Education

Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot

Tags: Biographies, Education

08/23/1987 • Robert G. Anderson

Paul Poirot is remembered by most people as the thirty-year editor of The Freeman, the monthly journal published by the Foundation for Economic Education since 1956. But Paul Poirot was much more than just an editor. Dr. Poirot was an...

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The Misesian Revolution In Poland

Tags: Education, Global Economy, World History

03/01/1987 • Lawrence W. Reed

Under the surface, Poland is seething with anti-government ferment. And the works of Ludwig von Mises and his students are part of the reason—testimony once again to the potency of truth.

A Call to Activism

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06/01/1984 • Margit von Mises

Mrs. Mises delivered this speech on February 27, 1984, at the Mises Institute dinner in her honor in New York City. 

How Do We Know

Tags: Introductory, Education, Free Markets

10/11/1981 • Leonard E. Read

The master educator of liberty reflects on learning, and other forms of self-improvement. In the title essay, Leonard Read writes, “Everyone who pursues an improved understanding of how freedom works its wonders makes a contribution to a higher...

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Seeds of Progress

Tags: Introductory, Education, Free Markets

03/24/1980 • Leonard E. Read

The mass of citizens who haven’t the slightest idea of what makes an economy fruitful or unfruitful, perform trillions of little things that result in an abundance of goods and services beneficial to millions of others whom they have no...

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Education: Free and Compulsory

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01/03/1979 • Murray N. Rothbard

What is it about today’s school system that so many find unsatisfactory? Why have generations of reformers failed to improve the educational system, and, indeed, caused it to degenerate further and further into an ever declining level of...

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Who’s Listening?

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Education

05/15/1973 • Leonard E. Read

Listening to the truth always has fortunate results. What does my listening reveal? That learning the truth or spreading wisdom—education—is now and forever an in-taking, never an out-bursting procedure. It may be possible for me to see your...

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Let Freedom Reign

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10/11/1969 • Leonard E. Read

Leonard E. Read discusses the importance of freedom as a foundation for finding the answers to the problems induced by central planning and “master minding”. He suggests: “Freedom has come by accident, the result of desperation rather than a...

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Education in America

Tags: Big Government, Education, Taxes and Spending, U.S. History

07/15/1969 • George Charles Roche III

From the author: Increasing numbers of Americans express concern over the deterioration of modem society, accurately pinpointing various failings-social, political, and economic. Most of us are far better at discovering shortcomings than...

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Education and the State

Tags: Introductory, Education

06/01/1965 • E. G. West

Education and the State first appeared in 1965 and was immediately hailed as one of the century’s most important works on education. In the thirty years that have followed, the questions this book raised concerning state-run education have grown...