Introduction to Austrian Economics

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

Introduction to Austrian Economics (2009 Video Series)​

http://fee.org/intro-to-austrian-economics/

EDIT 12/17/2009: It appears the lecture series has relocated to a new URL:

http://fee.org/videos/?speaker=&semi...rian+Economics

EDIT 06/10/2010 The URL has moved, again. Here is the correct link:

http://fee.org/videos/?speaker=&seminar=Intro+to+Austrian+Economics

Unfortunately, the lectures are listed out of order. In the original link, I do know that, "Austrian Economics Today" appeared first, followed by, "Austrians and the Other Schools." Those two pieces should set beginning learners along the right path.

Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Omphfullas Zamboni

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL​

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Austrian Economics Seminar -- 89 Lectures (2008):
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Austrian Economics Seminar -- 50 Lectures (2009):
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The coursework is divided into 52 lessons to cover 52 weeks, a complete year of study that can be pursued at home. With the Home Study Course, you can stick to the schedule or go at your own pace.

The year-long course is prepared by Professor Robert Murphy (PhD, NYU) in consultation with Mises Institute staff and other faculty.

Each week covers one topic, and is tied to an hour-long lecture and related readings. It includes study questions to guide your learning and research. The audio lectures are selected from among hundreds of hours of lectures so that you are given access to the best of the best, with lectures by great Austrian economists ranging over 30 years. (See pricing and further details.).

By searching on the Mises.org website, Liberty Forest user, "farrar" was able to find free downloadable PDF's of the materials comprised within the Home Study Curriculum. Thanks, farrar! Link.

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Lessons for the Young Economist:
2010 edition of Robert Murphy's introduction to economics textbook Lessons for the Young Economist. Intended for the middle school/high school age brackets. Licensed via Creative Commons and distributed freely through the Mises Institute. (PDF).


Beginner's Economics lectures, (provided by The Teaching Company...)

Thinking about Capitalism:
Thinking about Capitalism provides a historical study of the contributions and potential pitfalls that capitalist theory brings to the human experience. Upon completion, the listener will likely possess an improved understanding of the nuances in the ideas purveyed by economics' most known thinkers.

Course Lecture Titles

1. Why Think about Capitalism?
2. The Greek and Christian Traditions
3. Hobbes's Challenge to the Traditions
4. Dutch Commerce and National Power
5. Capitalism and Toleration—Voltaire
6. Abundance or Equality—Voltaire vs. Rousseau
7. Seeing the Invisible Hand—Adam Smith
8. Smith on Merchants, Politicians, Workers
9. Smith on the Problems of Commercial Society
10. Smith on Moral and Immoral Capitalism
11. Conservatism and Advanced Capitalism—Burke
12. Conservatism and Periphery Capitalism—Möser
13. Hegel on Capitalism and Individuality
14. Hamilton, List, and the Case for Protection
15. De Tocqueville on Capitalism in America
16. Marx and Engels—The Communist Manifesto
17. Marx's Capital and the Degradation of Work
18. Matthew Arnold on Capitalism and Culture
19. Individual and Community—Tönnies vs. Simmel
20. The German Debate over Rationalization
21. Cultural Sources of Capitalism—Max Weber
22. Schumpeter on Innovation and Resentment
23. Lenin's Critique—Imperialism and War
24. Fascists on Capitalism—Freyer and Schmitt
25. Mises and Hayek on Irrational Socialism*
26. Schumpeter on Capitalism's Self-Destruction
27. The Rise of Welfare-State Capitalism
28. Pluralism as Limit to Social Justice—Hayek
29. Herbert Marcuse and the New Left Critique
30. Contradictions of Postindustrial Society
31. The Family under Capitalism
32. Tensions with Democracy—Buchanan and Olson
33. End of Communism, New Era of Globalization
34. Capitalism and Nationalism—Ernest Gellner
35. The Varieties of Capitalism
36. Intrinsic Tensions in Capitalism

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Legacies of Great Economists
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1. Before Economics—Mercantilists and Physiocrats
2. Adam Smith and the Birth of Economics
3. The Dismal Science—Thomas Robert Malthus and David Ricardo
4. John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism
5. Karl Marx and Socialism
6. Alfred Marshall and Marginalist Thought
7. The Socialist Calculation Debate*
8. Joseph Schumpeter and Entrepreneurialism
9. John Maynard Keynes and the Keynesian Revolution
10. Milton Friedman and the Rebirth of Classical Economics

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Happy learning!

 

[sevin]

Whoa, this looks very educational. Thanks! bookmarked

 

[mtj458]

If you look on the main page they have intermediate and advanced videos too. I haven't watched them yet but I plan on doing it eventually. I met the president of FEE last week and he's a really good guy who's very passionate about liberty. Most people here probably look to the Mises Institute first but FEE is a great resource too.

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

Hi,

Could you please post the direct link for the intermediate and advanced material?

Cheers,
Omphfullas Zamboni

 

[mtj458]

http://fee.org/advanced-austrian-economics/

It looks like there is no intermediate actually.

