The local state community college just opened a satellite campus five miles from my house. This afternoon, while on a bike ride, I headed over to check it out. The college website loudly proclaims that the campus is “being built to rigorous LEED environmental standards.” Ah, yes, LEED standards. It seems like every government building is adhering
The Teachers College of Columbia University publishes TCRecord , the online version of the Teachers College Record . For those who do not know, the Teachers College is one of the nerve centers of Progressive education. All the evil -isms of the day have a home there. TCRecord sent out a recent email that included an article lamenting the supposed
Given a fixed amount of money and increasing productivity, the value of money rises relative to the value of other goods (all caveats apply). The consumer sees this valuation change through falling prices at the checkout line. Interestingly, given a fixed amount of points and improving performances in Olympic events, the value of each point rises
But, please, don’t drink it in front of me. A friend of mine in the liberty movement drinks raw milk. That’s not for me. What really offends me is that adults — such as my friend — have to sneak around in order to buy something they believe is healthy. In a guest commentary in my local paper, I wrote: “Raw milk is not the issue, it’s a symptom.
According to a recent paper over at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER): The researchers find that mandatory calorie posting influenced consumer behavior at Starbucks in New York City, causing average calories per transaction to drop by 6 percent (from 247 to 232 calories). That’s 15 calories and the additional loss of property rights.
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.