Education

Pursuing one’s dreams without a degree requires more self-discipline than serving four years on campus. One of Nietzsche’s best lines offers a warning: “He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.”

Recorded in St. Petersburg, Florida on October 22, 2021.

Misesian economics is a foremost threat to the state for it explains the working of the natural order of society and the crippling effects of state interference.

Recorded in St. Petersburg, Florida on October 22, 2021.

The example of England in the Industrial Revolution suggests enormous amounts of innovation and growth can be achieved even without high levels of education among the general population.

The example of England in the Industrial Revolution suggests enormous amounts of innovation and growth can be achieved even without high levels of education among the general population. 

The core mission of colleges and universities—teaching students—suffered as these institutions became politicized and luxurious resorts chasing athletic glory and questionable research.

Jeff Deist and Allen Mendenhall discuss the academic pretenses and foibles punctured by Kingsley Amis in his seminal send-up of campus life, Lucky Jim.

Presented at Mises University 2021.

Dr. Roberta Modugno and Jeff Deist finish examining Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty. Dr. Modugno elaborates on Rothbard's disagreements with Mises regarding ethical justifications for a free society, and defends his uncompromising views on the nature of the state.