in a change. Soon, such an individual, realizes that he has ended up working with those who lack ethics, are manipulative, devoid of any sense of risk-taking, and passionless.
Having learnt his lesson, he either leaves his job, or most likely succumbs to the organizational pressures that slowly and subliminally teach him devious methods. He soon forgets that he had joined the government to contribute. Instead, he starts rationalizing his existence and sacrifices his soul and rationality for what he feels is a risk-free job.
The government is merely the visible aspect of the state. "A state is a disease living in the minds of its victims. It is only there, in the battleground of the mind, that a state is to be truly and totally vanquished."
It is our collective hatred, envy, lack of integrity, and irrationality that feeds and nurtures the state. Only free individuals can make a free society.
Program (Saturday, 1 August 2015):
· 1:20 to 2:20pm: "Confused, Conflated & Misused," by Doug Casey
Mr Casey, founder of Casey Research, is one of the most sought after speakers. He has written two New York Times bestsellers, including “Crisis Investing,” which was #1 for 19 weeks. He frequently contributes to LewRockwell.com and the Liberty. He has recently published two new books, “Totally Incorrect” and “Right on the money.”
· 2:20 to 2:50pm: "Magna Carta: 800 Years of Myth," by Adrian Day
Mr Day is considered a pioneer in promoting the benefits of global investing in the US. A native of London, after graduating with honors from the London School of Economics, Mr. Day spent many years as a financial investment writer, where he gained a large following for his expertise in searching out unusual investment opportunities around the world. He has also authored three books: "International Investment Opportunities: How and Where to Invest Overseas Successfully", "Investing Without Borders", and his latest book, "Investing in Resources: How to Profit from the Outsized Potential and Avoid the Risks."
· 2:50 to 3:10pm: “The Foundation of Liberty,” by Anat van Eeden
Ms Van Eeden will explore the true foundation of liberty.
· 3:30 to 4:15pm: “Living a life of promoting liberty and how I affect change in my students,” by Dr Walter Block
Dr Block is Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans and Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, USA. He has written many books, best known among which is perhaps “Defending the Undefendable”. Others include: “Lexicon of Economic Thought”, “Economic Freedom of the World, 1975-1995”; “Rent Control: Myths and Realities”; “Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity”; “Theology, Third Word Development and Economic Justice”; “Man, Economy, and Liberty Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard”; “Religion, Economics, and Social Thought; and Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement.”
· 4:15 to 4:45pm: “The Rise of Anarcho-Capitalism,” by Jeff Berwick
Mr Berwick is seen by many as being the face of the new generation of anarcho-capitalists. He is the founder of the popular financial and economic website, The Dollar Vigilante. He is also the host of the popular anarcho-capitalist podcast, Anarchast and founder of the world’s largest anarcho-capitalist conference, Anarchapulco. In this talk he’ll discuss human action and how anarcho-capitalism is about to explode globally.
· 4:45 to 5:15pm: "Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIGS): Culture—not debts—is the problem,” by Jayant Bhandari
Jayant is a contributing editor of the Liberty magazine and has written for the Mises Institute, the Mises Institute (Canada), Casey Research, Le Québécois Libre, Sprott’s Thoughts, LewRockwell.com, etc.
· 5:15 to 5:30pm: Albert Lu to Interview Walter Block
- Capitalism & Morality 2015 Livestream (Morning)
Governments are made up of three kinds of people: sociopaths, crooks, and those who are after an easy life. Once in a while, well-meaning youth enter the government, hoping to usher in a change. Soon, such an individual, realizes that he has ended up working with those who lack ethics, are manipulative, devoid of any sense of risk-taking, and passionless.
Having learnt his lesson, he either leaves his job, or most likely succumbs to the organizational pressures that slowly and subliminally teach him devious methods. He soon forgets that he had joined the government to contribute. Instead, he starts rationalizing his existence and sacrifices his soul and rationality for what he feels is a risk-free job.
The government is merely the visible aspect of the state. "A state is a disease living in the minds of its victims. It is only there, in the battleground of the mind, that a state is to be truly and totally vanquished."
It is our collective hatred, envy, lack of integrity, and irrationality that feeds and nurtures the state. Only free individuals can make a free society.
Program (Saturday, 1 August 2015):
· 8:25 to 8:30am: Introduction by Jayant Bhandari
· 8:30 to 9:30am: "Raising Children is an Act of Philosophy,” by Roslyn Ross
Ms Ross spent a decade working in behavior modification while contemplating the question: What would parenting look like in a free society? Seven-hundred books on the subject later, Ms Ross had her answer. In her own book, A Theory of Objectivist Parenting, Ms Ross shares her conclusion that our current totalitarian government is a manifestation of modern parenting and that the road to freedom starts with how we raise our children.
· 9:30 to 10:30am: “Why Ayn Rand’s Self-Esteem is Unreasonable,” by Dr Michael Edelstein
Dr Edelstein is a clinical psychologist with an in-person and telephone/Skype therapy practice. He is the award-winning author of “Three Minute Therapy”. He also wrote “Stage Fright,” “Rational Drinking” and his latest, "Therapy Breakthrough." He trained with Dr. Albert Ellis and supervises mental health professionals in the REBT/ CBT treatment of emotional and behavioral problems. He lectures nationally and internationally, and has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows. Dr Edelstein teaches his clients to go for unconditional self-acceptance rather than high self-esteem.
