So Where’s the Inflation?

Interviewed by guest host Tom Woods, Mark Thornton talks about price inflation and the American economy. Recorded 16 April 2013 on the Peter Schiff Show.

What's Wrong With Keynes?

Interviewed by guest host Tom Woods on 8 March 2013, GP Manish discusses Keynes and the problems with the Keynesian approach to economic downturns.

Why the Greenbackers Are Wrong

From the session on "Monetary Theory and Policy," presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 21 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

Answering the Same Old Arguments Against Sound Money

Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anonymous Donor. Recorded on Friday, 14 September 2012, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.

Scott Horton Interviews Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

The Anti-Imperialist League and the Battle Against Empire

A Libertarian Gallop Through American History

A Libertarian Gallop Through American History

A Rothbardian Research Program in American History

Session on Research in American Economic History. Recorded 10 March 2012 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [15:44]

What War Does

Sponsored by Furman Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow, 25 February 2012 at Furman University; Greenville, SC. [48:23]

The Free Market: Fallacies and Facts

Recorded in Houston, Texas, on 14 January 2012. [49:44]

Tom Woods Guest Hosts the Peter Schiff Show

Broadcast on 13 October 2011. [1:18:51]

An Evening with Tom Woods

Recorded 29 July 2011 in Auburn, Alabama. Includes and introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [1:07:36]

Economic Cycles Before the Fed

Recorded 28 July 2011 in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton. [1:01:01]

Mises for the Masses: Publishing in the Austro-Libertarian Tradition

Delivered to Mises Institute summer fellows on 16 June 2011; Auburn, Alabama. [30:29]

Rollback: An Interview with Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Interviewed by James Puplava on the Financial Sense Newshour, 16 March 2011. [52:06]

Applying Economics to American History

Applying Economics to American History Various Artists Economics for High School Students

Applying Economics to American History

Applying Economics to American History Various Artists Economics for High School Students

Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money

Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money Various Artists Depression, Monetary Destruction, and the Path to Sound Money

Keynesian Predictions vs. American History

The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas; 23 January 2010. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis.

Keynesian Predictions vs. American History

The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas; 23 January 2010. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis.

On Doing Economic History

Recorded 27 July 2010 in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton. [57:27]

Our Wise Overlords Are Just Here to Serve Us

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Colorado Springs, Colorado; 18 September 2010. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Economics Club. [49:43]

Authors Forum: Nullification! & Rollback

Recorded 10 March 2011 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [18:02]

Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920

Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920 Thomas E. Woods, Jr., from the Mises Circle event "The Great Depression: What We Can Learn From It Today." Professor Woods, author of MELTDOWN, also provides an excellent presentation on the Austrian

Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920

Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920 Thomas E. Woods, Jr., from the Mises Circle event "The Great Depression: What We Can Learn From It Today." Professor Woods, author of MELTDOWN, also provides an excellent presentation on the Austrian

Like Saving Ten Cents on a Trip to the Moon

Dennis Miller interviews Thomas E. Woods, Jr., author of 'Rollback,' who takes a closer look at Obama's new budget. Recorded 15 February 2011. [10:31]

Nullification: Jefferson's Remedy for Tyranny, Yesterday and Today

Recorded at FreedomFest, 10 July 2010. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French. [56:21]

The New Deal: History, Economics, and Law

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Tom Woods on the topic of the forthcoming online Mises Academy course, "The New Deal: History, Economics, and Law," which runs from September 6 through October 22, 2010. For more information, and to enroll, visit the Mises Academy.

Wealth Redistribution, Domestic and International

Problems of international development aid and the domestic welfare state. Recorded 30 July 2010 in Auburn, Alabama. [57:01]

The Mises Circle: Nullification

Recorded 26 July 2010 in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French, and the presentation of the 2009 George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award to Dr. Woods by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [44:53]

The Roots of Nullification

Tom Kowitz and Michele Gaudin of WGSO 990AM, New Orleans, interview Tom Woods on the topic of his book Nullification, 17 July 2010. [20:16]

An Interview with Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Interviewd by Susan Modaress on PressTV's "The Autograph," 14 July 2010. In this episode, Dr. Woods discusses his latest book, Nullification. [25:59]

Why Free Markets Matter

Hosted at the Mises Institute on 30 April 2010. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis.

