In "Historical Controversies", Mises Institute scholar Chris Calton debunks the history you may have learned in government schools. Armed with facts, theory, and a Rothbardian appreciation for historical narrative, Calton enlightens and entertains in a podcast that has something to offer all audiences. 

In the first season, Calton focuses on the history of the war on drugs, busting the myths of state propaganda and exposing the role the US government has played in manufacturing the greatest evils from American's desire to get high.

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Historical Controversies

Hosted by Jeff Deist, The Human Action Podcast (formerly "Mises Weekends") features weekly interviews with leaders in Austrian economics and libertarianism.

The Human Action Podcast

Murray Rothbard's fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, edited by Patrick Newman, highlights the most important battle of the American project — one that continues to this day — the conflict between those who want to centralize power, and those who choose to stand to defend the American heritage of liberty.

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5

Murray N. Rothbard's great treatise provides a sweeping presentation of Austrian economic theory, and a rigorous criticism of alternative schools of thought. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

This audiobook is made possible through the generosity of Thomas Ross.

Man, Economy, and State, and Power & Market | Murray N. Rothbard

[Episode 001] Megatrend forecaster Gerald Celente talks with Jeff Deist about the second American Revolution and how oligarchs have come to power in the U.S.

Gerald Celente: Political Atheism

[Episode 002] Entrepreneur and businessman Helio Beltrão talks to Jeff Deist about crony capitalism and the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and why the Liberty Movement is like a soccer team.

Helio Beltrão: World Cup Cronyism and the Liberty Movement in Brazil

[Episode 003] Jim Bovard talks with Jeff Deist about his incendiary career as a journalist, the American people as Mencken's "Booboisie", and why the Nanny State has him stocking-up on cigars.

Jim Bovard: Libertarian Muckraker

[Episode 004] Eric Peters discusses with Jeff Deist the automobile as a symbol of libertarian autonomy, why statists love public transportation, how moronic government regulations make all cars look the same, and why you should go buy an old V8 or an old motorcycle while you still can.

Eric Peters: Anarcho Road Warrior

[Episode 005] Jeff Deist and Mark Thornton discuss Mark's recent experience as an opponent of the drug war at the Oxford Union debating society, his influence on Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and how Wikipedia demonstrates a kind of stateless spontaneous order, complete with private dispute resolution.

Dr. Mark Thornton: Wikipedia and Spontaneous Order

Economist Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to review Trump’s executive order on prescription drug pricing. They explore how price discrimination works in global pharmaceutical markets, the unintended consequences of importation policies, and why U.S. consumers often pay more—yet benefit most from drug innovation. Tabarrok also critiques the FDA’s role in delaying treatments and explains how regulatory reform, not price caps, could make healthcare more affordable and effective.

Alex's Article, "Econ 101 is Underrated: Pharma Price Controls": https://Mises.org/HAP500a

Why Are US Drug Prices So High?

Ron Unz critically reassesses the established narrative of World War II, exploring overlooked historical evidence, scholarly purges, and contested interpretations that significantly redefine our understanding of the conflict.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 17, 2025.

The True History of World War II

In this lecture from the Mises Institute’s recent Conference on War Revisionism, McMaken looks at how classical liberals’ pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginning with the First World War. 

The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire

Polish professor of political theory Łukasz Dominiak joins us to talk about how Poland embraced a market economy after the Cold War ended. We discuss some of the factors behind Poland’s rise from poverty. 

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Poland's Turn Toward a Market Economy Saved It from Poverty

The political legacy of Elon Musk, the moral costs of Keynesianism, and the absurdity of Harvard and NPR as public goods.

Welcome back to the Power & Market Podcast, a weekly news recap from the Mises Institute’s editorial team.

This week, Ryan McMaken, Tho Bishop, and Connor O’Keeffe discuss the letdown of the Department of Government Efficiency, dissect the ongoing degeneracy of Keynesian economics, and explore the rising movement to defund elite universities like Harvard. Has the establishment finally overplayed its hand? What's next for higher education?

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DOGE Disappointment, Keynesian Degeneracy, and Cutting Off Harvard

Dr. Hülsmann’s piercing analysis highlights the true tragedy of our inflationary regime in a way few others can.

