Education

We allowed economics to be lost when we decided it was too complicated and too technical for intelligent laypeople to understand.

Watch or listen to Jeff Deist's talk at the Mises Circle in Boston.

Jeff Deist and John O'Donnell discuss what is really being taught in American Econ programs today, the college federal loan scam, and more.

In the tradition of Ludwig von Mises himself, the Mises Institute works daily to pass on sound economics to a new generation of teachers and writers.

Once the student loan bubble pops, many colleges — especially private ones — will be in deep trouble.

Consider this, the Mises Institute today is "searched for" more around the world than many prominent high-profile beltway organizations.

What has the Federal Department of Education done for students? The DOE has spent a lot of taxpayer money, but the results are less than impressive.

The NCAA is a powerful taxpayer-subsidized cartel that largely exists to deny the athletes the compensation they would earn in a working marketplace.

Populism, anti-globalism, anti-elitism — these are all symptoms of a hostility toward politics. We should embrace the opportunity they present.

Empirical data is useful as historical information. But to interpret the data, we require good economic theory.