Since economics and college athletics go together these days like post-dated stock options and 3-6 months in a minimum security prison, you ought to know about Mal Moore. Probably a fine man but tragically misplaced, economically speaking — as Athletic Director of the University of Alabama. In this position, Mr. Moore spends University money like
Living near the home of a major state university, national collegiate rankings are a real source of pride. There are the typical sports rankings that make the headlines; those for football and basketball in particular. But lately, The Columbus Dispatch has reported and editorialized on a new ranking; research and development expenditures at U.S.
As detailed here , no expensive and ill-used, Western aid, no high tech inputs, no government planning, no Malthusian doom — just a simple tale of human ingenuity, incentivised by the small matter of better property rights, overcoming an ecological disaster. From colonial times, all trees in Niger had been regarded as the property of the state,
Life without international trade: using local labor and materials only, a suit takes 500 man-hours to produce. And it’s not exactly high-quality. But what a great teaching project by Kelly Cobb of Drexel University. Here’s the story from Wired
In Germany, 3 families face fines, frozen accounts for homeschooling their children A German family has been subject to threats from the National Socialist government of Germany, because they’re trying to homeschool their children. The family wants to raise their own children, to oversee their sex education, and protect them from the occult (hmm,
I was tooling through Digg’s front page last night and came across one of those irresistible top ten titles: “ 10 Sites the Violate Digg’s TOS.” Oh fun! Click. And then shock: The site linked , RyanUnderdown.com, listed Mises.org as #2! Huh? It was like the Twilight Zone. As I looked through the rest of the list, it was clear what was going on
Summer is a great time for kids to pursue a different kind of learning. Economics, for example. For the most part, they don’t teach this stuff in school, and when they do, it’s usually about the glories of government management. Economics is not to be neglected in education! The student either will either receive guidance or fall victim to
King Juan Carlos University has started the program under the direction of Jesus Huerta de Soto. You can get a masters and PhD degrees. For information email: master.oficial@urjc.es
The results are in for the first ever National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test in economics -- the feds consider the NAEP to be the “nation’s report card.” Supposedly, the results show that American public school students have achieved a high level of academic progress in economics by 12th grade. Read the sample question below
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.