Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, on 30 January 2016. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist. Special thanks to Christopher Condon, TJ and Ida Goss, Terence Murphree, and an Anonymous Donor for making this event possible. Will the libertarian message get swept under the rug over the next year, as the candidates unleash an orgy of statist rhetoric? Or are hopeful cracks beginning to show, as the two parties, mainstream media, academia, and PC enforcers increasingly lose credibility with the public? As Murray Rothbard argued, libertarians by necessity should never allow themselves to get bogged down or depressed by the political landscape of the day. On the contrary, Murray argued, we should enjoy skewering the political class — and remain hopeful for the long-term prospects of liberty. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNOVd8rWyG8

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 24 July 2015. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOZtYyHJ8Sk

View the full episode at https://Mises.org/LP5 Liberty vs. Power is a history podcast dedicated to what Murray Rothbard saw as the noble task of libertarians: "to de-bamboozle: to penetrate the fog of lies and deception of the State and its Court Intellectuals." Featuring Dr. Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop, each episode is dedicated to exposing the cronyism that has fueled the growth of the American empire, and celebrating those precious victories in defense of liberty. To Subscribe to the "Liberty vs. Power Podcast" on your favorite platform, visit https://Mises.org/LvP Music: "Army of Soldiers" by The Brought Low is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International License. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guSTFG7ATrI

Hunter Hastings and Peter Klein (Mises.org/Klein) emphasize profitable value creation as the role of the entrepreneur. Managing costs can contribute to profitability — but there are some costs that are not easy to calculate and not even that easy to identify in some cases. They are not captured by traditional cost accounting. Economists call them "transaction costs". They are the costs of acquiring, assembling, monitoring and managing and, in some cases, discarding or re-purposing the resources and assets your firm utilizes to produce output. They are not production costs per se; they are not value creation costs. They’re administrative and managerial costs. Peter Klein explains. Show Notes: https://mises.org/library/are-you-transaction-cost-savvy-peter-klein-explains-why-it%E2%80%99s-important Transaction Cost Checklist (PDF): https://Mises.org/E4E_21_PDF Economics For Entrepreneurs is also available on... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/economics-for-entrepreneurs/id1453233518?mt=2 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Iz2umketq6fu5npyjpb57b7z2cq?t=Economics_For_Entrepreneurs Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mises-institute/economics-for-entrepreneurs?refid=stpr Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/misesmedia/sets/economics-for-entrepreneurs Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7A1kY8ksk1qL2oNf0i97Zp and via RSS: https://mises.org/itunes/735 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dRI0YxRCmA