Tag: Mises Institute

Savannah: Resurrected

So it has been a long time, but as Pascal said, “the silence of these infinite spaces frightens me” so my fear of this dreadful silence drove me back. Actually…I felt rather guilty about having such good readers (at one point) and then dropping them so callously. I feel like I’m starting all over again, but that’s okay. And I also felt bad about putting so much time into this site and totally neglecting it. I had been something of a plugin junkie, so I’ve been dreading coming back and trying to clean up all my old plugins but it…

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Survived Mises U 2011

I apologize for my lack of presence here for several weeks. The first couple weeks of July I was busy working to make up for leaving for 3 weeks. Then of course I had to pack and prepare for my trip. Then I was on the road for a couple days. After arriving in Georgia I had several promotional events to attend for my book, Path of Grass. Then I found myself in the middle of a huge Southern family reunion for several days…then we made a mad dash for Auburn and spent 42+ hours sitting in class for the…

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For Mises Students, Part 2

Israel brought up some good questions related to my first post, so I thought I’d address those here. The first thing, “aren’t there Youtube videos that summarize these required readings and can’t we get Greek history from movies like Troy?” I’m sure there are Youtube videos that explain some of what these works cover, but probably not systematically. The youtube might be on “Socialism vs. Capitalism” and might cover some of the points that Mises makes in his books, but I doubt that there are Youtube videos made as summaries of these works. I have an idea on this, however,…

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For Mises U Students

The Mises Institute strongly encourages all students attending Mises U to be familiar with the Required Readings found here. Whether I go to Mises U or not (still hoping it will work out!) I will try do the readings. Last year I wrote out a schedule for getting through all the books, and I thought I would post my updated version for the students I know who wondering how to tackle it. Anyone else is welcome to read through all this too. 🙂 Theoretically I would start the reading in March. However…that didn’t happen this year. But my schedule starts…

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The Free Market

I’m posting the resources from  a recent webinar as a blog post to give readers better access to the info. Slides are available here. Video from the webinar can be viewed here. Here’s a list of the resources and links mentioned in the webinar – Chaos Theory by Bob Murphy – Privatization of Roads and Highways by Walter Block – The Enterprise of Law by Bruce Benson – Walter Block Interview on Road Privatization, http://mises.org/daily/3431 –  A Future of Private Roads and Highways by Walter Block, http://mises.org/daily/3416 – This video is a study on a formerly-controlled intersection in England that now has…

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A Mises Weekend, Part 2

So we finally got a table at the Berghoff and looked at the menu. I wasn’t terribly hungry, so we decided to get one appetizer, one main dish, and maybe something on the side, and we’d just split it. My dad wasn’t really interested in the German food, so we went with the seafood. I ordered a smoked salmon appetizer, he ordered stuffed sole, and we got potato pancakes on the side. When the plates arrived, my smoked salmon was served on a small wooden cutting board with pieces of salmon on a bed of lettuce and onions. My first thought…

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A Mises Weekend, Part 1

On April 8th and 9th my dad and I went into Chicago for the Mises Institute’s Highschool Seminar and their Saturday Mises Circle. With my new job these events came up really quickly and I wasn’t thinking about it until that week. Friday was extremely icky…rainy and cold, and of course windy. I didn’t get to drive all the way to the train station which was disappointing, but after driving a little in the rain/dark I was relieved to have my dad take over. He was worried about getting to our train on time (and not being run over by…

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Another Week

So I still have my topics in mind for some interesting posts, but don’t have time to write it all down. This week is pretty crazy because I’m trying to make time for driving practice, and preparing for the Chicago Mises Circle this weekend and of course, working. Thankfully I don’t have any other big projects like a webinar or history class. I hope to get back into some of that next week. And more reading. It just makes me sick to think of all the books I want to read and haven’t. Same with studying. I wish I could…

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Nice Mises Daily Article

You really should check out this article at Mises.org. Really. 🙂 It is by my good friend, Floy Lilley, on our experiences in Prof. Gordon’s logic class. I say “our” because she quotes me extensively (which is pretty cool). A nice benefit of having a website where you can spout off about everything you think of, lol. So, go over to Mises.org and read the article! Oh, does anyone know who in the world Mumford & Sons are? I’ve never heard of them… 🙂

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Destination: Mises University 2011

So I just got the official announcement from the Mises Institute that I’ve received a scholarship for Mises U. Suffice to say, I’m exceedingly thrilled. 🙂 I get these shivers up and down my spine just thinking about how awesome it is going to be. It will be even more fun this year because I know some of the professors, faculty, and students, and I always like things better when I’m familiar with it. So if last year was fantastic, I can’t imagine how incredible this year will be 🙂 I’m also blessed with a nice boss who has already…

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