After all, inflation isn’t simply a stealth tax on the average American, it does so to fund the worst aspects of the current regime. It’s the lifeblood of both the war machine abroad and the growing politicized police state at home. In its wake, it leaves a society that rewards self-destructive short-term behavior and does so at the expense of those who sacrifice to make responsible decisions in their daily lives.

It robs us materially, morally, and spiritually. 

How Inflation Destroys Civilization

As President Trump racks up defeat after defeat before the federal courts, the legacy media claims that federal judges are protecting us from government overreach. In reality, government overreach as we know it has been made possible by the federal judiciary.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/federal-judiciarys-war-trump-not-about-protecting-us-government-overreach

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The Federal Judiciary’s War on Trump Is Not About Protecting Us from Government Overreach

In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton explores how nations quietly prepare for war—and what the corporate media isn’t telling you. From Europe’s military buildup and the global trade war to the hidden toll of economic sanctions, Mark unpacks historical patterns that have repeatedly led societies to disaster.

Why is gold at a record high? How does modern mercantilism fuel today’s tensions? Are we all just pawns in a much bigger game? Join Mark as he examines the real risks simmering beneath the headlines, and what history can teach us about the cost of ignoring them.

Additional Resources
“The World at War—An Essential New Book from Ralph Raico“ by Ryan McMaken: https://mises.org/MI_123A

An Anti-War Reading List: https://mises.org/MI_123B

The Costs of War: America’s Pyrrhic Victories edited by John V. Denson: https://mises.org/MI_123C

Audio and videos recordings of the Mises Institute’s May 2025 Revisionist History of War Conference: https://mises.org/MI_123D

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Preparing for War

Vincent Geloso and Chandler Reilly have a new paper in which they use Rothbard's "Private Product Remaining" (PPR) as a lower bound on estimates of national output, to be contrasted with the convention GDP statistics as an upper bound. Bob has the authors explain Rothbard's proposal and how they are trying to introduce it to the economics profession.

The Paper, "National Output Without Government?": https://Mises.org/HAP503a
The Human Action Podcast Episode on Dubious Origins of GDP/GNP: https://Mises.org/HAP503b
The Bob Murphy Show Episode With Alex Salter Criticizing "State Capacity": https://Mises.org/HAP503c

New Academic Paper Uses Rothbard's National Output Metric

On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Musk’s fight with Trump, recent reporting on Palantir contracts, and how the courts are not interested in protecting rights.

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Musk v. Trump, Trump v. Courts, and Palantir v. Us

Joshua Mawhorter joins us to talk about how the fiat-money theories of Modern Monetary Theory and chartalism aren’t supported by the historical facts. 

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Fiat Money and Chartalism: Why MMT Is Wrong

On this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton dives into Murray Rothbard’s theory of interventionism. Mark explores how Rothbard sharply delineates the line between voluntary action in the free market and coercive government intervention. He deconstructs Rothbard’s typology—autistic, binary, and triangular interventions—and explains why only free markets improve utility for everyone, while intervention creates winners and losers. It’s a wake-up call for anyone who still thinks regulation and taxation are harmless.

Additional Resources

"The Economics of Violent Intervention in the Market" by Murray N. Rothbard (Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Chapter 12): https://mises.org/MES

"The Greatness of Man, Economy, and State" by Lew Rockwell: https://mises.org/MI_124_A

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The Theory of Interventionism

On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Israel’s strikes on Iran and the Trump Administration’s (changing?) position on immigration enforcement.

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Israel, Iran, and Immigration

Bob hosts economist Daniel Lacalle to analyze the controversial Big Beautiful Bill. Daniel explains why, despite its imperfections, the bill represents a vital first step toward curbing government spending and protecting private-sector prosperity from excessive state intervention.

Daniel's Article, "The Big Beautiful Bill Is Much Better Than You Think": https://Mises.org/HAP504a
Thomas Massie's X Exchange on the Hidden Costs of the BBB: https://Mises.org/HAP504b

The Debate Over the Big Beautiful Bill

In this classic 1963 essay, Murray Rothbard argues that the state is inherently hostile to peace because war enhances its power, prestige, and control. While individuals benefit from peace and voluntary exchange, governments thrive on conflict, using war as a tool to centralize authority and suppress liberty. Rothbard challenges the moral legitimacy of state warfare and calls for a truly libertarian stance—non-intervention and individualism.

