The Economics of Legal Tender Laws

The Economics of the Public Sector

In the real world, it is impossible to separate economic analysis from an understanding of the effects of state intervention in the marketplace. Government spending, borrowing, regulating, and bureaucratizing all distort and change the economics of our daily lives. In this 60-minute talk, Thomas DiLorenzo discusses the effects of government intervention, and the role of democratic politics in leading to more intervention. How Austrian economics is used to analyze the effects of government spending, borrowing, and bureaucratizing. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Mises as Model

Recorded at Mises University 2010.

Mises University Awards Ceremony

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

Protection and the Market for Security

How a free market in law enforcement and military defense could work. Recorded at Mises University 2010.

The Economics of Legal Tender Laws

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.