Well, good luck. You surely are an open minded free thinker. Just what is needed to find truth.
But, I’m assuming you’ll still berate Brainpolice when he does it?
I’ve felled all four of you boys, Juan included. Seriously get some LvMI fellows on here so I can take them down too.
haha, outstanding, the idea that you ‘felled us’. you know how to put a smile on my face. i enjoyed that even more than hitler jokes.
as a yound student will this be your new strategem for academic success?, at the end of every exam paper or essay submission sign off with,
‘i have demonstrated my superiority to all rivals, full marks must be granted.’
Does this mean the internet must always be freely available, or only when the coupon is presented?
Well, the phrase “one free internet” implies that there are multiple internets to be given away to prospective “winners”, so my guess is the later.
DISCLAIMER: This free internet may not be entirely like The Internet. Restrictions apply.
A little on the first page or so.
Perhaps we’re ready to return to the original topic? This may provide some insight on differences between LvMI and GMU.
From Peter Boettke’s blog post “Should the [Austrian] Label Be Abandoned?”:
Similarly, I am not a close associate of the Ludwig von Mises Institute despite my deep respect for Mises as a thinker and my long friendship with some individuals who are closely tied to the institute. Why? Because I disagree with the way they often go about presenting the ideas. I disagree with the argument about the dehomongenization of Mises and Hayek; about knowledge and learning being juxtaposed with property and calculation, rather than as complimentary arguments; about free banking and 100% reserves; about apriorism and methodology, etc.
I also disagree with some at the Mises Institute about who matters in our scientific conversations, what we need to do to advance in the scientific community, and what should be stressed to young scholars. I am a complete elitist in this regard — PhDs and academics only, there hasn’t been a lay contribution to economic science that mattered in over a century, peer reviewed research must be the norm, disciplinary boundaries should be more or less respected, there are no great hords of unpublished genius running around to enlighten us on economic issues, etc. Of course, exceptions to these rules of thumb can be found, but I generally believe the exceptions prove the rule. A lot of lay discussion that passes for Austrian economics on the internet and even in some libertarian periodicals and books is intellectually embarrassing and often as poorly written as it is ill-informed on the issues. Bad readings of economic argument combined with angry rhetoric against intellectual opponents does not produce a treatise in the scientific discipline in economics no matter how much someone attempts to hype it. Contributions to scholarship do not come so easily.
“I am a complete elitist in this regard” - Just a little arrogance in there, don’t you think? Before this, there’s also a section about Ron Paul which I found interesting. I wouldn’t be so eager to toss those who I mostly agree with to the wolves, especially not while “Austrianism” is the exception rather than the norm.
Not really, I thought it was more honest than arrogant. It’s not as if he concealed the fact that he is elitist, denied it, & then proceeded to continue to be elitist without admission, which would be far more arrogant, imo.
Hey Giles isn’t a moderator anymore. Did he finally make the conversion towards full blown statist?
@Ansury: Thank you for bringing this back on track.
@Nitroadict: I agree, he is honest about what he believes. Even claiming the title of being an elitist.
I asked the question because I am about to embark upon the next step in my education and apply to George Mason University for their grad program in Economics. I have toured several other university campuses, spoke with students, and even sat in a few classes to observe before I made my decision. As I live in Virginia near GMU’s Main Campus, I plan on attending classes in the evenings.
I’ve been reading Dr. Boettke’s blog and find it just as interesting as the articles, blogs, books, and yes even the forums, here at LvMI.
I think I’ll take as much as I can from both organizations and make the most of it.
I happen to very much agree with this.
Likewise, especially the following quotations:
By the way guys (AC, Juan, nir, Wilderness, LS) I’m still waiting for some answers, you’ve not been very forthcoming with them.
LOL.
I think you will be waiting a long time, cause i have no ideas what answers you have in mind.
Same thing here.
Good points. But I think what is important to look at is the root cause of "Bad readings of economic argument combined with angry rhetoric’, and why is AE (or economic science in general) all of the sudden passionatly appealing to so many lay people? Personaly, I think it is because of the centralization of science. This tends to happen with science when it vies for public centralization. Why is global warming/environmental science so heated with debate from lay people? I think for the exact same reason. You don’t hear too many passionate lay people debate as to what made the dinosaurs go extinct or what caused the late bronze age crash. It is usually only when ones ideas are being forced on another do things tend to go into a fever pitch.
I am of the opinion that many peoples anger and frustartion are warrented in today’s world, particularly more free market oriented people where the propaganda and political situation is clearly not in their favor.
LOL. Poor Giles. Two weeks ago he was upset by boettke’s arrogance and now he’s licking boettke’s boots. Sad.
I found this to be an interesting article (found it in one of the comments on his blog)
Refereed Journals: Do They Insure Quality or Enforce Orthodoxy
Why all the hate for Giles?
Dunno. I think he makes alot of good points, and seems very well-versed in economics.