Credit Diverts Production

Credit Diverts Production Various Artists Economics in One Lesson

Authors Forum: Meltdown

Authors Forum: Meltdown Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Austrian Scholars Conference

Authors Forum: Meltdown

Authors Forum: Meltdown Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Austrian Scholars Conference

The Source and Workings of the Latest Crisis

Jekyll Island, Georgia; 27 January 2010.

The Revolutionary War and the Destruction of the Continental

The Revolutionary War and the Destruction of the Continental Thomas Woods Mises Circle in Manhattan: The Fed and War Finance

The American Presidency: Critical Episodes in Its Growth, Part II

Thomas Woods discusses The American Presidency: Critical Episodes in its Growth, Part II at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 24th, 2005.

The American Presidency: Critical Episodes in Its Growth, Part I

Thomas Woods discusses The American Presidency: Critical Episodes in its Growth, Part I at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 24th, 2005.

Major Episodes in American Labor History: An Austrian Reevaluation, Part II

Thomas Woods explains some Major Episodes in American Labor History: An Austrian Reevaluation, Part II at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 23rd, 2005.

Major Episodes in American Labor History: An Austrian Reevaluation, Part I

Thomas Woods explains some Major Episodes in American Labor History: An Austrian Reevaluation, Part I at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 23rd, 2005.

The Great Depression, World War II, and American Prosperity, Part II

Thomas Woods presents "The Great Depression, World War II and American Prosperity, Part II" at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 22nd, 2005.

The Great Depression, World War II, and American Prosperity, Part I

Thomas Woods presents "The Great Depression, World War II and American Prosperity, Part I" at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 22nd, 2005.

The Fourteenth Amendment

Thomas Woods discusses The Fourteenth Amendment at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 21st, 2005.

The States' Rights Tradition Nobody Knows

Thomas Woods talks about The States' Rights Tradition Nobody Knows at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 21st, 2005.

States' Rights in Theory and Practice

Video version of Thomas Woods discussing States' Rights in Theory and Practice at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 20th, 2005.

Thomas Jefferson and the Principles of '98

Thomas Woods discusses Thomas Jefferson and the Principles of '98 at The Truth About American History: An Austro-Jeffersonian Perspective seminar on June 20th, 2005.

Meltdown

Why the heck is this happening to us? What happened to mortgages, to banks, to large retailers, to retirement savings, to stock prices, to the availability of credit? How could so many errors have coincided?

To the media pundits and government officials, this is a market failing that requires the government to take trillions of dollars from you and run the money presses full time. Otherwise we are doomed.

But there is another way to look at the great market collapse of 2008: the whole thing, including the bubble that preceded it, is the fault of the government and the Fed. All attempts to "fix" the problem are like forcing the patient to swallow more of the poison from which he currently suffers.

Mises.org has been making this argument, and warned of the coming crash years ago. But where can you find the argument explained for the average person in a convenient package, without technical jargon and with logic and facts?

Enter Tom Woods with his blockbuster book Meltdown. It's all here, all the information you need to understand what is happening and what to do about it. It is billed as a free-market response to the crisis but it is more precisely an Austrian School response.

He covers the problem of housing subsidies, of low interest loans, of the absurdities of the boom times, and how it was inevitable that they would come to an end. He puts the fault right where it belongs: with the government and the central bank.

He further blasts the political establishment for taking exactly the wrong path in response. Interest rates should be raised, not lowered. Government spending should be cut, not increased. Tax should be reduced. Regulations should be cut, not expanded. On the current path, the bozos in Washington are going to wreck whatever hope for recovery there is.

The great thing about this volume is that it is rooted in serious ideas. We aren't talking about some quicky investment book by a media talking head. Professor Woods is steeped in the ideas of Mises, Hayek, and Rothbard, and never misses a chance to explain the relationship between theory and reality. It contains what might be the clearest explanation of Austrian business cycle theory ever written.

This book is a fantastic weapon in the intellectual battle that is taking place right now. It needs to become a bestseller, and it could. You can do your part by distributing it as widely as possible. History really does hang in the balance.