by Michael Huemer David Friedman’s _Legal Systems Very Different from Ours_ explores the costs and benefits of various legal systems across time. Legal Systems Very Different from Ours is the latest book by the libertarian economist David Friedman, with a single chapter each contributed by Peter Leeson (on the law of pirates)…
This year marks the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. Widely considered one of the greatest polymaths in human history, Leonardo was an inventor, artist, musician, architect, engineer, anatomist, botanist, geologist, historian, and cartographer. Though his artistic output was small, Leonardo’s impact was great, reflecting his deep knowledge of…
by Lew Rockwell Getting Libertarianism Right by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Mises Institute, 2018. 126 pages. Introduction by Sean Gabb. The title of Hans Hoppe’s wonderful new book has a double meaning. We need to get libertarianism right—to understand libertarianism correctly. How can we do this? By realizing that if we want…
By Paul Rosenberg There are millions of people – a majority in many places – who believe in a liberty philosophy: That the golden rule is the right way for humans to interact, that centralization is a problem, that leaving markets alone is better than rigging them, and so on.…
By Babe Liberman 10 Insights from Learning Sciences about How Learning Works 1. Learning is a process that involves effort, mistakes, reflection, and refinement of strategies. 2. Thinking deeply about the to-be-learned material helps students pay attention, build memories, and make meaning out of what they are learning. 3. Communicating…
By Katherine Prince Continuous learning, cultural awareness, change expertise, adaptable and effective communication and the ability to learn from failure. These are just some of the capabilities that participants in KnowledgeWorks’ convenings on the future of work identified as being important for graduates. Finding resources to solve problems, time and project…
By Suzanne Lucas Davy Greenberg summed up the feelings of a lot of us out there who make our living offering services directly: The tweet went viral (with 36,000 retweets and 123,000 likes at this writing) and evoked a lot of emotion. This is something a lot of us can relate to.…
by Bennett Conlin Talk to any entrepreneur or small business owner and you’ll quickly learn that starting a business requires a lot of work. Generating a business idea is a great starting point, but an idea doesn’t become a business without effort. Some budding entrepreneurs understand the effort necessary to create…
by Patrick Wood In a stunning revelation from a 2009 UN document titled “Rethinking the Economic Recovery: A Global Green New Deal“, it is discovered that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ (AOC) Green New Deal is not a new movement of the people, but rather a crafty (and plagiarized) creation of a small…
by Philip Leigh In 1965 Texas novelist William Humphrey wrote: If the Civil War is more alive to the Southerner than the Northerner it is because all of the past is, and this is so because the Southerner has a sense of having been present there himself in the person of one or…
by Clare Donovan Meaningful innovation education exposes kids to this vital element. I love watching the rise of makerspaces in schools. More and more students have access to 3D printers, kid-friendly coding programs, and other great technical tools. This investment in STEM project-based learning means that students with all kinds…
By Donald J. Boudreaux Frédéric Bastiat (1801-50) is known today among economists—if he is known at all—as at best a brilliant polemicist. An economic theorist he most certainly was not—such is the common opinion. I believe this common opinion to be mistaken. To explain why first requires a discussion of…
Google is a crystal ball in reverse: while you’re asking it questions about the future, it’s probing you for the answers. Indeed, when millions of people participate, Google can use end-user data, queries, and clicks to “predict the future.” Of course, the real power remains with the people using the…