Mises University 2025

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Understanding Stablecoins and U.S. Crypto Policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxhVLwxA5X4
{Mises Media | 27 July 2025}

The Human Action Podcast: Episode 510

Recorded live at the 2025 Mises University, Bob talks to PhD student Jason Priddle to understand the GENIUS Act—a landmark piece of legislation aimed at regulating stablecoins. They examine the broader implications of the Genius Act for monetary stability, fractional reserve banking, and the future of financial privacy.

Understanding Money Mechanics: https://mises.org/HAP510a

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Rothbardian Insights on the Political Economy of Mass Media | Connor O'Keeffe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdKDaGSA_k4
{Mises Media | 11 August 2025}

Connor O’Keeffe applies Rothbardian insights to expose how the news media distorts reality, not because of markets, but because of its entanglement with the state. From access-driven censorship to democracy-fueled misinformation, this talk reveals why the real threat isn’t media profit. It’s political power.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.

 

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Zoomers: America’s Most Persecuted Minority | Tho Bishop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VwgiQ8VjOE
{Mises Media | 11 August 2025}

Tho Bishop delivers a defense of Gen Z, arguing that they are bearing the brunt of decades of fiscal irresponsibility, inflationary policy, and political neglect. With historical insight and Rothbardian flair, he exposes how central banks, entitlements, and Keynesian ideology have rigged the system against younger generations, and why reclaiming the narrative is key to rebuilding liberty.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.

 

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Post in thread 'The Stuggle for Liberty: A Libertarian History of Political Thought'

Aug 17, 2025

Five Myths About the History of Political Thought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaLXB9SP8s
{Mises Media | 15 August 2025}

In his important lectures on the history of political thought, historian Ralph Raico examined five myths that many still believe about classical liberalism and the origins of modern ideology.

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Special Mises U Episode with David Brady, Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwCO7ZuIjkw
{Mises Media | 23 July 2025}

Tho Bishop and Connor O’Keeffe sat down with Mises Summer Fellow David Brady, Jr. during Mises University last week to discuss the summer fellowship, his research project on the Old Right, and the Mises Institute’s student programs more broadly.

 

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The Canadian Arctic Fur Trade: A Case Study of Freedom | Daniella Bassi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaz5RxHsfEc
{Mises Media | 25 August 2025}

Daniella Bassi tells the remarkable story of the Arctic fur trade as a real-world case study in stateless order. In early 20th-century northern Canada, Inuit and European traders conducted peaceful, prosperous exchange, without government law or enforcement, guided instead by mutual respect, property rights, and natural law.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 26, 2025.