Documentaries: Recent Episodes
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The Mises Institute has produced several documentary videos, among which is the highly-popular "Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve".
The Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics. Since 1986, it has been the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream. The program offers courses, seminars, and re
A film by Theo Kamecke. Written by Karl Keating, Susan Love Brown, Patrea Post and Stuart Smith; and released in 1975 by World Research, Inc. Based on Richard Grant's provocative poem, "The Incredible Bread Machine". This film features a cameo appearance by Murray N. Rothbard. Special thanks to Theo Kamecke for making this video available.
Originally produced by the Mises Institute in 1996, this popular documentary was translated and reproduced into Russian in 2007 by the Institute for Dissemination of Information on Social and Economic Science. This Russian version contains additional commentary at the 42:00 mark.
What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises? Here is a film that does justice to this extraordinary man, and to his equally extraordinary ideas.
A condensed version of the documentary "Talking Butts," Directed by Jesse Walker, Patrick McMenamin and Bretigne Shaffer; Produced by Joe Gressis; Director of Photography: Andrew Krauss; Edited by Mark Toscani; Condensed Edit by Bretigne Shaffer; Executive Producers: Paul Kemp and Paul Feine. This documentary was not produced by the Mises Institute.
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson understood "The Monster". But to most Americans today, Federal Reserve is just a name on the dollar bill. They have no idea of what the central bank does to the economy, or to their own economic lives; of how and why it was founded and operates; or of the sound money and banking that could end the statism, inflation, and business cycles that the Fed generates.
Dedicated to Murray N. Rothbard, steeped in American history and Austrian economics, and featuring Ron Paul, Joseph Salerno, Hans Hoppe, and Lew Rockwell, this extraordinary new film is the clearest, most compelling explanation ever offered of the Fed, and why curbing it must be our first priority.
Alan Greenspan is not, we're told, happy about this 42-minute blockbuster. Watch it, and you'll understand why. This is economics and history as they are meant to be: fascinating, informative, and motivating. This movie could change America.
Murray Rothbard presented this speech in 1990 as the final lecture of the Mises University, in the days following the collapse of socialism. He assesses the event in terms of its impact on the Austrian School and the prospects for liberty generally.
Satirical one-act play by Murray N. Rothbard about Ayn Rand's Objectivist "inner circle." Written in the early 1960s and debuted on March 3, 1986, at Rothbard's sixtieth birthday celebration in New York City.
Friedrich A. Hayek interviewed by John O’Sullivan. Produced by Films for the Humanities in 1985.
Subtitles are available by clicking "CC" on the bottom right of the video.