Economics Questions

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

Wheylous — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:23:55 GMT

Wheylous, is your teacher an Anarcho-Capitalist? =)

No, haha. When I first asked him about learning some Austrian Econ a few moths ago, he's like "yeah, sure!" I mentioned that I visit these forums and he's like "man, there's some radical libertarians there" :P

You have an Austrian teacher and only two students in the class?

Yup.

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

John James — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:23:26 GMT

Wheylous:
The class is me and this other girl and half the class I'm discussing random econ question with my teacher :P

You have an Austrian teacher and only two students in the class?

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

Evilsceptic — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:52:03 GMT

Your teacher is an Austrian? Lucky sod :)

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

RothbardsDisciple — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:50:58 GMT

Wheylous, is your teacher an Anarcho-Capitalist? =)

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

gocrew — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:33:27 GMT

Dude, get to work on that girl. There is a libertarian instinct ready to bloom!

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

Wheylous — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:18:03 GMT

The class is me and this other girl and half the class I'm discussing random econ question with my teacher :P

The funny thing is that once he was teaching about taxes and the property tax, and the girl asks "but how are property taxes fair? Isn't it my land? Why should I pay to own it?" I laughed at the scenario. Her asking two libertarians in the heart of liberal Baltimore about property taxes :P

My teacher, of course, said "well, how would you pay for services? etc" to which he added at the end "though some people believe that you can receive the services through private institutions."

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

gocrew — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:03:28 GMT

Wheylous:
I am currently getting a "mainstream" econ education through AP Econ (though my teacher is an Austrian),

An Austrian teacher in high school! Fantastic!

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

Wheylous — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:58:26 GMT

Haha, more from the econ class on public choice theory. Essentially, explorations in anarchy (with some nice rebuddles for arguments against market anarchy):

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/e849/pf13.htm

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

Wheylous — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:37:31 GMT

Well, he does teach to the book - monopoly, social benefits of externalities, and all.

Re: Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

John James — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:02:25 GMT

If you're fortunate enough to have an Austrian teacher, I'm afraid you can't completely say you're getting a "mainstream" education.

Peek into an Econ 849 class by an AnCap

Wheylous — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:52:12 GMT

I found this source quite interesting:

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/e849/pf1.htm

You can go to newer lectures by increasing the number in the url by 1:

E.g. pf2.htm

I plan to read through these. I am currently getting a "mainstream" econ education through AP Econ (though my teacher is an Austrian), so it's nice to see what a non-mainstream class is like.