Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org
Doug French: Is Las Vegas the Freest Place on Earth?
Direct from FreedomFest 2014, Kyle Platt catches up with Doug French, director of Mises Institute Canada. They discuss the annual setting of FreedomFest, Las Vegas, as the illusion of freedom it creates for tourists. Is Las Vegas really free? Find out. Bonus: Doug answers the question, if you could design a casino game after any …
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Contrasting Views of the Great Depression | Robert P. Murphy
Archived from the live broadcast, this Mises University lecture was presented at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 23 July 2014.
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Mises Academy Free Trade 1 of 4
Robert P. Murphy walks through Lesson 19 from his textbook *Lessons For the Young Economist*. For more info: http://academy.mises.org
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Author’s Forum: Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies by Dr. Gary Galles
Liberty.me U presented an Author’s Forum with Dr. Gary Galles of Pepperdine University on May 13 at 9pm EST for a discussion of his new book “Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies.” About the Book: Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies by Gary Galles is an incredibly good guide to showing precisely what is nonsensical about political debate. How …
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Gary Galles: Thomas Piketty’s Bad Economics
Kyle Platt speaks with Professor Gary Galles of Pepperdine University about the hubbub around the French economist, Thomas Piketty, and his attacks of what he sees as Capitalism.
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Gary Galles: The Weaponized Language of Politics
Kyle Platt speaks with Professor Gary Galles about his new book: Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies. In the book, Prof. Galles details the way in which politicians use rhetorical and linguistic tricks in order to pass legislation, and how to spot these tricks. Prof. Galles’ book is available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Faulty-Premises-Policies-Gary-Galles-ebook/dp/B00HZ9JHP8 Or, it is completely free, …
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Dr. Frank Shostak, MMG on the coming US recession
A contrarian view on the US economy. Livewire met with well renowned Austrian School Economist, Dr. Frank Shostak of MMG in Sydney yesterday. Dr. Shostak is surprisingly positive on China due to the process of cleansing being undertaken, but has grave concerns regarding the economic health of the US. Dr. Shostak predicts that continued low-growth …
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Doug French: The Injustice System, Darrow’s Resist Not Evil
Kyle Platt speaks with Doug French, Executive Editor or Agora Financial and former President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, about Clarence Darrow’s almost forgotten book, Resist Not Evil, and the the implications of this scathing critique of the American justice system. Resist Not Evil will be available for download in the library of Liberty.me …
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Bob Murphy Explains “Rio 2” to Stefan Molyneux
Economist Robert P. Murphy has to explain animated kids’ movies to world-famous libertarian philosopher Stefan Molyneux. Molyneux’s scathing review of “Rio 2” is at: (Note: At the 0:18 mark Murphy erroneously refers to the film as a Disney production, but it is 20th Century FOX.)
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How the Government Wrecks the Economy | Robert P. Murphy
Enroll now: http://academy.mises.org/courses/wreck/ Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Bob Murphy illustrates how government interference with the market economy leads to human misery.
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Closed Border Keeps You IN
Economist Robert P. Murphy discusses the odd support for “closing the border” among people who otherwise have a very cynical view of the government’s motives.
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Supply and Demand, Part VI | Robert P. Murphy
From Robert Murphy’s 3-part series of online courses, “Basics of Economics.” Part 3 of this series, “How Government Wrecks the Economy,” starts April 24. Sign up now to attend live. Parts 1 and 2 are not required, but they are available to take as independent study. Sign up at http://academy.mises.org/programs/basics-of-economics/
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Supply and Demand, Part V | Robert P. Murphy
From Robert Murphy’s 3-part series of online courses, “Basics of Economics.” Part 3 of this series, “How Government Wrecks the Economy,” starts April 24. Sign up now to attend live. Parts 1 and 2 are not required, but they are available to take as independent study. Sign up at http://academy.mises.org/programs/basics-of-economics/
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Supply and Demand, Part IV | Robert P. Murphy
From Robert Murphy’s 3-part series of online courses, “Basics of Economics.” Part 3 of this series, “How Government Wrecks the Economy,” starts April 24. Sign up now to attend live. Parts 1 and 2 are not required, but they are available to take as independent study. Sign up at http://academy.mises.org/programs/basics-of-economics/
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Supply and Demand, Part III | Robert P. Murphy
From Robert Murphy’s 3-part series of online courses, “Basics of Economics.” Part 3 of this series, “How Government Wrecks the Economy,” starts April 24. Sign up now to attend live. Parts 1 and 2 are not required, but they are available to take as independent study. Sign up at http://academy.mises.org/programs/basics-of-economics/
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Supply and Demand, Part II | Robert P. Murphy
From Robert Murphy’s 3-part series of online courses, “Basics of Economics.” Part 3 of this series, “How Government Wrecks the Economy,” starts April 24. Sign up now to attend live. Parts 1 and 2 are not required, but they are available to take as independent study. Sign up at http://academy.mises.org/programs/basics-of-economics/
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Supply and Demand, Part I | Robert P. Murphy
From Robert Murphy’s 3-part series of online courses, “Basics of Economics.” Part 3 of this series, “How Government Wrecks the Economy,” starts April 24. Sign up now to attend live. Parts 1 and 2 are not required, but they are available to take as independent study. Sign up at http://academy.mises.org/programs/basics-of-economics/
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Save LI Forum – 08: Robert Murphy – Austrian Economics
Economist Robert P. Murphy, associate scholar at the Mises Institute, teacher, blogger & author advocates for Austrian Economics as the way out of our current economic problems. Save Long Island Forum – Hauppauge, NY – Jan 18, 2014 The forum was a brilliant success in every way but financially. If you want to help the …
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The Historical Gold Standard | Robert P. Murphy
Excerpted from Lecture 1 of “Basics of Economics: An Introduction to the Free Market.” For more information, or to enroll in one of Dr. Murphy’s courses, visit http://academy.mises.org
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