Lecture series · recorded 2011
Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm
Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm is a free lecture series (6 recordings, 3.1 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 6 speakers.
How the agriculture lobby in Washington, DC, distorts and affects government agriculture policies and subsidies.14 May 2011, Indianapolis, IN.
Big GovernmentGlobal EconomyBooms and BustsThe EnvironmentTaxes and Spending
Cover painting: a tenant farmer plows under standing cotton behind his mule, AAA plow-up, Arkansas Delta, August 1933. See every painting in the art gallery.
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The Agricultural-University Complex: Destroying Agriculture for 80 Years 2011
The Mises Circle in Indianapolis. Sponsored by Weaver Popcorn Company. Recorded 14 May 2011.
Capital and Interest TheoryInterventionismGlobal Economy
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Farmland Boom and Bust 2011
The Mises Circle in Indianapolis. Sponsored by Weaver Popcorn Company. Recorded 14 May 2011.
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What Soviet Agriculture Teaches Us 2011
The Mises Circle in Indianapolis. Sponsored by Weaver Popcorn Company. Recorded 14 May 2011.
Other Schools of ThoughtProduction Theory
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Ethanol Subsidies Have Many Bad Consequences 2011
The Mises Circle in Indianapolis. Sponsored by Weaver Popcorn Company. Recorded 14 May 2011.
InterventionismProduction Theory
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Government Ag Policies: Harvesting Absurdities 2011
The Mises Circle in Indianapolis. Sponsored by Weaver Popcorn Company. Recorded 14 May 2011.
InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig Government
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Speaker Panel 2011
Featuring Thomas DiLorenzo, Doug French, Bob Higgs, Yuri Maltsev and Bob Murphy at the Mises Circle in Indianapolis: “Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm,” on 14 May 2011. Sponsored by Weaver Popcorn Company.
Production TheoryThe EnvironmentTaxes and Spending
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Doug French, Mises Institute, Robert Higgs, Robert P. Murphy, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Yuri N. Maltsev.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 6 of these 6 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm free to listen to?
- Yes. All 6 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm?
- 6 recordings, 3.1 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm?
- Doug French, Mises Institute, Robert Higgs, Robert P. Murphy, and 2 others.
- When was Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm recorded?
- 2011, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 26,095 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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