In the real world, it is impossible to separate economic analysis from an understanding of the effects of state intervention in the marketplace.

Includes remarks and presentations by Douglas French, Joseph Salerno, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, and Dario Fernandez. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Featuring Block, DiLorenzo, Klein, Thornton, Terrell, Woods, and Murphy. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Compares and contrasts the principles and performance of alternative international monetary systems, including the classical gold standard, the gold-exchange standard, fluctuating national fiat currencies, and a global fiat currency. Shows the superiority of a hard-money gold standard over the historical and proposed alternatives. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Defending “methodological dualism” [the view that natural science and social science require different methods] from both its positivist critics and its confused historicist friends. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Featuring Block, DiLorenzo, Klein, Thornton, Terrell, Woods, and Murphy. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Advanced lecture on the origins of fiat money systems, explaining the transition from commodity money to commercial bank notes and deposits, and from there to fiat money. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Featuring Garrison, Hülsmann, Long, Herbener, Gordon, and Salerno. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Showing that Milton Friedman’s criticism of Austrian apriorism and his criticism of the Austrian rejection of unrealistic economic models are rooted in the same philosophical mistake. Recorded at Mises University 2010.