Education

Roger Garrison discusses his recent book, co-edited with the late Norman Barry: The Elgar Companion to Hayekian Economics.

Some promoters of big government are now worried that the government isn't spending enough taxpayer money, time, and energy on teaching the liberal arts. Society would benefit greatly from a flowering of liberal education, but do we really need the government to make that happen?

Jeff Deist makes the case that secession starts at home with the individual.

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, 24 January 2014.

Jeff Deist and Connor Boyak discuss how to raise happy, productive, responsible children who are knowledgeable about liberty, property, economics, and personal finance.

One of the most important books ever written is now available as a free Mises Institute audio book.

Student loans may be a liability on the consumer balance sheet, but they constitute an asset for Uncle Sam. Just how big? It's 45.3 percent of the total federal assets, up from 37.2 percent at the end of 2012. This is about 7 times larger than the 6.4 percent for the Total Mortgages outstanding and 4.8 times the size of Taxes Receivable.

The NCAA, a quasi-governmental regulatory cartel, prohibits colleges from paying athletes. So colleges employ a variety of schemes to offer unofficial “pay.” Meanwhile, the NCAA ensures there is no functioning job market for athletes at that level, and no competition to which students might go seeking higher pay.

Randall Holcombe talks about his new textbook on Austrian economics: “The idea was to write a book for people who already know some economics,” Holcombe says.