Lecture series · recorded 2003–2023
Prosperity, War, and Depression
Prosperity, War, and Depression is a free lecture series (14 recordings, 7.1 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 14 speakers.
Mises Institute scholars provide an inside look into the latest issues and arguments that are driving current debate, and show how the Austrian School of economics is working to advance a logical, liberty-minded response. Presented at the Mises Institute, October 24–25, 2003.
War and Foreign PolicyLegal SystemBiographiesBig GovernmentBooms and BustsMoney and BanksU.S. History
Cover painting: Dolley Madison directs the rescue of Washington's portrait as the British near, President's House, 1814. See every painting in the art gallery.
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How Recessions Become Depressions 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(16:52)
Austrian Economics OverviewBooms and Busts
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Anatomy of a Market Meltdown 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(38:26)
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesBooms and Busts
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The Politics of Recession 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(26:24)
Political TheoryBooms and BustsLegal System
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Did Greenspan Deserve Another Term? 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(25:00)
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesCapital and Interest TheoryMoney and BankingBiographiesBooms and BustsMoney and Banks
Read the transcript 3,827 words
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The Trouble With Washington 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(51:13)
Political TheoryBiographiesU.S. History
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A World of Mises and Mises.org 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(30:35)
Austrian Economics OverviewBiographies
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War, State, Economics, and Hypocrisy 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(22:15)
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign Policy
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The Myth of US Government Benevolence 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(28:35)
InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig GovernmentWar and Foreign Policy
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Philosophy and Violence 2004
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(30:17)
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign Policy
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30:03 Download MP3
War and Economics in 19th-Century America 2004
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(30:02)
Political TheoryLegal SystemU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy
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The Economic Culture of Boom and Bust 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(29:32)
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesCapital and Interest TheoryMoney and BankingMonopoly and CompetitionBooms and BustsMoney and BanksWar and Foreign Policy
Read the transcript 3,784 words
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The Biggest Lies about Recessions and War 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(24:29)
Austrian Economics OverviewBusiness CyclesCapital and Interest TheoryMoney and BankingBooms and BustsMoney and BanksWar and Foreign Policy
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39:26 Download MP3
The Myth of National Defense 2003
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.(39:25)
Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryLegal SystemWar and Foreign Policy
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32:26 Download MP3
Liberalism and Peace 2023
From Jefferson to Madison, and on to Bastiat, Molinari, and Spencer, the "classical" liberals routinely denounced war as the enemy of freedom, prudence, and natural rights.
Austrian Economics OverviewPolitical TheoryWar and Foreign Policy
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Speakers
David Gordon, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Joseph R. Stromberg, Joseph T. Salerno, Mark Thornton, Morgan O. Reynolds, Peter G. Klein, Ralph Raico, Roger W. Garrison, Ron Paul, Sean Corrigan, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Walter Block.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 14 of these 14 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Prosperity, War, and Depression, checked 2026-07-23.
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- Is Prosperity, War, and Depression free to listen to?
- Yes. All 14 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is Prosperity, War, and Depression?
- 14 recordings, 7.1 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Prosperity, War, and Depression?
- David Gordon, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Joseph R. Stromberg, and 10 others.
- When was Prosperity, War, and Depression recorded?
- 2003–2023, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of Prosperity, War, and Depression?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 59,649 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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