War, Peace, and the State

Real estate investor and Mises Institute contributor Artis Shepherd joins us to talk about how our stagnating economy is affecting multifamily housing and other commercial real estate. Banks and investors are using “extend and pretend” tactics to cover up the true state of the industry. 

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Commercial Real Estate Is in Trouble

Bob is joined by author George Ford Smith for a detailed examination into the life and legacy of Thomas Paine. They discuss how Paine’s writings, especially Common Sense and the American Crisis essays, mustered colonial support for independence and even influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War. Smith explains Paine's life, from early setbacks and struggles in England to becoming a pivotal figure in America’s founding, and why his views ultimately sidelined his historical reputation.

George's Mises Wire Article, "The Failure to Stop Thomas Paine": https://Mises.org/HAP505a
George's Mises Wire Article, "Thomas Paine, Liberty's Hated Torchbearer": https://Mises.org/HAP505a

Thomas Paine: The American Revolution's Unlikely Hero

Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong.

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The Problem with Pronatalism

Bob hosts economist and distinguished senior scholar at the Mises Institute, Steve Hanke, to discuss his research on hyperinflations, currency board solutions, and the economic effects of the COVID lockdowns. Hanke explains the findings of his meta-analysis of lockdown impact and explains why Sweden's laissez-faire approach was vindicated. He also draws from decades of experience stopping hyperinflation globally, advocating currency boards and gold-backed solutions as effective alternatives to central banks.

Professor Hanke's Austrian Economics Research Conference Lecture: https://Mises.org/HAP506a
Professor Hanke's IEA Article, "Did Lockdowns Work? The Verdict on COVID Restrictions": https://Mises.org/HAP506b

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Steve Hanke on Hyperinflation, Currency Boards, and the COVID Lockdown Debacle

In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton revisits a prophetic 1970s address by Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek that laid the intellectual groundwork for Bitcoin. Delivered during the depths of stagflation, Hayek’s “International Money” lecture critiques central bank monopoly, exposes the failure of Keynesian inflationism, and calls for the denationalization of money. Mark unpacks how Hayek’s radical proposal for competing private currencies was decades ahead of its time, and why it matters more than ever in today’s age of government-managed inflation and crypto crackdowns.

Additional Resources

Choice in Currency by F. A. Hayek (based on his address, “International Money”): https://mises.org/MI_127_A

The Denationalisation of Money by F. A. Hayek: https://mises.org/MI_127_B

“Hayek Predicting Bitcoin” (excerpted from the May 1, 1984, interview with James Blanchard at the University of Freiburg): https://mises.org/MI_127_C

“The Last Days of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin’s Creator Disappeared” by Pete Rizzo (Bitcoin Magazine): https://mises.org/MI_127_D

“Bitcoin” (1440): https://mises.org/MI_127_E

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Who Really Invented Bitcoin?

Murray Rothbard challenges conventional narratives surrounding America’s two most mythologized wars: the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Rothbard defends the American Revolution as a rare example of a just war for liberty and decentralization, and casts a critical eye on the War Between the States, arguing it marked the rise of empire, centralization, and mass bloodshed.

Recorded at the "The Costs of War" conference in May 1994.

Two Just Wars: 1776 and 1861

This week, Bob talks with economist and Mises Institute research fellow, David Howden, co-editor of The Next Generation of Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Joe Salerno. They discuss key chapters from the book, highlighting significant contributions from up-and-coming Austrian economists in areas such as monopoly pricing, international economics, and monetary theory. 

The Next Generation of Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Joseph T. Salerno: https://Mises.org/HAP507a
David Gordon's Review of the Book in The Austrian: https://Mises.org/HAP507b


Essays in Austrian Economics: Honoring Joe Salerno

As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians like Chuck Schumer twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent such tragedies from happening again is the right thing to do. But that involves looking at the actual facts.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/texas-floods-and-political-opportunism

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The Texas Floods and Political Opportunism

Bob goes solo to make a comprehensive case for abolishing the Federal Reserve and explains what life afterward would look like. He dives into the Fed’s marked history, its questionable track record, and the secrecy surrounding its creation and ongoing operations. Bob also outlines a practical, step-by-step approach for transitioning away from the Fed, returning monetary control to a gold standard, and restoring economic stability and transparency.

