Mises Institute
Friday, May 24, 2024
 
 
The Consequences of California’s New Minimum Wage Law
Hal Snarr
Supporters of the new California minimum wage law for fast-food restaurants claim it will bolster economic opportunity for lower-income people. It actually will be a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.
 
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The Intellectual Poverty of Racial Polylogism
Wanjiru Njoya
The watchword in higher education today is decolonization, which depends upon what Ludwig von Mises called racial polylogism. Mises understood that polylogism undermines the very foundations of scientific thought.
 
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The Problem with Public Schools
 
Karl Streitel explains how the public school monopoly conditions students for obedience—while failing to educate them.
 
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Profit Is Not Plunder
 
Despite statements from Biden and other progressives, profits represent entrepreneurial gains that mostly benefit consumers.
 
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Higher Education Too Often Values Second-Rate Economics Research over Teaching
Society would be better served by teaching basic economics to as many people as possible.
 
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Government Schools: Power and History in Argentina
Government intervention is everywhere, but it is most evident in education. Looking at the case study of Argentina can help us understand this topic.
 
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Public Schools and the State’s Omnipotent Bayonet
Vast sums are spent on “reforming” government schools, only to end up with the same lousy product. Thinking outside the box means abandoning public schools altogether.
 
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Mises and Rothbard on Credit Contraction during a Downturn
 
Patrick Newman at the Mises Institute’s Human Action Conference in Auburn.
 
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Education: Free and Compulsory
 
In this radical and scholarly monograph, Murray Rothbard identifies the crucial feature of our educational system that dooms it to fail: at every level, from financing to attendance, the system relies on compulsion instead of voluntary consent.
 
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