Competition and Entrepreneurship
Posted in Media, Video on 9 March 2010
Stats: 86 views and No Comments Steven Horwitz discusses competition and entrepreneurship with students attending a seminar at FEE in 2004.
Posted in Media, Video on 9 March 2010
Stats: 86 views and No Comments Steven Horwitz discusses competition and entrepreneurship with students attending a seminar at FEE in 2004.
Distinguished Speaker Series: Lawrence W. Reed
Posted in Events on 8 February 2010
Stats: 132 views and No Comments FEE President Lawrence W. Reed will be a guest speaker at Ave Maria School of Law on February 24, 2010 as part of their "Distinguished Speaker Series." He will discuss "Competition, Monopoly and the Standard Oil Story."
Posted in Events on 8 February 2010
Stats: 132 views and No Comments FEE President Lawrence W. Reed will be a guest speaker at Ave Maria School of Law on February 24, 2010 as part of their "Distinguished Speaker Series." He will discuss "Competition, Monopoly and the Standard Oil Story."
Mercer University: A School That Knows Its Economics
Posted in Schools on 5 January 2010
Stats: 16 views and No Comments In an article posted here on November 20, 2009, I opened with these three paragraphs: “I want my son or daughter to be exposed to free market economics after high school. What colleges or universities do you recommend?” If I’ve been asked that question once, I’ll bet I’ve been asked it ...
Posted in Schools on 5 January 2010
Stats: 16 views and No Comments In an article posted here on November 20, 2009, I opened with these three paragraphs: “I want my son or daughter to be exposed to free market economics after high school. What colleges or universities do you recommend?” If I’ve been asked that question once, I’ll bet I’ve been asked it ...
Great Myths of the Great Depression
Posted in Articles, Books, Featured, Library on 4 September 2009
Stats: 4,863 views and 1 Comment Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide ...
Posted in Articles, Books, Featured, Library on 4 September 2009
Stats: 4,863 views and 1 Comment Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide ...
Regulation Red Herring
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 5 June 2009
Stats: 1,422 views and 17 Comments Most people believe that government must regulate the marketplace. The only alternative to a regulated market, the thinking goes, is an unregulated market. On first glance that makes sense. It’s the law of excluded middle. A market is either regulated or it's not. Cashing in on the common notion that anything ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 5 June 2009
Stats: 1,422 views and 17 Comments Most people believe that government must regulate the marketplace. The only alternative to a regulated market, the thinking goes, is an unregulated market. On first glance that makes sense. It’s the law of excluded middle. A market is either regulated or it's not. Cashing in on the common notion that anything ...
The Madness of Mankiw
Posted in Not So Fast! on 22 April 2009
Stats: 1,692 views and 1 Comment Recessions not only expose the weaknesses of a boom-and-bust economy, but they also expose the weaknesses of economists, and especially “elite” and Federal Reserve System economists. For example, Martin Feldstein of Harvard, President Reagan’s chief economic adviser, has called for the reflating of the housing bubble. We are aware of Paul ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 22 April 2009
Stats: 1,692 views and 1 Comment Recessions not only expose the weaknesses of a boom-and-bust economy, but they also expose the weaknesses of economists, and especially “elite” and Federal Reserve System economists. For example, Martin Feldstein of Harvard, President Reagan’s chief economic adviser, has called for the reflating of the housing bubble. We are aware of Paul ...
FEE Seminar at Colorado Christian University
Posted in Admin, Articles on 20 April 2009
Stats: 0 views and No Comments The Foundation for Economic Education is pleased to be hosting a seminar event at Colorado Christian University. This weekend seminar (May 15-16, 2009) is booked with dynamic and experienced speakers in the field of economics. Students will learn about free markets, and will hear lectures on topics ranging from the ...
Posted in Admin, Articles on 20 April 2009
Stats: 0 views and No Comments The Foundation for Economic Education is pleased to be hosting a seminar event at Colorado Christian University. This weekend seminar (May 15-16, 2009) is booked with dynamic and experienced speakers in the field of economics. Students will learn about free markets, and will hear lectures on topics ranging from the ...
Protected: Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy
Posted in Articles on 20 March 2009
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The Tide in the Affairs of Men
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 24 December 2008
Stats: 133 views and No Comments Adapted from an article that appeared in the April 1989 issue of The Freeman. The aim of this brief essay is to present a hypothesis that a major change in social and economic policy is preceded by a shift in the climate of intellectual opinion. The intellectual tide is spread to ...
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 24 December 2008
Stats: 133 views and No Comments Adapted from an article that appeared in the April 1989 issue of The Freeman. The aim of this brief essay is to present a hypothesis that a major change in social and economic policy is preceded by a shift in the climate of intellectual opinion. The intellectual tide is spread to ...
I, Pencil
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 1,960 views and 8 Comments By Leonard E. Read CONTENTS Download PDF About Leonard E. Read Introduction by Lawrence W. Reed I, Pencil Afterword by Milton Friedman Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) established the Foundation for Economic Education in 1946. For the next 37 years he served as FEE’s president and labored tirelessly to promote and advance liberty. He was a natural leader ...
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 1,960 views and 8 Comments By Leonard E. Read CONTENTS Download PDF About Leonard E. Read Introduction by Lawrence W. Reed I, Pencil Afterword by Milton Friedman Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) established the Foundation for Economic Education in 1946. For the next 37 years he served as FEE’s president and labored tirelessly to promote and advance liberty. He was a natural leader ...
