Lecture series · recorded 2008
The Gold Standard Revisited
The Gold Standard Revisited is a free lecture series (16 recordings, 8.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 16 speakers.
The dollar is in grave danger, the government is growing at the expense of society, and the business cycle has been unleashed with ferocity. The answer: restore sound money, stop inflation, and get government out of the money business. 31 October – 1 November 2008, Auburn, AL.
Money and BanksMedia and CultureWorld HistoryBig GovernmentThe FedHealthU.S. EconomyU.S. HistoryFree MarketsGlobal EconomyWar and Foreign PolicyBooms and Busts
Cover painting: William Jennings Bryan ends his Cross of Gold speech, Chicago Coliseum, July 1896. See every painting in the art gallery.
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Nation of Sheep 2008
Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 31 October 2008; Auburn, Alabama.
Philosophy and MethodologyBig GovernmentMedia and Culture
Read the transcript 6,555 words
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Gold and the Good Guys: A Short History of American Thinkers on Money 2008
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Monetary Freedom and its Opposite 2008
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Entrepreneurship Under the Gold Standard 2008
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Inflation in Recent Monetary History 2008
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The Ethical Rules of Producing Money 2008
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Unsound Money and War in the 20th Century 2008
Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 1 November 2008; Auburn, Alabama.
Value and ExchangeMoney and BanksWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History
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Money and Philosophy 2008
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The Gilded Age and the Gold Standard 2008
Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 1 November 2008; Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.
Gold StandardWorld History
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A Short History of a Book Publishing Phenom 2008
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My Exchanges with Fed Chairmen 2008
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Inflation and the Bolsheviks 2008
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Gold is Free Market Money 2008
Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 1 November 2008; Auburn, Alabama.
Austrian Economics OverviewProduction TheoryValue and ExchangeFree MarketsMoney and Banks
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Bubbles Made of Paper: Then and Now 2008
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How Abolishing the Fed Would Change Everything (for the better) 2008
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Austrian Monetary Economics 2008
Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 1 November 2008; Auburn, Alabama. Introduction and Award Presentation by Dr. Gary G. Schlarbaum.
Austrian Economics OverviewMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking
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Andrew Napolitano, David Gordon, Doug French, Jeffrey A. Tucker, John V. Denson, Joseph T. Salerno, Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mark Thornton, Pascal Salin, Peter G. Klein, Ron Paul, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Walter Block, Yuri N. Maltsev.
Recording dates, summaries and topics for 16 of these 16 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Gold Standard Revisited, checked 2026-09-27.
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- Is The Gold Standard Revisited free to listen to?
- Yes. All 16 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
- How long is The Gold Standard Revisited?
- 16 recordings, 8.8 hours in total.
- Who lectures in The Gold Standard Revisited?
- Andrew Napolitano, David Gordon, Doug French, Jeffrey A. Tucker, and 12 others.
- When was The Gold Standard Revisited recorded?
- 2008, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
- Is there a transcript of The Gold Standard Revisited?
- Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 76,795 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.
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