Fall 2026 Virtual Mises Book Club
High School Application College Application
In September 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Virtual Mises Book Clubs, whose focus is deep reading in Austrian economics. This fall, we will again hold two book clubs, one for high schoolers and one for undergraduates. For both clubs, the deadline to apply is August 21. Decisions will be communicated to all applicants the following week. Digital copies of each book are available for free at mises.org, and students within the United States will also be mailed hard copies to the address provided on their application.
High School Mises Virtual Book Club:
This club’s featured book will be Dr. Per Bylund’s How to Think About the Economy: A Primer. Students beginning their journey into economics will find this book to be a valuable starting point. It introduces fundamental economic concepts, explains how markets work, and examines how interventionist policies affect economic outcomes. It also discusses the consequences of monetary and regulatory interventions, and shows that the best way to regulate the market is to allow it to regulate itself.
This book club is a wonderful supplement to a high school economics course or to a homeschool program. It’s also a great complement to Dr. Jonathan Newman’s Mises Academy course Lessons for the Young Economist.
Beginning on September 1, the Mises Institute’s Felicia Jones will meet with students every other Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Central Time for four meetings total.
College Mises Virtual Book Club:
This club will read Dr. Patrick Newman’s Cronyism: Liberty Versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849. Tracing the evolution of special interest policies from Jamestown to the Mexican War, this book jettisons the typical theoretical frameworks to reinterpret early US history as a grand clash between the forces of liberty and power. Students will learn about and discuss central bank credit expansion, protective tariffs, territorial expansion, and other special privileges that political and economic elites lobbied for. Primary focus areas will be the Constitution’s centralization of government power and the libertarian Jeffersonian Republicans and Jacksonian Democrats’ attempts to reduce cronyism.
Beginning on September 1, a small group of specially selected undergraduate students will discuss this work with its author, Dr. Patrick Newman, every other Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time for four meetings total.
Scholarship Application Guidelines
Each applicant must provide a copy of the following: student photo ID (or photo headshot) and an unofficial academic transcript (college students only).
Code of Conduct Agreement
Please complete the agreement to participate in our student program.
Special thanks to the Dean and Cam Williams Foundation for sponsoring this event.
