Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU21_PPT_31. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2021. 

In June 2004, Professor Hoppe visited the Mises Institute in Auburn to deliver an ambitious series of lectures titled Economy, Society, and History. Over ten lectures, one each morning and afternoon for a week, Dr. Hoppe presented nothing short of a

Frankfurt, Bremen, Hamburg, Luebeck are large and brilliant, and their impact on the prosperity of Germany is incalculable. Yet, would they remain what they are if they were to lose their independence and be incorporated?”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1 From the

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2021.

Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU21_PPT_29. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 22, 2021.

In a speech to the nation just ahead of Bastille Day on July 14 celebrating the French Revolution, President Emmanuel Macron delivered a paradoxical blow to the Republic’s famous slogan: Liberté, égalité, fraternité. He announced a series of measures to

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2021.

Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU21_PPT_27. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2021.

This month, the United States once again celebrated her independence on the Fourth of July. After a year of lockdowns, masks, and now even mandatory vaccinations in workplaces and universities, the idea that the USA is a beacon of freedom