The number of honey-producing bee colonies is higher than it has been in 20 years, according to the newest USDA data. After consistent decline from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, there has been a recent rise in the number of colonies due to federal regulations promoting bee health—scratch that—beekeepers responding to changing prices of honey, bees, and beekeeping equipment.
Per Bylund, winner of the 2015 Lawrence Fertig Prize, and associated scholar at the Mises Institute, is leaving Baylor University for a tenure track position in the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University.
Dr. Bylund writes: “I’ll be working with PhD students (send me Austrian students, please!), and I’ll be an active voice in the campus-wide Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise.”
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With the latest round of talks between European creditors and Greek debtors, there is renewed talk of austerity. But, as Mark Thornton points out in this video, “austerity” only works when it means actual cutting of government spending on government-employee salaries, on government agencies, and on government programs. Without real cuts, the debt situation can never be resolved.
There is an interesting article in the NYT on the emergence of alternative paper currencies. “Artisanal” or “low-batch” currencies have been popping up all over in the past decade. They have been issued by municipal governments in Great Britain, a private nonprofit entity in Amsterdam, and a regional network of businesses, nonprofits, and consumers in Bavaria.
Mises Daily Monday: Europe’s problems will not be solved by a Greek exit, and a breakup of the euro certainly won’t fix things as long as the Europeans remain in the thrall of many economic fallacies that have long driven the debate over the euro.
In this episode of Mises Weekends, we feature part of a talk by our old friend Dr. Robert Higgs, a longtime Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and libertarian stalwart. Bob, author of the famous Crisis and Leviathan, recently spoke at Mises University on the critical topic of war and the growth of the state. He considers war the “master key” that enables government to grow in size, scope, and power.
Great News from Auburn University:
Mises Institute Academic Vice President Joe Salerno was just appointed to the John V. Denson II Endowed Professorship in the Department of Economics in the College of Liberal Arts. Joe will teach graduate and undergraduate courses and sit on PhD dissertation committees.
Dr. Salerno has taught economics at Pace University for many years, but this new appointment allows Joe to work more often with graduate students and to shape dissertation work and other graduate-level research.
