Institute for Humane Studies
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Institute for Humane Studies
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We are building and equipping a network of 10,000+ scholars and leaders to turn the ideas of freedom into outcomes in classrooms, policy, and culture.
- "One of the most important features of liberal democracies is that they are polycentric," writes Prof. @sghorwitz, arguing that the decentralized, federalist structure of our government provides a crucial check on executive power in a time of crisis: bit.ly/2Ks0lNm
- This is how zoning laws are holding back America's cities: bit.ly/urban-design #YIMBY #NIMBY #UrbanPlanning
00:00 - "Left-liberals and right-liberals have much more in common with each other...than they have with the illiberals on their own sides," argues @DavidAFrench, in this clip from his recent discussion with @jon_rauch. Watch the whole video here: bit.ly/31S2BCM
00:00 - "Washing machines and tractors have accomplished more than just cleaning clothes and ploughing fields. They also freed America's children to receive an education." Read more: bit.ly/2KFZvY3 @Chellivia @HumanProgress #America #History #Economics #MondayMotivation
- From transforming healthcare policy to championing individual liberties, @darwyyndeyo’s research on healthcare mobility is igniting change! Discover how she and other scholars at the @KneeCenter_WVU are making a difference. Read more here: theihs.org/blog/beyond-id…
- According to a @GeorgetownCEW report, liberal arts education makes Americans less inclined toward authoritarianism. @TheIHS's Emily Chamlee-Wright writes on how open inquiry and critical thought protect against tyranny: bit.ly/2H95Q1r
- "America has lost one of its greatest economists and public intellectuals." Prof. Donald J. Boudreaux writes about Walter Williams in the @WSJ:
- June 16, 1723: Scottish economist Adam Smith, forefather of free market economic theory, is born. #OnThisDay
- #HappyBirthday to F.A. Hayek! "On this day in 1899, in Vienna, Friedrich Hayek was born. He would go on to write about economics, philosophy, politics, psychology, & the history of ideas, & win the Nobel Prize in Economics." Read more: bit.ly/2I3n9w9 @eamonnbutler @ASI
- Robert Poole, co-founder of @reason, writes in new book "Rethinking America's Highways" congested #roads should be tolled, while new construction & reconstruction should be done by private interests, not public agencies: bit.ly/2MLonmu @antiplanner @CatoInstitute #Books
- "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." ― John Stuart Mill
- Be sure to follow Prof. @PeterBoettke of @GMU! Prof. Boettke has emerged as the intellectual standard-bearer for the Austrian school of economics that opposes government intervention in markets and excessive federal spending to prop up demand during times of crisis. #FollowFriday
- We're pleased to announce that IHS Senior Fellow @vstorr has joined our Board of Directors! bit.ly/3dQJcJA
