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Lecture series · recorded 2006–2008

Homeschool Classroom

Homeschool Classroom is a free lecture series (7 recordings, 3.4 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 5 speakers.

Audio and Video recordings targeted at homeschooling and younger students. An introduction to principles of economics.

Media and CultureThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. HistoryThe Environment

Cover painting: sailors and soldiers haul the gilded statue of George III off its pedestal, Bowling Green, New York, July 1776. See every painting in the art gallery.

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  1. 01

    350 Years of Economic Theory in 50 Minutes 2006

    Mark Thornton · 55:06 · Q&A 15 min · 75.7 MB · Recorded 3 October 2006

    Market economies are not only efficient but just, founded on individual liberty, division of labor, and private property. Free markets produce every product and every service desired. Free markets distribute all products and services through voluntary exchanges.

    Austrian Economics Overview

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  2. 02

    A Libertarian Gallop Through American History 2006

    Thomas E. Woods, Jr. · 51:42 · Q&A 13 min · 95.2 MB · Recorded 3 October 2006

    Some American History is not covered at all in history books. Four of these ignored stories are: 1) in 1798 a law passed making it a crime to say unkind words about anyone in the US government, other than the vice president, who at the time was Jefferson.

    Political TheoryU.S. History

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  3. 03

    The Novels of Freedom 2008

    Jeffrey A. Tucker · 15:29 · 3.5 MB · Recorded 24 September 2008

    Markets find value the best. Government intervention destroys the price signals that markets require. Government cannot create money out of thin air. Time Will Run Back is a novel that begins in a socialist world where no one knows what the economy is doing because there are no prices. Socialism is unraveled.

    Austrian Economics OverviewMedia and Culture

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    The Price is Right 2008

    Mark Thornton · 20:45 · 4.7 MB · Recorded 24 September 2008

    Honest money and private property rights are the foundation for a peaceful society. The price system is what makes this work because it reflects the real availability of each scarce product and service, especially during emergency times.

    Austrian Economics OverviewMoney and Banks

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  5. 05

    The Fraud of Global Warming 2008

    Floy Lilley · 17:04 · 3.9 MB · Recorded 24 September 2008

    Here are inconvenient truths that counter the fallacies of Al Gore's documentary film - An Inconvenient Truth. Man is not causing catastrophic global warming. Carbon Dioxide is the stuff of life, not a pollutant.

    The Environment

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    Who Killed the Constitution? 2008

    Thomas E. Woods, Jr. · 21:11 · 4.8 MB · Recorded 24 September 2008

    The Constitution spelled out that the federal government is limited to certain powers. Is it allowed? should be the first question about any proposed legislation. Today there are no recognized limits. The Supreme Court declared in the late 1930s that everything the federal government does will be assumed to be constitutional.

    Political TheoryU.S. History

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  7. 07

    The Immoral Federal Reserve 2008

    Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. · 20:42 · 4.7 MB · Recorded 24 September 2008

    The Fed is essentially a giant counterfeiting machine. That would be criminal for you, but is legal for JPMorgan's men under the Federal Reserve Act written by the big bankers.

    Austrian Economics OverviewThe FedMoney and Banks

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Floy Lilley, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mark Thornton, Thomas E. Woods, Jr..

Recording dates, summaries and topics for 7 of these 7 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Homeschool Classroom, checked 2026-07-23.

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Is Homeschool Classroom free to listen to?
Yes. All 7 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as video and audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Homeschool Classroom?
7 recordings, 3.4 hours in total.
Who lectures in Homeschool Classroom?
Floy Lilley, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mark Thornton, and 1 others.
When was Homeschool Classroom recorded?
2006–2008, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of Homeschool Classroom?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 29,562 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.

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