Lecture series · recorded 2006
The Fed and War Finance
The Fed and War Finance is a free lecture series (4 recordings, 2 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 4 speakers.
In the debate on American foreign and economic policy, the topic of financing is hardly ever raised. If tax increases are politically impossible but the government still wants empire, the printing is there to assist. But at what cost today? What cost in history? 16 September 2006, Manhattan, NY.
The FedWar and Foreign PolicyBig GovernmentMoney and BanksU.S. History
Cover painting: the ragged, unpaid Continental Army marches into Valley Forge, 19 December 1777. See every painting in the art gallery.
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The Origin and Nature of Money 2006
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan: The Fed and War Finance (16 September 2006, University Club, New York, NY).
Monetary TheoryMoney and Banks
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War and Inflation: The Monetary Process and Implications 2006
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan: The Fed and War Finance (16 September 2006, University Club, New York, NY).
Monetary TheoryThe FedWar and Foreign Policy
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The Revolutionary War and the Destruction of the Continental 2006
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan: The Fed and War Finance (16 September 2006, University Club, New York, NY).
Money and BanksU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy
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What Government Is Doing to Our Money 2006
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan: The Fed and War Finance (16 September 2006, University Club, New York, NY).
InterventionismBig GovernmentThe FedMoney and Banks
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Joseph T. Salerno, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Walter Block.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 4 of these 4 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Fed and War Finance, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is The Fed and War Finance free to listen to?
- Yes. All 4 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is The Fed and War Finance?
- 4 recordings, 2 hours in total.
- Who lectures in The Fed and War Finance?
- Joseph T. Salerno, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Thomas E. Woods, Jr., and Walter Block.
- When was The Fed and War Finance recorded?
- 2006, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of The Fed and War Finance?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 18,504 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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