Web Site for Professor Brad Hobbs   The Economics Major at Florida Gulf Coast University For more information - click here! September 2011 article on the FGCU Economics Department in The Gulf Coast Business Review

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Opportunities for Students at FGCU Ask your favorite faculty member or Professor Hobbs ACT NOW! ALL PROGRAMS HAVE SPRING APPLICATION DEADLINES! PROGRAMS FILL RAPIDLY!

The Institute for Humane Studies Topics in Liberty Exploring Liberty Morality, Capitalism & Freedom Liberty & Society The Tradition of Liberty: Advanced Studies Careers in Liberty Journalism & a Free Society Liberty & Leviathan: Policy from a Libertarian Perspective Scholarship & a Free Society The application deadline for IHS programs is March 15, 2012. • Koch Summer Fellows Program - This paid summer program provides an internship at a liberty-advancing think tank, two weeks of training, and a housing stipend. The program is administered through the Institute for Humane Studies, and host organizations range from D.C.-based nonprofits like the Cato Institute to state-based think tanks like the Heartland Institute. The application deadline is January 31, and admissions are rolling. • Liberty@Work - WEBINAR Tuesday, January 17 at 3:00 p.m. EST This new, ten-month program will allow participants to work at a state-based think tank while receiving a half day of non-profit management training each week. The application deadline is April 1, and the program will begin in July. If you have any questions about this new program, please feel free to e-mail recruiting@cgkfoundation.org.

Foundation for Economic Education Summer Internship: May 14 - August 10, 2012 Apply Online at: fee.org/about/internships Summer Courses Apply Online at: fee.org/seminars Communicating Liberty (FEE Aluimni Only) Freedom University: Austrian Economics Freedom University: History Freedom University: Current Events Advanced Austrian Economics The application deadline for FEE programs is March 31, 2012   Clemson's Institute for the Study of Capitalism Seminar The application deadline is March 1, 2012 Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest (annual rolling contest) Entry Deadline: September 17, 2012   • Humane Studies Fellowships - The Institute for Humane Studies awards these fellowships to students interested in exploring a free society in their academic work. The scholarships offer up to $15,000 for undergraduate or graduate study. The application deadline is December 31.

 

APEE Links
Call for Papers 2012	Organizing a Session
Wither? Whither? Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Homophones	Organizing a Panel

Think about it.

 

Economics Blogs Econtalk Cafe Hayek Econoblog Division of Labor The Marginal Revolution The Austrian Economists Student, regional and local organizations of interest Reason TV Students for Liberty Journal of Liberty and Society Koch Associates Program Institute for Humane Studies Foundation for Economic Education CATO on Campus   U.S. Debt Clock The James Madison Institute The Liberty Fund The Ayn Rand Institute

 

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Music and Art, Art and Music

 

	The Panther The bars which pass and strike across his gaze have stunned his sight: the eyes have lost their hold. To him it seems there are a thousand bars, a thousand bars and nothing else. No World. And pacing out that mean, constricted ground, so quiet, supple, powerful his stride is like a ritual dance performed around the center where his baffled will survives. The silent shutter of his eye sometimes slides open to admit something outside; an image runs through each expectant limb and penetrates his heart, and dies. Rainer Maria Rilke
In Honor of Kurt Vonnegut Harrison Bergeron recently adopted into the well-worth-watching movie 2081	G. Craig Hobbs - Master's Thesis -Le Parkour Fong Choo - The Potter www.kexp.org - "You are what you listen to..." BBQ (YES, BBQ defines art.) The People of Walmart - Need we say more?

In Veritatis Amore

There are crucial differences between conservative, (modern) liberal and classical liberal positions. Being a classical liberal hinges upon the defense of individual rights - the omnipresent concern for protection of the minority against the majority. Classical liberals are a far cry from reactionaries against change. In fact, they promote changes that many will consider quite radical in nature. To learn more, read this: Why I am Not A Conservative by F. A. Hayek

Read about the "death" of American manufacturing	Debunking Economic Myths by Steve Horowitz	Audio Files out the wazoo on Economics
Local Activism in Southwest Florida Can Work - The Sprinkler Inspector Story	You may need this - The U.S. Inflation Calculator	The ruins of Detroit
The Drew Carey Project - Reason TV	The Original IRS 1040 Tax Form from 1913 - Use the calculator above! Note those marginal tax rates!	A Visualization of United States' Debt
Who is paying for a Florida student's education? (BTW - You will get to pay this taxpayer back through hard and diligent work in my classes!)	A listing of Free Market Think Tanks from the ATLAS Economics Research Foundation	Property Rights at Work: Farming Success in Niger
The Museum of Communism	GAP MINDER - World Development Data in a wonderfully fun visual form	The People's Cube (presented by the Karl Marx Treatment Center)
Advocates for Self Government - Take the World's Smallest Political Quiz	A good explanation of the difference between a Republic and a Democracy	Live Video Stream of Free to Choose
Read - I, Pencil the classic story by Leonard Read, Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education	Thanks to Suzy! http://www.eco-imperialism.com/main.php	www.slate.com - search Everyday Economics to get Stephen Landsburg's commentary - good stuff!
Politopia - The land of custom-made government: Take the quiz - where do you stand on your relationship with the state?	Nice short tutorial on basic microeconomics	Do your part to rebel against the Kelo Ruling! What the heck happened to property rights?
Market-Based Management	The Commanding Heights Web Guide - Hayek on PBS?!?! The fine PBS series on globalization.	On Ronald Coase
Trade Deficit got you Worried?	The World is on FIRE	Great Advice from the Acton MBA Program

 

Life in America

Life in Haiti Courtesy of Cafe Hayek, July 19, 2010 Check out all the great jobs Haitians get to fill by being spared the capital investment made possible by saving, free markets, and free trade. And here.  And here.  (HT Kerry Dugas)     Life with a Chinese Mom "...almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that "stressing academic success is not good for children" or that "parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun." By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way."

Amendment of the Semester (See them all!)
Amendment IV - Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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Spring 2012 Courses

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Vitae and Publications List

Morality of Profit Essay

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Economic History
Economics as a Major
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