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God knows I had enough to do without sitting and listening to the city people tell me what an idyllic life I had and how they envied me. But I didn't notice any of them grabbing a hayfork and pitching in, writes An Ex-Farmer.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Brad O'Connell.

The trouble lies in the fact that people do not have an object — one thing to which they stick, letting all else go. Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application, writes Orison Swett Marden.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Brad O'Connell.

The use of mathematics necessarily leads the economist to distort reality by making the theory convenient for mathematical symbolism and manipulation. Mathematics takes over, and the reality of human action loses out, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Announcing that 50 million Americans are uninsured means nothing. It could be our government's involvement that has led to the current situation, writes Charlie Virgo. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.]]>

Voters are faced with bundled choices, they vote infrequently, no individual's vote will affect the election, voters have little incentive to be highly informed about the candidates' policy positions, and the winning candidate is not obliged to deliver on his promises. Candidates who understand these simple facts will have an advantage over political opponents, writes Mark Brandly.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Higher food prices set off the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and the mass protests in countries like Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, and Iran. People in these countries buy more unprocessed foods and spend a much higher percentage of their income on food, so they have been severely impoverished by Bernanke's QE2, writes Mark Thornton.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

The characters are rugged individuals — ingenious in their ability to fend for themselves, under all manner of adverse conditions — and asking for help from nobody, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

This world-renowned merchant seeks no fame for his business achievements. Yet there is no story more full of encouragement and inspiration for youth, writes Orison Swett Marden.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

Gold and silver are international commodities, and, when not prohibited by government decree, foreign coins are perfectly capable of serving as standard moneys, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Matthew Mezinskis.

Hutcheson brought to Scottish philosophy a solid belief in natural rights and in the beneficence of nature, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Man the producer must have freedom, while man the predator puts limitations on freedom, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

The world had never seen government paper money until the colonial government of Massachusetts, 1690, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Matthew Mezinskis.

What is called economic progress is the effect of an accumulation of capital goods exceeding the increase in population, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973).

This audio Mises Daily, excerpted from the audiobook version, is narrated by John Pruden.

Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith, while scarcely orthodox Calvinists, were dedicated Presbyterians according to their own lights, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass, writes F.W. Taussig.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Brad O'Connell.

What DiLorenzo offers is not a biography of Hamilton but instead a critical examination of his ideas and a historical exploration of how they have shaped American history. DiLorenzo contrasts the statist, mercantilist, and nationalist philosophy of Hamilton with the strict constitutionalism of Jefferson, writes Art Carden.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

The Austrian School of economics, also called the Viennese School of economics, was founded by Carl Menger in Vienna during the last third of the 19th century. Today, the tradition is larger and more vibrant than ever before, writes Eugen-Maria Schulak and Herbert Unterköfler.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Paul Strikwerda.

Have you ever wondered why the "tiny ship" famously tossed in the opening credits of Gilligan's Island was named the SS Minnow?

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Nock was perhaps the finest stylist in 20th-century American literature, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Social justice actually refers to an intention to use force to acquire one's desires. Not to earn desirable goods by rational thought and action, production and voluntary exchange, but to go in there and forcibly take goods from those who can supply them, writes Ben O'Neill.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

Government planners developed a particular aesthetic obsession: they were frustrated by the untidy complexity of real human societies, writes Mike Reid.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

Before the civil war, there were some grounds for saying that, at least in theory, our government was a free one — that it rested on consent, writes Lysander Spooner (1808–1887).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Brad O'Connell.

You will not affect the election, but you might die in a car crash trying, writes Mark Brandly.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Throughout history, material privation and chronic insecurity were the norm, writes Robert Higgs.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.

John Wanamaker was the Gilded Age genius who pioneered the department store, the posted single price for goods, the money-back guarantee, and the practice of giving away free products as a way to promote a business. He believed that commerce would save the world, writes Orison Swett Marden.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.