Topic: Economic Education

AIER Hosts Summit Between Atlas Society and Students for Liberty

– April 26, 2018

In April of 2018, AIER had the privilege of hosting a summit of sorts between Students for Liberty (SFL), the world’s largest pro-liberty student organization, and the Atlas Society, whose scholars work to further develop the objectivist philosophy and bring the work of its creator, Ayn Rand, to a global audience.

Economic Education

To Lift Your Spirits, Fill Your Head with Economics

– March 29, 2018

Economics is lovely because it unlocks the great mysteries of the material world: why we thrive, why we experience progress, how we can build prosperity and peace, the path toward making the best out of our limited time in this world, and leave something better for the next generation. Knowing and contemplating these things is indeed a source of immense joy.

Economic Education

The Real Walkout Issue: Compulsory Schooling

– March 17, 2018

The kids are being forced into institutions that have proven themselves unable to protect students against violence, and also face no real accountability when they fail to do so. Force is the watchword even without the direct threat of violence from guns and bombs. Why does nearly everyone think this is normal? Because compulsory schooling laws have been part of the living reality of every single living American.

Economic Education

Why Ketchup in Mexico Tastes So Good

– February 23, 2018

What is the source of this fixation on putting some variation of corn in everything we make and eat? From an economics perspective, it stems from two main sources.

Economic Education

The Modern Origins of Economic Nationalism

– January 31, 2018

Nationalism emerged in the 19th century as an alternative to economic liberalism of the classical variety. Liberalism was embodied in the works of Adam Smith, J.B. Say, Thomas Jefferson, and A.RJ. Turgot. Smith summed up the creed: “What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.” In other words, there is no conflict of interests between the individual and the community, the community and the nation, and the nation and the rest of the world. That core ideal was on the ascendancy throughout the development from the end of the 18th century for another fifty years following.

Economic Education

How IKEA Changed Our Values and Lives

– January 29, 2018

Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, has died at the age of 91. He is a remarkable example of how enterprise and visionary entrepreneurship can have such a profound effect on the world. Even now, walking into an IKEA store for the first time is a riveting experience. It invites you to reassess your life priorities, how you live, how you spend your money, what you seek to do in life. It certainly did that to me, and I’ve never let go of what I learned. In some way, as I think about it, Mr. Kamprad, though I never met him, has been my teacher for a large swath of my adult life. Millions of others can say the same.

Central Banking, Economic Education, History, Monetary Policy

Morawetz on Central Banking

– January 25, 2018

Victor Morawetz worried that regional differences would undermine central bank independence.

Economic Education

AIER’s Innovative Work Is Featured in a New Book

– November 15, 2017

Our founder, Col. E.C. Harwood, would be proud of AIER for promoting Jon Dewey’s learning-by-doing approach and disseminating this work around the world through contributing to a new book.

Economic Education

Applied Economic Research Class at AIER

– November 7, 2017

In keeping with Harwood’s practice of teaching the new generation of students to conduct high-quality applied economic research, AIER is setting a national example in establishing collaborative partnerships between universities and practitioners.

Economic Education, Education

Summer Fellowship Alumna Will Host Teach-the-Teachers Workshop

– October 30, 2017

AIER continues to pursue the educational ideas of our founder, Col. E.C. Harwood, who believed that educating the educators advances the institute’s mission.

Economic Education

AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Alumna Presents at a National Stage

– October 19, 2017

At a recent annual conference of the Council for Economic Education, a lesson on unemployment was presented by Vicki L. Fuhrhop, a teacher at Collinsville High School in Collinsville, Ill, who is an alumna from the 2016 Chicago class. She joins the roster of teachers who implemented lesson ideas from our workshops in their classrooms.

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Economic Education

AIER’s Inflation Curriculum Is Taught in Nebraska

– October 10, 2017

A report about the lesson conducted at The Career Academy, in Lincoln, Neb., by Ms. Nicole Barrett, a participant in Teach-the-Teachers Initiative 2017 in Omaha. This lesson was observed by James L. Olsen, AIER voting member.