The American immigration system is far from easily navigable. Those who proudly declare that they are “all for immigration as long as it is legal” may be unfamiliar with how convoluted the immigration system is. The described “crisis” usually relates largely to how many immigrants there are in legal limbo.

Girchi is a libertarian party from the country of Georgia and by electoral success, could be considered to be one of the most successful libertarian parties in the world. Girchi is famous for its internet presence and popularity all over social media. In the chaotic digital realm of Facebook, Girchi’s private group has long stood as a beacon of civilised discourse, having 25k members and still growing.

Of all the areas that economics students need to master, counterfactual reasoning is near the top of the list. Counterfactual reasoning is outlining and comparing the differences and similarities between two alternatives. While everyone uses counterfactual reasoning, such as choosing what to have for lunch, economists look at deeper and more remote consequences. A typical example that students are asked to examine is the effects of price controls — what happens when a price ceiling is imposed below the equilibrium price versus what happens in a free market?

With your support, the Mises Institute can send Mises University students home with a stack of Austrian classics such as “Human Action”; “Man, Economy, and State”; and “The Case for Gold” (see full list at the bottom of this email). After a week of destroying every preconceived, state-curriculum notion of how the world works, Mises U grads will have another month before returning to college in the fall.