Articles in the People Category
The Story of Nicholas Winton
Posted in Articles, Featured, People on 18 March 2009
Stats: 106 views and No Comments The Story of Nicholas Winton By Lawrence W. Reed and Benjamin Stafford Editor’s Update: Since the initial publication of this essay, the co-authors have assumed new positions. Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and Benjamin D. Stafford is director of programs at FEE. Nicky Winton has ...
Posted in Articles, Featured, People on 18 March 2009
Stats: 106 views and No Comments The Story of Nicholas Winton By Lawrence W. Reed and Benjamin Stafford Editor’s Update: Since the initial publication of this essay, the co-authors have assumed new positions. Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and Benjamin D. Stafford is director of programs at FEE. Nicky Winton has ...
What is Seen and What is Unseen: Government “Job Creation”
Posted in Articles, Featured, Notes from FEE, People on 11 February 2009
Stats: 390 views and 9 Comments Larissa Price is a former FEE staff member. Barack Obama says his roughly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan could save or create between three and four million American jobs by 2010. Many of these proposed jobs are New Deal-esque, involving the building or repairing of government infrastructure, such as ...
Posted in Articles, Featured, Notes from FEE, People on 11 February 2009
Stats: 390 views and 9 Comments Larissa Price is a former FEE staff member. Barack Obama says his roughly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan could save or create between three and four million American jobs by 2010. Many of these proposed jobs are New Deal-esque, involving the building or repairing of government infrastructure, such as ...
Dr. Ivan Pongracic
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 59 views and No Comments Dr. Ivan Pongracic came to the United States from the former Yugoslavia at the age of twelve. He became interested in the freedom philosophy as a teenager influenced by his father’s free-market and classical liberal ideas. He earned a B.S. in engineering from Purdue University in Indiana and a Ph.D. in ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 59 views and No Comments Dr. Ivan Pongracic came to the United States from the former Yugoslavia at the age of twelve. He became interested in the freedom philosophy as a teenager influenced by his father’s free-market and classical liberal ideas. He earned a B.S. in engineering from Purdue University in Indiana and a Ph.D. in ...
Jane M. Orient, M.D.
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 21 views and No Comments Jane M. Orient, M.D. began her career as a medical doctor and a clinical researcher, but this changed after she read an article, “A Marxist View of Medical Care,” in a medical journal. Since then, Dr. Orient authored over a hundred articles, books, reviews, and essays. Dr. Jane Orient is Professor of ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 21 views and No Comments Jane M. Orient, M.D. began her career as a medical doctor and a clinical researcher, but this changed after she read an article, “A Marxist View of Medical Care,” in a medical journal. Since then, Dr. Orient authored over a hundred articles, books, reviews, and essays. Dr. Jane Orient is Professor of ...
Dr. Peter Lewin
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 59 views and No Comments Dr. Peter Lewin is a native of South Africa. At the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg he studied under the Austrian economist Ludwig M. Lachmann. This triggered Dr. Lewin’s lifelong interest in the ideas of the Austrian School. Dr. Lewin is well known for his contributions to the theory of the firm ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 59 views and No Comments Dr. Peter Lewin is a native of South Africa. At the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg he studied under the Austrian economist Ludwig M. Lachmann. This triggered Dr. Lewin’s lifelong interest in the ideas of the Austrian School. Dr. Lewin is well known for his contributions to the theory of the firm ...
Dr. Israel Kirzner
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 24 views and No Comments Dr. Israel Kirzner has been an exemplar of scholarly civility for at least two generations of economists. Seriousness of purpose, deep commitment, and the courage of his convictions are the defining traits of Dr. Kirzner’s career. As the contemporary leader of the Austrian School of Economics, he has worked tirelessly to ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 24 views and No Comments Dr. Israel Kirzner has been an exemplar of scholarly civility for at least two generations of economists. Seriousness of purpose, deep commitment, and the courage of his convictions are the defining traits of Dr. Kirzner’s career. As the contemporary leader of the Austrian School of Economics, he has worked tirelessly to ...
Dr. Sanford Ikeda
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 1 views and No Comments Dr. Sanford Ikeda attended a FEE seminar as an undergraduate and has been a friend of FEE ever since. He earned a B.A. in economics from Grove City College in Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from New York University in New York City. He has written extensively on a variety of free-market ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 1 views and No Comments Dr. Sanford Ikeda attended a FEE seminar as an undergraduate and has been a friend of FEE ever since. He earned a B.A. in economics from Grove City College in Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from New York University in New York City. He has written extensively on a variety of free-market ...
Dr. Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 10 views and No Comments Dr. Jeffrey Rogers Hummel is an economic historian with expertise in the American Revolution and the Civil War. A dedicated teacher and gifted scholar, Dr. Hummel is the author of Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War (1996). He has written scripts for audio tapes produced by Knowledge ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 10 views and No Comments Dr. Jeffrey Rogers Hummel is an economic historian with expertise in the American Revolution and the Civil War. A dedicated teacher and gifted scholar, Dr. Hummel is the author of Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War (1996). He has written scripts for audio tapes produced by Knowledge ...
Dr. Steven Horwitz
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 8 views and No Comments Dr. Steven Horwitz is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. He is the author of two books, Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000) and Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), and he has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 8 views and No Comments Dr. Steven Horwitz is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. He is the author of two books, Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000) and Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), and he has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary ...
Dr. Burt Folsom
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 21 views and No Comments Dr. Burt Folsom is one of the best economic historians in the United States. For more than a decade FEE audiences have appreciated his insightful, lively, and humorous presentations. Readers of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty can now enjoy his regular column on American economic history. He received his Ph.D. in history from the ...
Posted in Articles, People on 23 December 2008
Stats: 21 views and No Comments Dr. Burt Folsom is one of the best economic historians in the United States. For more than a decade FEE audiences have appreciated his insightful, lively, and humorous presentations. Readers of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty can now enjoy his regular column on American economic history. He received his Ph.D. in history from the ...
