In volume one, Murray Rothbard traces economic ideas from ancient sources to show that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the Spanish Scholastics and early Roman, Greek, and canon law. Unfortunately, Adam Smith’s labor cost theories became the dominant view, especially in Britain. Rothbard regards Smith as largely a retrograde influence on economic theory. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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14. The Brilliance of Turgot (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 385-412 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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17. The Spread of the Smithian Movement
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 477-502 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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16. The Celebrated Adam Smith (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 435-471 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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16. The Celebrated Adam Smith
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 435-471 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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15. The Scottish Enlightenment
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 417-430 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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14. The Brilliance of Turgot
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 385-412 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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13. Physiocracy in Mid-Eighteenth Century
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 365-382 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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12. The Founding Father of Modern Economics: Richard Cantillon
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 345-361 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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11. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Civil War to 1750 (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 306-338 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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11. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Civil War to 1750
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 306-338 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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10. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 277-304 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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10. Mercantilism and Freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 277-304 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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9. The Liberal Reaction Against Mercantilism in Seventeenth Century France (continuted)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 255-274 in the text. Narrated Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
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9. The Liberal Reaction Against Mercantilism in Seventeenth Century France
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 255-274 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach
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7. Mercantilism: Serving the Absolute State
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 213-230 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach
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8. French Mercantilist Thought in the 17th Century
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 231-251 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach
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6. Absolutist Thought in Italy and France (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 194-209 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach
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6. Absolutist Thought in Italy and France
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 179-193 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach
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Introduction to <em>An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I</em>
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages vii-xiii in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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5. Protestants and Catholics (continued 2)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I. Pages 164-175 in the text. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.