Reprinted from the Independent Institute The self-proclaimed “philosophical anarchist,” Albert Jay Nock, thought he was so superfluous to the society around him that he titled his 1943 autobiography, Memoirs of a Superfluous Man. He felt utterly out of step with
These past few months have seen teachers in a number of school boards in Ontario go on strike and engage in other pressure tactics as teachers’ unions prepare for another round of collective bargaining with the province. Predictably, this has
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Reprinted from the Freeman Do those of us who use the word Austrian in its modern libertarian contextmisrepresent an intellectual tradition? We trace our roots back through the 20th century’s F.A. Hayek and Ludwig von Mises (both served as advisors to FEE)
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This piece originally appeared on FEE’s “Anything Peaceful” blog In 1946, Leonard Read founded the Foundation of Economic Education because he recognized that learning is the key to advancing human liberty. The effort that Read began nearly 70 years ago
Reprinted from the Freeman What does it mean to be an effective advocate of liberty? It means to love what you do and adopt sustainable patterns of thinking and living that contribute to making the world a freer place. Sustainability
Reprinted from the Freeman I was at a restaurant for lunch and had time to visit with the waitress, who turns out to be a college graduate from a good institution. She has a degree in European languages. Here she
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Young people might think of Robert Reich as an annoying guy on the Internet who amasses an astonishing number of Likes and Re-Tweets, considering the number of fallacies in his social media posts. And yet, he actually has an impressive resume, having
A great strength of the Austrian School of Economics is the breadth of academic scholarship that it can enrich. The philosophic underpinnings of the Austrian economists, and specifically of Ludwig von Mises, universalize the principles of economic activity to all
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Everyone knows different countries treat drugs differently. For example, if you get caught buying or selling a large amount of marijuana in Canada, you’re probably not going to get your head chopped off by the government-but in Saudi Arabia, that is the law.
This article is excerpted from Human Action, chapter 38, “The Place of Economics in Learning.” Reprinted from Mises.org Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy
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Grove City College will host the eleventh annual Austrian Student Scholars Conference, February 20-21, 2015. Open to undergraduates and graduate students in any academic discipline, the ASSC will bring together students from colleges and universities across the country and around
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The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition. The conference is hosted by the Mises Institute at its campus in Auburn,
Egalitarianism is the favorite religion of the left.The idea of equality has always been cherished, from the French revolutionary cry of egalite, liberte, fraternite, to the modern obsession with income inequality being the source of all the world’s evils. It
Reprinted from The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality (1954) Freedom of the press is one of the fundamental features of a nation of free citizens. It is one of the essential points in the political program of old classical liberalism. No one has
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Never to let a good crisis go to waste, the state is using this as a chance to crack down on a practice it has long disapproved of: homeschooling. Reportedly as a response to the high profile shooting at Sandy
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The higher education system is a mess, and it seems the more we try to fix it, the worse it becomes. With a parade of unflattering test score comparisons constantly being trotted out, widespread unemployment, and a mismatch of skills
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Reprinted from The Freeman Swedish socialist Gunnar Myrdal was not happy about sharing his Nobel Prize with that Austrian “reactionary,” F.A. Hayek. The so-called Nobel for economics, established by the central bank of the world’s leading welfare state, was only five years
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The Organizing Committee of the Fifth International Conference “The Austrian School of Economics in the 21st Century” reminds you: 1) Simultaneous Interpretation will be available during the event. 2) The deadline for abstracts and enrolment forms reception is extended up
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Reprinted from Mises.org Few American economists have wielded as much influence on economic thought and policy as the late Milton Friedman. He was an articulate and ardent advocate of free markets and personal liberty. In 1962, his Capitalism and Freedom, which
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