Lecture series · recorded 2009
The Bankruptcy of American Politics
The Bankruptcy of American Politics is a free lecture series (7 recordings, 5.1 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 7 speakers.
Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 24–25 January 1997, Newport Beach, CA.
Big GovernmentThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyEducationTaxes and Spending
Cover painting: Necker addresses the Estates-General before Louis XVI, Versailles, 5 May 1789. See every painting in the art gallery.
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Liberty on Campus, and in America 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Newport Beach, California; January 24-25, 1997.
Philosophy and MethodologyPolitical TheoryEducation
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Power and Ideology in D.C. 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Newport Beach, California; January 24-25, 1997.
Political TheoryBig Government
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Who and What Controls Our Money 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Newport Beach, California; January 24-25, 1997.
Big GovernmentThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. Economy
Read the transcript 6,470 words
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Why the Empire Must Die 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Newport Beach, California; January 24-25, 1997.
Political TheoryBig Government
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The Bankruptcy of American Politics 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Newport Beach, California; January 24-25, 1997.
Political Theory
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38:29 Download MP3
Those Dirty, Rotten Taxes 2009
Sponsored by the Mises Institute and held in Newport Beach, California; January 24-25, 1997.
Big GovernmentTaxes and Spending
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What Must Be Done 2009
How should anarcho-capitalists engage the modern state? Hans-Hermann Hoppe dissects the nature of the modern democratic state and suggests strategies for enacting a bottom-up libertarian revolution in ideology and civil government.
Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory
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Charles Adams, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey A. Tucker, John V. Denson, Joseph T. Salerno, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Peter G. Klein.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 7 of these 7 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Bankruptcy of American Politics, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is The Bankruptcy of American Politics free to listen to?
- Yes. All 7 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is The Bankruptcy of American Politics?
- 7 recordings, 5.1 hours in total.
- Who lectures in The Bankruptcy of American Politics?
- Charles Adams, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey A. Tucker, John V. Denson, and 3 others.
- When was The Bankruptcy of American Politics recorded?
- 2009, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of The Bankruptcy of American Politics?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 45,639 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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