There’s not too much footage of economist Hans Sennholz, as far as I’ve discovered, which is a shame, as he’s a fine lecturer, speaking with a steely conviction, and not a little rhetorical swagger.

Here he discusses the Great Depression at the Foundation of Economic Education (FEE) in 1988, introducing the subject by stressing its central role in the creation myth of big government intervention, and how correctly understanding its causes and consequences was as relevant then (in 1988) that is was at the time, and indeed that it is today. Here’s Part Two.

FEE’s vimeo channel is definitely worth a peruse. A couple of works from Sennholz can be found at Mises Institute, which gives a brief biographic note thus:

Hans F. Sennholz (1922–2007) was Ludwig von Mises’s first PhD student in the United States. He taught economics at Grove City College, 1956–1992, having been hired as department chair upon arrival. After he retired, he became president of the Foundation for Economic Education, 1992–1997. He was an adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute and in October, 2004, was awarded the Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for lifetime defense of liberty. See Lew Rockwell’s tribute.

and here is another lecture from the guy, this time on ‘The Monetary Writings of Carl Menger‘. Pretty exciting stuff, huh?