# Economics: The Sociological Foundation of Civilization Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748/economics-the-sociological-foundation-of-civilization Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748/economics-the-sociological-foundation-of-civilization.md Podcast: [Audio Mises Wire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748) Published: 2026-05-20T18:43:57+00:00 Episode link: https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/economics-sociological-foundation-civilization Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-05/mises-144703_20260520.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/audio-mises-wire-1133748/episodes/economics-the-sociological-foundation-of-civilization ## Resource Economics is far more than what people see as β€œthe economy.” It is the central organizing factor for civilized society. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-sociological-foundation-civilization ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/audio-mises-wire-1133748/episodes/economics-the-sociological-foundation-of-civilization/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748/economics-the-sociological-foundation-of-civilization.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.