Paul A. Cantor received his BA (1966) and PhD (1971) in English from Harvard University. He has taught at Harvard in both the English and the Government Departments. He is currently Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia. 1. What is a Professor of English doing involved with Austrian economics? In my youth, I was
Robert Murphy grew up in Rochester, NY. He got his BA in economics at Hillsdale College, and his PhD at New York University where Mario Rizzo was his dissertation chair. From 2003-2006 he taught economics at Hillsdale College, and then moved to Nashville, TN to work for Arthur Laffer’s investment firm. In the summer of 2007 Murphy become an
Jesús Huerta de Soto, Professor of Political Economy at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain, is Spain’s leading Austrian economist. As an author, translator, publisher, and teacher, he also ranks among the world’s most active ambassadors for classical liberalism. He is the author of a Spanish work on economic calculation and the Austrian
Jeff Riggenbach was born in 1947 to parents Frank and Dorothy Riggenbach. He received his undergraduate degree at Regents College and achieved his M.A. at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Mr. Riggenbach is also a jack of trades considering his extensive careers as a disc jockey, newsman, producer, anchor, cultural affairs reporter,
Richard M. Ebeling is professor of economics at Northwood University. He is the former president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute. How and when did you come to know about Austrian economics? I had become interested in the ideas of Ayn Rand when I was about 16 years old. In Capitalism: the
Yuri N. Maltsev received his MA in history and social sciences at Moscow State University and his PhD in economics at the Institute for Labor Research in Moscow. Some of his major achievements include consulting on Central and Eastern European economic, trade and political issues, as well as appearing on national television and radio programs. He
Walter Block is a professor of economics at Loyola University in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is the author of Defending the Undefendable and Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors , and a dozen other books. He has written 350
Here are some basic principles of bizarro economics in the 21st century: 1. Actual human beings do not matter. Spaces bounded by latitude, longitude, and natural barriers do. 2. Actual human beings do not matter. Political abstractions like nation-states do. 3. The country with the biggest GDP wins. 4. Societies exist so they can fight wars. 5.
Benjamin Powell works as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Suffolk University and is senior economist with the Beacon Hill Institute. What do you like to do in your free time? Do you have any hobbies? I’m into mountaineering and have climbed mountains all over the United States but also in Central America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. I’m also
Pierre Desrochers is a professor of geography at University of Toronto. His research interests are economic development, technological innovation, business-environment interactions, energy policy and food policy. What do you like to do in your free time? Do you have any hobbies? I swim and I hit the gym as regularly as I can. I’m also something
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.