Barry Dean Simpson

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The Cultural Degradation of Universal Education: The Educational Views of Robert Lewis Dabney

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Barry Dean Simpson

This study introduces the ideas of Robert Lewis Dabney on universal education. The goal of presenting Dabney’s views is to add to the discussion of natural order versus democracy. Volume 20, Number 3...

Circular Flow, Austrian Price Theory, and Social Appraisement

07/30/2014 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Barry Dean Simpson Scott A. Kjar

Volume 8, No. 4 (Winter 2005) The circular-flow approach is decidedly Neoclassical, and suffers from many problems which traditional Austrians would notice. The circular-flow diagram’s greatest...

The Common School Movement and Compulsory Education

11/29/2004 Mises Daily Barry Dean Simpson

In 1837, Horace Mann became the first secretary of the State Board of Education for Massachusetts. According to most accounts, this event marks the beginning of the common school era. Mann led the...

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