Why Government Schools Don’t Want You to Understand Economics: Mises Circle in Greenville
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.”
—Murray Rothbard
American public education succeeds in producing exactly what the state wants: confused, directionless, incurious graduates loaded with debt who look to the government for guidance and hope. The state needs a dependent population so that when crises arise—many created by the state itself—people are trained to clamor for the government to step in and “do something” about it.
This success depends on schools producing economically ignorant citizens. How else would the government be able to destroy the purchasing power of money, run a trillion-dollar debt, administer massive redistribution schemes (with bureaucrats taking their own cut, of course), and impose regulations on every industry without an uprising?
Economic understanding is the antidote to state power. Students and adults who understand economics see clearly the mismanagement, the out-of-control budgets, the causes of inflation and deficient spending, and know where the problem comes from.
Join the Mises Institute on September 12 in Greenville, South Carolina, as we are joined by those countering the state’s indoctrination of students.
Schedule
We’ll meet at The Westin Poinsett on Saturday, September 12. Registration is $70 for Mises Members and $85 for nonmembers. Each ticket includes all lectures and two catered meals.
The event will open with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Lectures will go from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with intermittent breaks and a lunch hour. The event will conclude around 3:00 p.m.
More details forthcoming.
Speakers
Peter Klein: Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and Academic Director of Baylor’s Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise
Jonathan Newman: Henry Hazlitt Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and Director of the Mises Academy
Mark Thornton: Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute and host of the Minor Issues podcast
Paul Cwik: Fellow of the Mises Institute and Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Mount Olive
Tate Fegley: Fellow of the Mises Institute, Chair of Business and Economics at Montreat College, and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute
Nearby Hotels
While there are rooms available at the The Westin Poinsett, there are several other hotel options within 15 minutes of the property. Some options are:
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