Bob's Recent ZeroHedge Debate,"Should We End the Fed?": https://Mises.org/HAP508a
Understanding Money Mechanics: https://Mises.org/HAP508b

A Comprehensive Case for Ending the Fed

Let’s look at some of the reasons why President Trump and his supporters are so obsessed with demanding that the Federal Reserve force down interest rates even further. 

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Trump Is Wrong about Interest Rates

When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/split-over-epstein-tells-us-something-important-about-maga-movement

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The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement

This week, Bob returns to the topic of how the United States could practically abolish the Federal Reserve and transition to a stable monetary system backed by gold. He clarifies common misconceptions about the consequences of ending the Fed, provides historical context for America’s monetary systems, and lays out a realistic path forward for monetary reform.

Bob's Mises Article, "Putting the Country Back on Gold": https://Mises.org/HAP509a
Understanding Money Mechanics: https://Mises.org/HAP509b

An Actual Plan to Close the Fed and Tie the Dollar Back to Gold

On this episode, Mark Thornton breaks down the political pressure from Trump, market demands for cheap money, and the Federal Reserve’s real fears: a collapsing dollar, rising inflation, and soaring long-term rates. Mark traces the history of interest rate manipulation, the precarious state of US debt, and why Chairman Powell may be clinging to high rates—not for the public good, but to save face before his 2026 exit. With the dollar weakening and deficits exploding, Mark explains why the next crisis could be just one rate cut away.

Additional Resources

“Trump Is Wrong about Interest Rates“ by Ryan McMaken (Radio Rothbard Podcast): https://mises.org/MI_129_A

“Will Fed Cut Rates By 3%? Is Massive Inflation Returning? Economist Steve Hanke Answers”: https://mises.org/MI_129_B

“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: https://mises.org/MI_129_C

“Nominal Broad U.S. Dollar Index”: https://mises.org/MI_129_D

“Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an Investment Basis”: https://mises.org/MI_129_E

“Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 17–18, 2025” (PDF): https://mises.org/MI_129_F

“US FOMC Meeting Minutes (June 17-18, 2025)” by Ksenia Bushmeneva: https://mises.org/MI_129_G

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Why Jay Powell’s Fed Will Not Cut Interest Rates

After promising to end the Ukraine war immediately, and to stay out of Middle East wars, President Trump has instead doubled down on intervening in both conflicts.

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America-First Foreign Policy Is Dead

On this episode, Mark Thornton gives a crash course on the sleight-of-hand world of inflation, how it really works, why the official story doesn’t add up, and who benefits from the illusion. Drawing on Austrian insights, Mark dissects the politically engineered cycle of government overspending, Treasury bond issuance, and Federal Reserve money creation. You’ll learn how inflation doesn’t just “happen”: it’s a deliberate policy that distorts markets, transfers wealth, and props up an elite few while undermining the productive economy. The Fed’s role isn’t heroic. It’s central to the problem.

Additional Resources

"What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition" by Kristoffer Hansen and Jonathan Newman (Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics): https://mises.org/MI_130_A

"Too Much Money Portends High Inflation" by John Greenwood and Steve Hanke (Wall Street Journal): https://mises.org/MI_130_B

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Inflation: True or Out of the Blue

Connor O’Keeffe applies Rothbardian insights to expose how the news media distorts reality, not because of markets, but because of its entanglement with the state. From access-driven censorship to democracy-fueled misinformation, this talk reveals why the real threat isn’t media profit. It’s political power.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.

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Rothbardian Insights on the Political Economy of Mass Media

Tho Bishop delivers a defense of Gen Z, arguing that they are bearing the brunt of decades of fiscal irresponsibility, inflationary policy, and political neglect. With historical insight and Rothbardian flair, he exposes how central banks, entitlements, and Keynesian ideology have rigged the system against younger generations, and why reclaiming the narrative is key to rebuilding liberty.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.

