A Call to Activism
Mrs. Mises delivered this speech on February 27, 1984, at the Mises Institute dinner in her honor in New York City.
Education
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How Do We Know
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...
Seeds of Progress
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
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...
Who’s Listening?
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
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...
Education in America
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
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...
Elements of Libertarian Leadership
It is difficult to set forth the libertarian ideal, but expounding it is simple compared to living by it. Nonetheless, life lived according to right principles can never be more than sporadic except as the ideal is sought for, held up, and used...
Recollections from the University of Vienna
The private seminars that Mises held, and which were so successful in Vienna beginning in 1919, were actually separate from the University. Mises here remembers many of his seminar participants, like Hayek, Haberler, Schütz, and Machlup. He was glad to have contributed to the development of international cooperation among so many economists.
