Debamboozling 101: How Court Historians Turn Political Villains into Heroes

Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on August 3, 2024. Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics, and is the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.

Debamboozling 101: How Court Historians Turn Political Villains into Heroes

"Murray Rothbard used this term debamboozle, because the idea is that the state and all of its minions—the media, the universities—they're all in the business of bamboozling the public—confusing the public into thinking the state is benevolent and omnipotent and wonderful." Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on August 3, 2024. Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics, and is the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.

Colonialism, Self-Determination, and Secession

"Self-determination, imperialism, and secession are three ways of looking at the same object. Because, as we will see, the tradition of self-determination is closely connected to the issue of secession, and also its opposite then, imperialism and colonialism." Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on August 3, 2024. Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics, and is the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.

How We Win: Advancing Liberty in Your Career

"There are different ways that we can take what we've learned here at Mises U and apply it." Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on August 3, 2024. Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics, and is the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.

Commencement Address

"Rothbard always worked with great enthusiasm and joy despite the many obstacles he faced. The reason why his spirits never dampened is because he had optimism, which he said may be very long-range. He didn't merely believe the possibility of eventual victory. but implied that given a fairly safe set of assumptions, the triumph of liberty was practically inevitable." Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on August 2, 2024. Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics, and is the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.