Lecture series · recorded 2008
Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson is a free lecture series (12 recordings, 3.5 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 11 speakers.
Recorded during the 2008 Mises University, leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson.
Money and BanksTaxes and Spending
Read the book: Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt, free to download here.
Cover painting: Luddites led by George Mellor batter the door of Rawfolds Mill with hammers, Yorkshire, April 1812. See every painting in the art gallery.
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The Lesson 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 1 of 12.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 2,571 words
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The Broken Window 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 2 of 12.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 1,342 words
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Public Works Means Taxes 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 3 of 12.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 2,366 words
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The Curse of Machinery 2008
Recorded during the 2008 Mises University, Jeffrey Tucker interviews leading Austrian Economists on the topic of Henry Hazlitt’s classic book Economics in One Lesson . This is the fifth in a series of twelve interviews with leading Austrian Economists discussing each chapter of Hazlitt’s book.
Austrian Economics OverviewProduction Theory
Read the transcript 2,639 words
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Credit Diverts Production 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 4 of 12
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 2,691 words
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Who's Protected By Tariffs? 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 7 of 12.
Austrian Economics OverviewInterventionismTaxes and Spending
Read the transcript 2,471 words
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"Parity" Prices 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 8 of 12.
Austrian Economics OverviewPrices
Read the transcript 3,917 words
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How The Price System Works 2008
Recorded during the 2008 Mises University, Jeffrey Tucker interviews leading Austrian Economists on the topic of Henry Hazlitt’s classic book Economics in One Lesson . This is the ninth in a series of twelve interviews with leading Austrian Economists discussing each chapter of Hazlitt’s book.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 4,215 words
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The Function of Profits 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 11 of 12.
Austrian Economics OverviewMoney and Banks
Read the transcript 3,335 words
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Minimum Wage Laws 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 10 of 12.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 2,297 words
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The Assault on Saving 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 12 of 12.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 2,237 words
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Disbanding Troops and Bureaucrats 2008
Leading Austrian Economists discuss Henry Hazlitt's classic book Economics in One Lesson. Interview 6 of 12.
Austrian Economics Overview
Read the transcript 2,930 words
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George Reisman, Jeffrey M. Herbener, Joseph T. Salerno, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Mark Thornton, Peter G. Klein, Robert P. Murphy, Roger W. Garrison, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Walter Block.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 12 of these 12 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Economics in One Lesson, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is Economics in One Lesson free to listen to?
- Yes. All 12 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as video and audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is Economics in One Lesson?
- 12 recordings, 3.5 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Economics in One Lesson?
- George Reisman, Jeffrey M. Herbener, Joseph T. Salerno, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, and 7 others.
- When was Economics in One Lesson recorded?
- 2008, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is the book behind Economics in One Lesson available here?
- Yes. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt is in this archive as a free download, on its own page.
- Is there a transcript of Economics in One Lesson?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 33,011 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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