Woke supremacy has been taking a toll on Western civilization. The casualties of wokeness are too many and sundry to track. But we should not forget that wokeness was first germinated in higher education, from whence it metastasized to the wider social body. The academy is the cathedral pulpit from which the ideological dictates of the elite flow
Countries are in an economic arms race to surpass competitors by accelerating levels of human capital. It is crucial that schools and universities not only graduate students with relevant certificates but also people with the appropriate skills to make a useful contribution to the knowledge economy. The failure of employees to maximize value by
Is college over? You know the answer. I know the answer. But we’re in limbo. We still hate to think of our kids and grandkids not going to college. We are stuck in Baby Boomer and Gen X mindsets. University degrees were a big part of our identity and professional careers. We want young people to be educated in the real sense of the word—and better
Should young people go to college? Should parents, grandparents, and teachers urge them to go to college? These are now open questions. Perhaps we should ask whether they “still” should go to college. Not too long ago, the default answer was a resounding yes . College was not only the path to higher earnings, but the gateway to status :
Since retiring from Frostburg State University in Maryland, I have reflected not only on my more than three decades of teaching college economics in numerous places, but also on how to best teach economics. This is important, as millions of students in college and high school take economics yet all too often are presented a false or misleading
American political, educational, and economic life is increasingly dominated by “experts.” We should not be surprised that they fail most of the time. Original Article: “ Relying on Experts: A Proven Path to Failure” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry Hazlitt would have understood. Original Article: “ College Loans and Hazlitt’s Lesson: Ignoring the Larger Picture” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
Does 2022 America still have legitimate intellectuals? Professor Paul Gottfried joins Jeff and Bob to consider the state of real and pseudo-intellectualism.
Barack Obama promised to “end child hunger” by 2015. Michelle Obama promised to end childhood obesity. Unfortunately, both increased in large part because of the Obama programs. Today, President Biden will declare war on “hunger in America.” Stay tuned. Original Article: “ Obama’s Forgotten Child Hunger Debacle” This Audio Mises Wire is generously
While President Biden claims that forgiving student loans helps reduce college costs, it is the loan program itself that is responsible for much of the explosive growth of higher education spending. Original Article: “Higher Education Woes: Student Loans Help Fuel Higher College Costs” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
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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.