The nice Austrians at the GMU are moving on with a new course, the F A Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
When George Mason University started its PhD program in the early 1980s, F.A. Hayek gave one of the first public lectures on his work that would later be published as The Fatal Conceit. Hayek’s path breaking work in philosophy, politics and economics was a source of inspiration for the faculty and graduate students at George Mason University. Future Nobel Prize winners at George Mason University, James Buchanan and Vernon Smith, in their own respective ways developed Hayek’s ideas even further.
Our research group draws on the insights of all three of these Nobel Laureates, as well as the work of Ronald Coase, Douglass North, and Elinor Ostrom, to form our own unique blend of research in political economy. Our students are trained in the conventional methods and methodology of economics as well as the interdisciplinary approach to political economy that the PPE label is intended to convey.
This is located in the Mercatus Institute, one of best centres for study of economic development and social policy in the world.
Who are the naughty Austrians?
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Sounds like an amazing program, but this is what you can minimally expect from GMU and Mercatus anyhow.
Would love to see more of this sort of program here.
I know that Mannkal, have an impressive student outreach program, and the CIS have their Liberty & Society student program which goes from strength to strength. The IPA also provides many an excellent opportunity for young people to engage in the pro-liberty cause.
And, of course, students can learn much from scholars such as Sinclair Davidson and Steve Kates at RMIT University, and in pockets elsewhere.
Is there anything or anyone else, particularly within the tertiary education arena, that or who make it their focus to intellectually impart the principles of economic freedom, and classical liberalism more generally?
Julie Novak
28 Mar 12 at 9:39 am
Veronique De Rugy?
Alex Pundit
28 Mar 12 at 12:28 pm
david
28 Mar 12 at 12:34 pm
Two requirements for the future of liberalism are better school courses (and texts) and better uni ocurses. This is a review of the main HSC texts a couple of decades ago. Keynes ruled. Have things changed? (slow loading pdf file).
Rafe
28 Mar 12 at 12:58 pm
Hi Rafe. The HSC review looks interesting.
Incidentally, I stumbled upon a NSW HSC economics test of a couple of years back in which it seemed every second question related to climate change or some “inequality is bad” meme.
Julie Novak
28 Mar 12 at 1:15 pm
I am surprised that you guys, IPA and Mannkal don’t have a full-on program to review economics and social studies texts. There are enough non Labor state governments to actually do something with the results.
BTW I have instructed Ron Manners to set up a John Hyde Memorial Lecture this year so I can get an expenses paid trip to Perth to deliver the Hyde Oration.
Rafe
28 Mar 12 at 3:26 pm
Agree. For instance, at the very moment Newman is dismantling the climate change agenda set by Anna Bligh, school curricula are still feeding innocent children the shock horror tipping point (implied ‘vote green’) message. All non-Labor State governments should be geting busy on this now.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.
28 Mar 12 at 3:55 pm
That’s not even economics they are being taught.
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28 Mar 12 at 4:02 pm
Rafe
I believe the IPA has had a lot to say on a related matter, viz. the national curriculum. You should check it out if you haven’t already.
Julie Novak
28 Mar 12 at 6:39 pm
I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Vernon Smith in Hong Kong last year. It was one of the clearest (and most interesting) explanations of why the US is in trouble that I’ve heard. A remarkable man.
Hanyu
28 Mar 12 at 7:07 pm
Thanks Julie, I blogged on the IPA report on the national curriculum when it was not off the press!
Rafe
29 Mar 12 at 8:10 am