 

[hugolp]

I have watched all the Youtube videos of the Mises Institute and they should do the same as this guys. Put some of the videos in form of a lesson.

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

I have watched all the Youtube videos of the Mises Institute and they should do the same as this guys. Put some of the videos in form of a lesson.

Agreed. If I knew anything about economics, I would organize some links to Mises videos into a lesson/curriculum and post it here.

 

[youngbuck]

Looks pretty sweet. I've have to watch them when I get the time sometime.

 

[ClayTrainor]

Introduction to Austrian Economics (2009 Video Series):

http://fee.org/intro-to-austrian-economics/

This looks like an absolutely amazing resource, thank you!

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

You're welcome.

 

[SimpleName]

This looks amazing. I have been struggling with economics for some time now. This could be quite a resource. Thanks a ton!

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

This looks amazing. I have been struggling with economics for some time now. This could be quite a resource. Thanks a ton!

You are all very welcome. I was thinking about downloading the MP3 versions of the lecturers and seeding them into a torrent file, just in case the site goes down or the videos are made unavailable...

 

[Carson]

This looks amazing. I have been struggling with economics for some time now. This could be quite a resource. Thanks a ton!

I think Austrian economics and free enterprise in general have been struggling at the hands of the vampires in the government that have been sucking the life out of our currency for decades.

I'm hearing some saying the models are obviously failures. The thing that hasn't been so oblivious has been the counterfeiting that has devalued the currency. Many have been aware but for me I was a frog in a pot of water that the heat was being turned up on.

Look at this chart based on the consumer price index. You can see where we strayed away from money based on silver or gold and printed up fake money in times of war. The little bumps are the value falling.

It would take counterfeiting the whole money supply at least ten time to recreate the devaluation that has occurred in the last few decades.

Even a business model based on lemons and sugar from Mom is going to struggle trying to operate using the currency we can no longer bank on.

 

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

I think Austrian economics and free enterprise in general have been struggling at the hands of the vampires in the government that have been sucking the life out of our currency for decades.

I'm hearing some saying the models are obviously failures. The thing that hasn't been so oblivious has been the counterfeiting that has devalued the currency. Many have been aware but for me I was a frog in a pot of water that the heat was being turned up on.

Look at this chart based on the consumer price index. You can see where we strayed away from money based on silver or gold and printed up fake money in times of war. The little bumps are the value falling.

It would take counterfeiting the whole money supply at least ten time to recreate the devaluation that has occurred in the last few decades.

Even a business model based on lemons and sugar from Mom is going to struggle trying to operate using the currency we can no longer bank on.

"An ‘automatic’ gold currency is part and parcel of a laissez-faire and free-trade economy. It links every nation’s money rates and price levels with the money-rates and price levels of all the other nations that are ‘on gold.’ It is extremely sensitive to government expenditure and even to attitudes or policies that do not involve expenditure directly, for example, to foreign policy, to certain policies of taxation, and, in general, to precisely all those policies that violate the principles of [classical] liberalism. This is the reason why gold is so unpopular now and also why it was so popular in a bourgeois era. It imposes restrictions upon governments or bureaucracies that are much more powerful than is parliamentary criticism. It is both the badge and the guarantee of bourgeois freedom—of freedom not simply of the bourgeois interest, but of freedom in the bourgeois sense. From this standpoint a man may quite rationally fight for it, even if fully convinced of the validity of all that has ever been urged against it on economic grounds. From the standpoint of etatisme and planning, a man may not less rationally condemn it, even if fully convinced of the validity of all that has ever been urged for it on economic grounds." -- Joseph Schumpeter

 

[Saquire]

Here's a great new video made for a 3 minute film contest about aspects of Austrian Economics:
Check it out!

YouTube - Letting Be

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

Hello,

Is the Introduction to Austrian Economics link broken? I can no longer see any videos on the page:

http://fee.org/intro-to-austrian-economics/

Regards,
Omphfullas Zamboni

 

[Saquire]

Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEE) have a great facebook group everyone should check out

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

Hello,

Is the Introduction to Austrian Economics link broken? I can no longer see any videos on the page:

http://fee.org/intro-to-austrian-economics/

Regards,
Omphfullas Zamboni

EDIT: It appears the lecture series has relocated to a new URL:

http://fee.org/videos/?speaker=&seminar=Intro+to+Austrian+Economics

Unfortunately, the lectures are listed out of order. In the original link, I do know that, "Austrian Economics Today" appeared first, followed by, "Austrians and the Other Schools." Those two pieces should set beginning learners along the right path.

Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Omphfullas Zamboni

 

[K466]

Wow, there's plenty of material to keep me busy for months.

 

[NightOwl]

I have watched all the Youtube videos of the Mises Institute and they should do the same as this guys. Put some of the videos in form of a lesson.

Joe Salerno has already given an introductory course on Austrian economics, so I think your wish is already fulfilled. The order of the lectures and recommended reading are here.