The Austrian Student Scholars Conference is a scholarly conference for undergraduates studying Austrian economics and related fields. This year’s conference begins with a dinner tonight at Grove City College near Pittsburgh.
Many Mises Institute scholars will be there including Mark Thornton, Lucas Engelhardt, Jeffrey Herbener, and Shawn Ritenour,
The Drudge Report, one of the top news sites in the world for traffic, has picked up on the secession trend. Drudge today links to today’s Buzzfeed article examining Ron Paul’s speech of January 24th’s Mises Circle in Houston:
Former Republican presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul says secession is happening and it’s “good news.” Paul later predicted the states would stop listening to federal laws.
When the FDR administration created Shenandoah National Park, federal agents confiscated the homes and lands of thousands of Virginians.
James Bovard writes:
The Birth of Korean Cool, by Euny Hong, Picador Press, 2014
Three weeks from today, on Thursday, March 12, the Austrian Economics Research Conference begins in Auburn, Alabama. There’s still time to get a reasonably-priced airline ticket to the Atlanta airport and join us in person. We’ll also be broadcasting the named lectures. Click here for registration information.
The FOMC released its minutes from the December meeting, yesterday. The main thrust of the minutes were this:
Here’s the full text.
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