Liberty and Economics – Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises has had a major influence on libertarian ideas and (according to his foundation’s website) is the “uncontested dean of the Austrian School of economists”.

This video, unfortunately, suffers from having been produced by the institute who took his name; as a result, a lot of the narration and interview clips are simplistic and biased. This video does, however, provide a decent overview of von Mises ideas.

Milton Friedman on Limited Government

Milton Friedman lays out his case for a limited government in the usual and compelling way in a public television interview from the 50’s. His view that the minimum wage was the worst policy in terms of outcome for blacks is very interesting and seemingly right-on. Too bad the right in America spends even more than those damn ‘tax-and-spenders’.