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Austrian Economics Seminar
A residential seminar for students of economics |
What is Austrian Economics? |
Rooted in the tradition of Carl Menger and Ludwig von Mises, as well as Murray Rothbard and FA Hayek, the Austrian School offers a rigorous and logical approach to economics that gives free markets their due and takes full account of the reality of human choice.
More than a field within economics, the Austrian School is an entirely different approach that dissents from the mainstream on method, theory, and policy. It views economic actors as unique, conscious, and freely choosing individuals, not as undifferentiated data to be manipulated mathematically or politically.
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Seminar Design
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The Austrian Economics Seminar derives inspiration from The Mises University , the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics. Since 1986, the Mises University has been the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream. This seminar is intended primarily for undergraduate and graduate students, who are interested in broadening and deepening their knowledge about the unique and distinct contributions of the Austrian School.
Subject areas cover praxeology, the Austrian methodology, 100% gold standard, entrepreneurship, time preference, spontaneous order, market behavior, competition, value and utility, money and banking, business cycles, industrial organization, economic history, the philosophy of science, financial economics, and more.
The seminar is interspersed with readings, working groups, faculty lectures and documentary screenings.
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How to Participate? |
• Eligibility: College students currently enrolled in an undergraduate/ post-graduate program or recent graduates with economics as a one of their core subjects
• Application process: 40 students are selected through an application process.
• Participants will bear travel costs to the venue. Room & board will be provided by CCS!
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AES Grads Speak
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“I know many people who oppose free market ideas, but AES gave me a cause to give them a sound argument for the free market. Thanx.” |
Rutam Vohra |
“I managed to open my mind in four days and free myself of the conditioning of 20 years.” |
Shruti Rajagopalan |
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