Lecture series · recorded 2009
Secession, State, and Economy
Secession, State, and Economy is a free lecture series (11 recordings, 5.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 11 speakers.
Speakers explore the secessionist movements, current and historical, and the moral right of states and regions to secede. 7–9 April 1995, Charleston, SC.
Legal SystemWar and Foreign PolicyU.S. HistoryWorld History
Cover painting: Menenius Agrippa tells his fable to the seceded plebeians on the Sacred Mount, Rome, 494 BC. See every painting in the art gallery.
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The Political Economy of Centralization and Secession 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995. Includes an Introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
InterventionismMoney and BankingPolitical Theory
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The Dashed Hope of Chechen Independence 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
InterventionismPolitical TheoryWorld History
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Was the Union Army's Invasion of the Confederate States a Lawful Act? 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Political TheoryLegal SystemWar and Foreign Policy
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The Fallacy of Anti-Secessionism 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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How to Secede in Business Without Really Leaving: Evidence of the Substitution of Arbitration for Litigation 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
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The Ethics of Secession 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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The Moral Promise of Political Independence 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Political Theory
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A Plea for the Real Union 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Political Theory
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Yankee Confederates: New England Secession Movements Prior to the War Between the States 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Political TheoryLegal SystemU.S. History
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A Secessionist View of Quebec's Options 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Political Theory
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Secession and the Moral Compact 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina; 7-9 April 1995.
Political TheoryLegal System
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Bruce L. Benson, Clyde Wilson, David Gordon, Eric Duhaime, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, James Ostrowski, Ron Paul, Scott Boykin, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Wesley Allen Riddle, Yuri N. Maltsev.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 11 of these 11 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Secession, State, and Economy, checked 2026-07-23.
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- Is Secession, State, and Economy free to listen to?
- Yes. All 11 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is Secession, State, and Economy?
- 11 recordings, 5.8 hours in total.
- Who lectures in Secession, State, and Economy?
- Bruce L. Benson, Clyde Wilson, David Gordon, Eric Duhaime, and 7 others.
- When was Secession, State, and Economy recorded?
- 2009, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of Secession, State, and Economy?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 48,534 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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