Last summer, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Jozef Martiniak at the 2018 Mises University. Dr. Martiniak came to Auburn all the way from Slovakia and he had many great stories to tell about his experience growing up in a Cold War era Czechoslovakia. My conversations with Dr. Martiniak not only revealed an interesting story from the perspective
Recently, 2020 Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang appeared on Fox News . During the segment, Yang asserted that the increase in the amount of technology in the private sector, e.g., artificial intelligence, has lead to an increase in unemployment. Like the other candidates in the Democratic primary, Yang embodies the same principles of
Individuals from all corners of the political spectrum have been stirred up by the recent banning of various figures including Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan. Some have praised these bans for providing good constraints on what they deem “fake news” or “hate speech.” Others have attacked these bans for being influenced by nefarious motives that are
I woke up this Independence Day morning, surprised to find out that Bill Greene, the great 2016 faithless elector who cast his vote for Ron Paul, passed away. Among other things, Bill was a fierce advocate of making gold and silver legal tender, and was an assistant professor at South Texas College. He was an early supporter of Ron Paul, his
The National Bureau of Economic Research recently published a study which concluded that the grading policies for STEM classes contribute to the gender gap in the STEM field. The study finds that STEM classes, on average, assign lower grades compared to non-STEM classes and that this tends to deter women enrolling. Women — who value higher grades
[ Originally published by Townhall.com, 7/9/20. ] We thought it was only the humanities department that was run by leftists. Time to think again. Before we know it , the same will be said of the math and engineering departments. None of this should be surprising. The leftist takeover of academia is nothing new. But how did the university debate
The present COVID-19 pandemic has left public schools scrambling to find ways to dampen the impact on students. Some public schools have switched to virtual instruction, while others have simply sent students home with passing grades . For many public schools, the transition to virtual instruction—if ever initiated—took weeks . Others have been
The term “liberal education” is very commonly thrown around in American political discourse pertaining to higher education. But what does it really mean? The University of Mississippi notes that a liberal education is “about nurturing human freedom by helping people discover and develop their talents.” The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
Individuos de todos los rincones del espectro político se han visto agitados por la reciente prohibición de varias figuras, entre ellas Alex Jones y Louis Farrakhan. Algunos han elogiado estas prohibiciones por proporcionar buenas restricciones a lo que consideran «noticias falsas» o «discursos de odio». Otros han atacado estas prohibiciones por
Me desperté esta mañana del Día de la Independencia, sorprendido al enterarme de que Bill Greene, el gran elector infiel de 2016 que votó por Ron Paul, falleció. Entre otras cosas, Bill fue un ferviente defensor de la legalización del oro y la plata, y fue profesor asistente en el South Texas College. Fue uno de los primeros partidarios de Ron
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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.