The Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_14. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2022.
Government “Stimulus” Schemes Fail Because Demand Does Not Create Supply
By popular thinking, the key driver of economic growth is the increase in total demand for goods and services. It is also held that overall output increases by a multiple of the increase in expenditure by government, consumers and businesses. It
Austrian Capital Theory
Capital is the starting point of economic calculation. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_13. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2022.
Calculation and Socialism
In 1920, Ludwig von Mises destroyed the intellectual foundations of the case for socialist central planning. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_12. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2022.
The Theory of Interest
Time is an irreversible flux. Each moment has a unique place in the sequence of moments of time with respect to action. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_11. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2022.
College Conference Switching as Secession? A Case Study in “Nations by Consent”
One way to interpret Southern Cal and UCLA's move to switch conferences and join the Big 10 is as a form of peaceful secession. Original Article: "College Conference Switching as Secession? A Case Study in 'Nations by Consent'" This Audio Mises Wire is
Is Nationalism a Good Thing? That Depends.
From the United Kingdom to Spain to the Balkans, it has become common practice in Europe to refer to secessionist groups of various types as “nationalists.” Sometimes the term is employed as a pejorative term, and often not. Scottish nationalists,
The Economy Needs a Volcker Moment
Readers of the Mises Wire are most likely familiar with the Volcker moment. This was when former Fed chair Paul Volcker, in the face of steep price inflation, skyrocketed rates to nearly 20 percent. While critics of the Volcker moment complain
Faculty Panel
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 25 July 2022.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is a general feature of the market economy. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_07. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 25 July 2022.