Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3318: Vera C. Rubin
Episode: 3318 Vera C. Rubin: The astronomer who brought dark matter to light. Today, meet Vera Rubin.
Audio Mises Wire - An Excellent Casey for Anarchism
Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/excellent-casey-anarchism
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1402: Franklin and De Chaumont
Episode: 1402 Ben Franklin and Le Ray de Chaumont's house in Paris. Today, Ben Franklin, revolution, and a house in Paris.
Audio Mises Wire - Methodological Individualism in Historical Analysis
Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/methodological-individualism-historical-analysis-0
Audio Mises Wire - Privacy and Fungibility: The Forgotten Virtues of Sound Money
Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a defense against overreaching governments. While sound money is in the interests of citizens, governments have managed to destroy it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-and-fungibility-forgotten-virtues-sound-money
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1401: Roosevelt, Remington, and the West
Episode: 1401 Theodore Roosevelt and Frederic Remington defining the West. Today, Roosevelt and Remington go West.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - The economics of war: Vikings, Conquistadors and Vietnam
How does economics help us understand conflicts through history?
That’s the question that economist and journalist Duncan Weldon tries to answer in his new book, Blood and Treasure.
Tim talks to Duncan about the economic perspective on Viking raiders, Spanish conquest and the Vietnam war.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon
Audio Mises Wire - Leo XIV and Rerum Novarum
When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has produced since then.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/leo-xiv-and-rerum-novarum
Audio Mises Wire - The American Revolution Was a Free-Trade Revolution
The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-free-trade-revolution