Articles in the Notes from FEE Category
First Winner of Beth A. Hoffman Memorial Prize for Economic Writing Named
Posted in Notes from FEE on 12 January 2011
Stats: 186 views and 1 Comment The Foundation for Economic Education announces that the first annual Beth A. Hoffman Memorial Prize for Economic Writing goes to Kevin A. Carson. Through the generosity of a FEE donor, the prize has been established to honor the memory of Beth A. Hoffman by recognizing the best article on economics ...
Posted in Notes from FEE on 12 January 2011
Stats: 186 views and 1 Comment The Foundation for Economic Education announces that the first annual Beth A. Hoffman Memorial Prize for Economic Writing goes to Kevin A. Carson. Through the generosity of a FEE donor, the prize has been established to honor the memory of Beth A. Hoffman by recognizing the best article on economics ...
A Tribute to Manuel “Muso” Ayau
Posted in Notes from FEE on 13 September 2010
Stats: 229 views and No Comments In Honor of Muso from FEE on Vimeo. On September 12th, 2010, Universidad Francisco Marroquin celebrated the life of Manuel Ayau. Joining our friends in Guatemala, the Foundation for Economic Education is commemorating the former member of Board of Trustees Manuel "Muso" Ayau. A great champion of liberty, "Muso" Ayau will remain ...
Posted in Notes from FEE on 13 September 2010
Stats: 229 views and No Comments In Honor of Muso from FEE on Vimeo. On September 12th, 2010, Universidad Francisco Marroquin celebrated the life of Manuel Ayau. Joining our friends in Guatemala, the Foundation for Economic Education is commemorating the former member of Board of Trustees Manuel "Muso" Ayau. A great champion of liberty, "Muso" Ayau will remain ...
What is Seen and What is Unseen: Government “Job Creation”
Posted in Articles, Featured, Notes from FEE, People on 11 February 2009
Stats: 667 views and 11 Comments Larissa Price is a former FEE staff member. Barack Obama says his roughly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan could save or create between three and four million American jobs by 2010. Many of these proposed jobs are New Deal-esque, involving the building or repairing of government infrastructure, such as ...
Posted in Articles, Featured, Notes from FEE, People on 11 February 2009
Stats: 667 views and 11 Comments Larissa Price is a former FEE staff member. Barack Obama says his roughly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan could save or create between three and four million American jobs by 2010. Many of these proposed jobs are New Deal-esque, involving the building or repairing of government infrastructure, such as ...
The Tide in the Affairs of Men
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 24 December 2008
Stats: 238 views and No Comments Adapted from an article that appeared in the April 1989 issue of The Freeman. The aim of this brief essay is to present a hypothesis that a major change in social and economic policy is preceded by a shift in the climate of intellectual opinion. The intellectual tide is spread to ...
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 24 December 2008
Stats: 238 views and No Comments Adapted from an article that appeared in the April 1989 issue of The Freeman. The aim of this brief essay is to present a hypothesis that a major change in social and economic policy is preceded by a shift in the climate of intellectual opinion. The intellectual tide is spread to ...
Two Classics by Bastiat
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 23 December 2008
Stats: 1,062 views and No Comments “The Candlemakers&' Petition” was translated and slightly condensed by Dean Russell from Selected Works of Frederic Bastiat, Volume I (Paris: Guillamin, 1863), pp. 58–59 and originally published in the March 1958 issue of The Freeman. “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen” is excerpted from the first chapter of ...
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 23 December 2008
Stats: 1,062 views and No Comments “The Candlemakers&' Petition” was translated and slightly condensed by Dean Russell from Selected Works of Frederic Bastiat, Volume I (Paris: Guillamin, 1863), pp. 58–59 and originally published in the March 1958 issue of The Freeman. “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen” is excerpted from the first chapter of ...
Dancing with the Devil
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 23 December 2008
Stats: 203 views and 2 Comments The following is abridged from a speech delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in February 2005. The Second World War has left a permanent scar on mankind. The battle lines of war engulfed all of Europe, much of Asia, parts of Africa, and touched the shores of North America. As many ...
Posted in Articles, Notes from FEE on 23 December 2008
Stats: 203 views and 2 Comments The following is abridged from a speech delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in February 2005. The Second World War has left a permanent scar on mankind. The battle lines of war engulfed all of Europe, much of Asia, parts of Africa, and touched the shores of North America. As many ...
The Essence of Americanism
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 354 views and No Comments Abridged from a 1961 lecture at FEE. Someone once said: It isn’t that Christianity has been tried and found wanting; it has been tried and found difficult—and abandoned. Perhaps the same thing might be said about freedom. The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away ...
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 354 views and No Comments Abridged from a 1961 lecture at FEE. Someone once said: It isn’t that Christianity has been tried and found wanting; it has been tried and found difficult—and abandoned. Perhaps the same thing might be said about freedom. The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away ...
Healing America: The Free Market Instead of Government Health Care
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 2,414 views and 2 Comments The following is abridged from a speech delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in July 2006. Our society has been bedazzled by a host of seductive and erroneous ideas about American medical care: we can change human nature, and this time we can do it right; we can find the fountain of ...
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 2,414 views and 2 Comments The following is abridged from a speech delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in July 2006. Our society has been bedazzled by a host of seductive and erroneous ideas about American medical care: we can change human nature, and this time we can do it right; we can find the fountain of ...
The Health of a Republic
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 170 views and No Comments The following is abridged from a speech delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, in February 2004. The term republic had a significant meaning for all early Americans. The form of government secured by the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, and the Constitution was unique, ...
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 170 views and No Comments The following is abridged from a speech delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, in February 2004. The term republic had a significant meaning for all early Americans. The form of government secured by the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, and the Constitution was unique, ...
Human Betterment Through Globalization
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 793 views and No Comments The following is abridged from a speech by the Nobel Laureate in economics Dr. Vernon Smith* delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in September 2005. It’s a great pleasure to join FEE for their “Saturday Night Live” and to be among both old friends and many new ones. Several years ...
Posted in Notes from FEE on 19 December 2008
Stats: 793 views and No Comments The following is abridged from a speech by the Nobel Laureate in economics Dr. Vernon Smith* delivered at “Evenings at FEE” in September 2005. It’s a great pleasure to join FEE for their “Saturday Night Live” and to be among both old friends and many new ones. Several years ...
