Friday Feature: Colossal Academy
Colleen Hroncich Just like one size doesn’t fit all students, one size doesn’t fit all teachers, either. Shiren Rattigan experienced this first‐hand. A fourth generation educator, Shiren says she was destined to be a teacher. It just took her some time to find
Higher Education in Crisis
Ineffective teaching, the enrollment cliff, stifled academic discourse, and government driving up tuition. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_34. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2023.
Modern Socialism Is Forced Socialization
Modern socialism is based upon state interference in normal human relationships, economic and otherwise. It is as disastrous as the older state-planning model. Original Article: "Modern Socialism Is Forced Socialization"
Even in Slave Economies, the Division of Labor Was Inescapable
Status inequality is inevitable due to the uneven distribution of talent. Even in poor societies, talented people eclipse their peers by joining the ranks of the elite. Inequality is an indication that ability is recognized by society. The absence of
The Rise of State-Controlled Medical Care
Dr. Terrell discusses the impacts of price controls, occupational licensure, the FDA, and more. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_32. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 27, 2023.
Bureaucrats in the Deep State
Bureaucrats operate with de facto electoral unaccountability. Download lecture slides at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_31. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2023.
Private Corporations Don’t Cause Price Inflation. Governments Do.
Interventionists always blame inflation on everything and anything except the only thing that makes aggregate prices rise: Issuing more units of currency than the real demand. Seller inflation is the same excuse and fallacy as cost-push inflation. A way to confuse
Game Theory
Game theory done the wrong way eliminates individual choice. Download lecture slides at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_30. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2023.
How the Institute was Founded
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2023.
Mises U Students Share Their Favorite Finds at the Mises Institute
This year during Mises University, we want to share the perspective of students in the program. The following are YouTube shorts from some of this year's Mises Apprentices, sharing some of their favorite parts of the Mises Institute. Mises University is