Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bob walks through what Ludwig von Mises wrote about slavery in Human Action, arguing that the institution was not — as the 1619 Project claims — the foundation of American capitalism.

Related:

Ludwig von Mises, Human Action: Mises.org/HAP556a

0:00 Intro
0:13 Bob's Thesis: Government Propped Up Slavery
1:25 Mises on Slavery in Human Action
4:44 The Exploitation Boon Goes to the Slave Hunter
8:09 Why Slave Labor Can't Compete with Free Labor
12:44 Clarifying What Mises Is (and Isn't) Claiming
19:48 The Anarcho-Capitalism Thought Experiment
31:47 How Market Forces Would Have Eroded Slavery
40:54 The Leisure Problem and Philanthropic Funds
46:31 Government Interventions That Propped Up Slavery

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