On Mises Weekends this week, Jeff joins our friend John O’Donnell at Power Trading Radio to dive deeper into the the broken state of modern economics. Along with touching on what is really being taught in American Econ programs today, Jeff and John discuss the college federal loan scam, and the unique role the Mises Institute plays in economic
The western media’s fawning treatment of Fidel Castro demonstrates the enduring mystique of socialism—while recent Harvard and Rasmussen polls suggest that perhaps half of young Americans hold unfavorable attitudes toward capitalism. No matter how many millions perish in collectivist bloodbaths, the Left remains committed to its ideology of
[ From a talk delivered at the Boston Mises Circle , October 1, 2016. ] A journalist from the Chronicle of Higher Education contacted me recently asking about free-market think tanks affiliated with universities. Can the Mises Institute or other organizations produce the scientific foundation for what he sees as an increasing faith among
[Jeff Deist’s comments at the 2016 Mises Supporters Summit in Asheville, North Carolina, September 16.] Before we hear from Judge Napolitano, I’d like to speak briefly tonight about where we are as a society, and what role the Mises Institute plays, or ought to play, in that society. Most of the country is caught up in the presidential election,
Perhaps no term is more banal, yet more terrifying, than “public policy.” It conjures up images of DC think tanks and bureaucrats, a land where intellectualism serves as cover for a stultifying grind of new regulations. It also puts the American public to sleep, as evidenced by a decided lack of “policy” discussion in the 2016 presidential
[ De una charla impartida en el Círculo Mises de Boston , octubre 1, 2016. ] Un periodista de The Chronicle of Higher Education me contactó recientemente preguntándome acerca de los think tanks de libre mercado afiliados a universidades. ¿Pueden el Instituto Mises u otras organizaciones producir la base científica para lo que él ve como una
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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.