Lecture series · recorded 2009
Recovery or Stagnation?
Recovery or Stagnation? is a free lecture series (5 recordings, 3.3 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 5 speakers.
This one-day conference examines the motivations, the bad theory, and the dangerous implications behind "countercyclical" policy and artificial stimulus. This event takes a look back at the Great Depression and examines whether the government is currently creating another one. 29 August 2009, San Francisco, CA.
Booms and BustsTaxes and SpendingU.S. HistoryBig GovernmentCorporate WelfareThe FedMoney and Banks
Cover painting: police stop Jacob Coxey's army of the unemployed at the Capitol, Washington, 1 May 1894. See every painting in the art gallery.
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Government Bailouts: Picking Winners 2009
Presented by Walter Block at "Recovery or Stagnation?," the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L. Hart, III, and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French. Recorded Saturday, August 29th, 2009.
InterventionismBig GovernmentBooms and BustsCorporate Welfare
Read the transcript 7,488 words
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How Not to Deal with Economic Depression 2009
Presented by Thomas DiLorenzo at "Recovery or Stagnation?," the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L. Hart, III, and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French. Recorded Saturday, August 29th, 2009.
Booms and BustsTaxes and SpendingU.S. History
Read the transcript 6,391 words
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Housing and Fannie Mae: FDR's American Dream 2009
Presented by Douglas E. French at "Recovery or Stagnation?," the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L. Hart, III, and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Recorded Saturday, August 29th, 2009.
InterventionismBig GovernmentThe FedMoney and Banks
Read the transcript 3,371 words
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How Politicians and Citizens Should Deal with Depression 2009
Presented by Robert P. Murphy at "Recovery or Stagnation?," the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L. Hart, III, and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French. Recorded Saturday, August 29th, 2009.
InterventionismBooms and BustsTaxes and Spending
Read the transcript 8,013 words
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Speakers' Panel 2009
Presented at "Recovery or Stagnation?," the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L. Hart, III, and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Features Walter Block, Thomas DiLorenzo, Douglas French, and Robert Murphy. Recorded Saturday, August 29th, 2009.
Austrian Economics OverviewBooms and BustsCorporate Welfare
Read the transcript 5,154 words
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Doug French, Mises Institute, Robert P. Murphy, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Walter Block.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 5 of these 5 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Recovery or Stagnation?, checked 2026-07-23.
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- Is Recovery or Stagnation? free to listen to?
- Yes. All 5 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as video and audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is Recovery or Stagnation??
- 5 recordings, 3.3 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Recovery or Stagnation??
- Doug French, Mises Institute, Robert P. Murphy, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, and 1 others.
- When was Recovery or Stagnation? recorded?
- 2009, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of Recovery or Stagnation??
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 30,417 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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