Lecture series · recorded 2010
The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie
The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie is a free lecture series (15 recordings, 8.1 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 14 speakers.
The state's efforts to stimulate the economy have had the reverse effect. The recovery is largely a myth. Real change must rest on an intellectual foundation. And that means sound economic theory and policy in the Misesian tradition. 8–9 October 2010, Auburn, AL.
Big GovernmentBooms and BustsU.S. EconomyFinancial MarketsThe FedFree MarketsLegal SystemEducationMoney and BanksU.S. HistoryBiographiesGlobal Economy
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Friday Night Lights(out): Bank Failures in Slow Motion 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Booms and BustsMoney and Banks
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Bernanke 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
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How to Reject the Statist Quo 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Philosophy and MethodologyBig Government
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Recapitalizing the Banks but Decapitating the Economy 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
InterventionismBooms and BustsThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. Economy
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The Fed, Gold, and Troubled Times 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Gold StandardBooms and BustsThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyU.S. History
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How This Recession Has Battered Mainstream Economists: An Austrian Opportunity 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Austrian Economics OverviewBooms and Busts
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How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Private PropertyFree MarketsLegal System
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The Recovery and Statism 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Political TheoryBig GovernmentBooms and BustsU.S. Economy
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How Do We Know When the State is Lying? 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Political TheoryBig Government
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The Financial Crisis and the Death of Macroeconomics 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Booms and BustsFinancial MarketsU.S. Economy
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Getting Out the Word: Alternative Research, Teaching, and Outreach 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Philosophy and MethodologyEducation
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How (and Why) Washington Lies About Everything 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Political TheoryBig GovernmentU.S. History
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Government's Response to the Crisis: A Fantastic Success, for Government 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
InterventionismPolitical TheoryBig GovernmentBooms and Busts
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How I See the World Today 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute's Supporters Summit; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
BiographiesFinancial MarketsGlobal Economy
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How I See the World Today: Question and Answer Period 2010
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute's Supporters Summit; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Financial MarketsGlobal Economy
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Speakers
Butler Shaffer, David Gordon, Doug French, Gary North, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Jim Rogers, John V. Denson, Joseph T. Salerno, Mark Thornton, Peter G. Klein, Robert Higgs, Robert P. Murphy, Stephan Kinsella, Thomas J. DiLorenzo.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 15 of these 15 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie free to listen to?
- Yes. All 15 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie?
- 15 recordings, 8.1 hours in total.
- Who lectures in The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie?
- Butler Shaffer, David Gordon, Doug French, Gary North, and 10 others.
- When was The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie recorded?
- 2010, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 69,256 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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