Lecture series · recorded 2008
Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money
Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money is a free lecture series (6 recordings, 2.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 6 speakers.
How can we return money to its natural market home? Why is this so necessary? This conference addresses these questions and providea answers that are radical but practical, too. 3 September 2008, Vancouver, Canada.
Media and CultureMoney and BanksGlobal EconomyThe FedU.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryFree MarketsBooms and Busts
Cover painting: King Croesus shows Solon the gold of his treasury at Sardis, Lydia, about 550 BC. See every painting in the art gallery.
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How Private Markets Can Provide Money 2008
From "Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money"; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
Private PropertyProduction TheoryFree MarketsMoney and Banks
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The Ten Best Books on Money 2008
From "Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money"; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
Monetary TheoryPhilosophy and MethodologyMedia and CultureMoney and Banks
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A New Currency for the World 2008
From "Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money"; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
Money and BankingValue and ExchangeGlobal EconomyMoney and Banks
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The Founding Father of Central Banking 2008
From "Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money"; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
The FedU.S. EconomyU.S. History
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Booms and Busts 2008
From "Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money"; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
Austrian Economics OverviewMoney and BankingBooms and Busts
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The Social Imperative of Sound Money 2008
From "Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money"; the Mises Circle in Vancouver. Recorded 13 September 2008.
Monetary TheoryMoney and BankingValue and ExchangeMoney and Banks
Read the transcript 3,447 words
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David Gordon, Doug French, Joseph T. Salerno, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Walter Block.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 6 of these 6 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money 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 Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money?
- 6 recordings, 2.8 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money?
- David Gordon, Doug French, Joseph T. Salerno, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., and 2 others.
- When was Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money recorded?
- 2008, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of Choice in Currency: A Path to Sound Money?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 24,581 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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