· 10:55 to 11:55pm: “The Value of Being Mentored and Mentoring,” by Rick Rule
Mr Rule is one of the most successful investors anywhere. Mr Rule started his career working as a security guard at False Creek in Vancouver. He is currently the Chairman of Sprott US Holdings Inc., one of the biggest and most successful money managers in the resource sector. He is a living proof of what he loves to say, “Your biggest problem is not the state and its tyranny, but what is between your two ears.” In his talk, Mr Rule will emphasize that fulfillment comes from individual achievement, and that advances in the condition of mankind occur through voluntary rather than coercive exchanges.
· 11:55 to 12:25pm: "The Children of Galt's Gulch," by Roslyn Ross
In her first talk Ms Ross explained that a free society is not possible until we relate to children differently. In this talk, Ms Ross draws on history, sociology, anthropology, educational theory, and current neuroscience to show that our idea of children, the role we demand that they play, is not based in reality. Our idea of what children and childhood should be is a product of our current time and place. The road to freedom again starts with how we raise our children, but this time everything we ever thought we knew for sure about children is brought under the microscope.
- 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
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism and the Division of Labor
Join Jeffrey Tucker this Sunday for another installment of his Liberty Classics series! This week he'll be sharing his thought's on Rothbard's Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism and the Division of Labor.
“If men were like ants, there would be no interest in human freedom,” writes Murray Rothbard in this masterpiece of exposition. “If individual men, like ants, were uniform, interchangeable, devoid of specific personality traits of their own, then who would care whether they were free or not? Who, indeed, would care if they lived or died? The glory of the human race is the uniqueness of each individual, the fact that every person, though similar in many ways to others, possesses a completely individuated personality of his own.”
Thus begins Rothbard’s celebration of human freedom and the inequality that is its real glory. And yet in our time, political life celebrates equality above every other virtue — not just equality under the law but equality of opportunity (impossible!) and equality of result (a terrifying ideal!). We come to depend on each other in society because we need each other to accomplish our goals, and we depend on each other because we all have different skills and personal attributes.
- 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)
- Beer & Bastards, April Fools' Edition
It's no Joke -- Beer & Bastards is back again! Join the admins of some of the most popular liberty-minded pages on Facebook for April Fools hijinx!
The Bastards:
Matt Palumbo of Being Classically Liberal
Mike Lee of Being Liberal Logic
Will Ricciardella of The Analytical Conservative
Kevin Ryan of Unbiased America
When you're done pranking and you're ready to get real, check out, Economics for Real People, by Gene Callahan.
- 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!
- Liberty Classics: Denationalization of Money by F. A. Hayek
Jeffrey Tucker's Liberty Classics series continues with a discussion about Denationalization of Money by F. A. Hayek!
What if the government let anyone use a currency of his or her own choosing? What if the government permitted entrepreneurs to innovate in the monetary sector, such as by creating digital currencies or minting commodity money? This is precisely what F.A. Hayek argues in this book written in 1974.
- 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: Defending the Undefendable… for a Profit with Walter Block
Walter Block, Author, Economist, and Austrian School Legal Theorist, takes time out of his nearly continuous writing schedule to talk about the non-aggression principle. Defending the black market, prostitutes, pimps, blackmailers, and gypsy cab drivers.
- 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!
- Man of the Century: Mises and His Works #1 - The Theory of Money and Credit
Ludwig von Mises' story is inspiring; he was an incredible and pathbreaking economist, a tireless defender of classical liberalism, and a tremendous influence on many economists both in his time and today. Jeffrey Tucker hosts this incredible 9-part series on the life and contributions of Mises Thursdays beginning September 18th at 2:30pm EDT right here on Liberty.me.
This installment of The Man of the Century will explore Mises life in the early years, as he published his first book, "The Theory of Money and Credit." This incredible work, which was used as a textbook for decades, established Mises among his colleagues as a force to be reckoned with and laid the foundations for Austrian business cycle theory. Want to learn more? Join Jeffrey Tucker September 18th at 2:30pm EDT!
- Liberty Classics: The Use of Knowledge in Society by F.A. Hayek
Knowledge is a good, perhaps the most important good, something vastly more important than all physical property combined. It is the driving force of history, the immortal, sharable, reproducible, malleable substance that has built our world and makes possible the forward motion of history. This essay shows why it is not possible for this knowledge to be produced or used by centralized agents in the civic order; rather, knowledge must be generated, extracted, and put to use by real actors using real property and interacting with the world around them. Social complexity grows organically from experience of time and place, and this can never be produced from the outside regardless of the supposed intelligence of the the planning class. Tune in to Liberty.me LIVE Sunday, September 21st at 8pm EDT to join Jeffrey Tucker in exploring this brilliant essay.
- 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!
- The Benefits of Immigration with Alexandre Padilla
A lot of the discourse on immigration is focused on how immigrants supposedly take jobs and depress wages of American workers. Economist Alexandre Padilla has a different perspective. What does immigration really do to or for the economy? Find out in this exclusive webinar Friday, July 11th at 9pm EDT.