The Liberty Archive Free Capitalists

Lecture 2 of 13 · Ludwig von Mises Archives

Balance of Payments

Ludwig von Mises · 1:16:56 · Recorded 1 May 1969

The doctrine in favor of the balance-of- payments is the worst illusory idea. Governmental interventions that seek to regulate international monetary flows to provide the necessary quantities of money for the economy are superfluous.

Austrian Economics OverviewValue and ExchangeMoney and Banks

Part of a series

Ludwig von Mises Archives

13 lectures, 11.4 hours, recorded 1958–1972. See the full series or subscribe by RSS.

Speakers: Ludwig von Mises.

Recording date and topics for this lecture come from the Mises Institute's page for Balance of Payments, checked 2026-07-23.