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Zoomers: America’s Most Persecuted Minority

Daniella Bassi tells the remarkable story of the Arctic fur trade as a real-world case study in stateless order. In early 20th-century northern Canada, Inuit and European traders conducted peaceful, prosperous exchange, without government law or enforcement, guided instead by mutual respect, property rights, and natural law.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.

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The Canadian Arctic Fur Trade: A Case Study of Freedom

Ryan McMaken explores five enduring myths in the history of political thought, drawing on Ralph Raico’s The Struggle for Liberty to challenge conventional takes on Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, constitutionalism, and more. This lecture reclaims the radical roots of liberalism and warns against the illusion of legal remedies in the fight for freedom.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.

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Five Myths About the History of Political Thought

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Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony

Dr. Jonathan Newman and Mises Summer Fellow, Jonathan Yen join Ryan to cover the Fed's latest policy meeting, the awful new jobs report, and rising debt levels.

The Fed and our Stagnating Economy

Economist Joseph Salerno,  an expert on the Austrian School, money, and methodology, joins us to talk about what makes the Austrian School of economics different. 

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Why We Need Austrian Economics

What happens when a society consumes its seed corn? What is capital consumption, and why does it matter? In this episode, Mark Thornton examines how inflation, deficit spending, and distorted market signals quietly erode the productive assets that fuel economic growth. Drawing on Austrian economics and insights from investor Rick Rule, Mark explains how governments and central banks incentivize the misuse of capital, leading to stagnation, underinvestment, and long-term decline. Understanding this unseen destruction is key to making sense of today’s economic malaise.

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Capital Consumption

Bob takes on a proposal for New York City to run its own grocery stores, dismantling the historical myths, economic fallacies, and rhetorical tricks behind the idea. From Flint’s water crisis to “food deserts,” he explains why government control will create shortages, low-quality food, and wasted resources.

The Jacobin Article, "Municipal Grocery Stores Are Sensible and Obvious": https://Mises.org/HAP512a

Why Zohran Mamdani’s Socialist Supermarkets Wont' Feed NYC

In the first episode of "Historical Controversies", Chris Calton looks at how American society originally viewed drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroine, and he details the origins of prohibition in America.

For further reading, a Bibliographical Essay is available at https://mises.org/EC1Bib

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The Roots of Drug Prohibition in America

How did Americans fall for the government's reefer madness? Chris Calton explains how junk science, overt racism, and myths of bloodthirsty soldiers all played a role in the criminalization of marijuana in America.

For further reading, a Bibliographical Essay is available at https://mises.org/EC1Bib

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The Attack on Marijuana During the 1930s

Chris Calton looks at the history of opium use around the world. The tale takes us to baby farms in Victorian England, 19th Century China, and even one of the most prominent examples of fake news from the 'Washington Post'.

For additional research, see 'Opium: A History' edited by Martin Booth (St. Martin's Griffin, 1996).

For further reading, a Bibliographical Essay is available at https://mises.org/EC1Bib

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The Milk of the Poppy

Chris Calton traces the history of cocaine, showing how it went from common medicine to the target of US military action.

For further reading, a Bibliographical Essay is available at https://mises.org/EC1Bib

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Culture, Coca-Cola, and the CIA: The History of Cocaine

While the phrase "War on Drugs" was coined by the Nixon Administration, it was FDR who earned the first headlines for his "Narcotic War."

In this episode, Chris Calton details the first arrest made for marijuana in the US, the military's earliest attempts to control narcotics distribution, and how the FBI used drug laws to target black Jazz musicians.

For further reading, a Bibliographical Essay is available at https://mises.org/EC1Bib

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The Great Depression, Jazz, and Harry Anslinger: The War on Drugs Before Nixon

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Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic: 1784–1791

Chapter 2. The Depression of the 1780s and the Banking Struggle

Introduction by Patrick Newman

Preface by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Part I: The Economic Legacy of the American Revolution. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Chapter 1. Changes in Foreign Trade

1.03. Further Implications: The Means

1.02. First Implications of the Concept

1.01. Fundamentals of Human Action: The Concept of Action

Preface to Revised Edition

Introduction to the Second Edition by Joseph T. Salerno

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