Rothbard library at the Mises Institute; Muray N. Rothbard; 10,000 New Books at the Mises Institute; The Case Against Getting a Ph.D. in Economics (and Almost Everything Else)-Dr. Gary North
Rothbard library at the Mises Institute—first floor:
The catalogued inventory includes books, items, documents and ephemera. (5,378)
Books - 5,065
Confirmed by: Suzy Westenkirchner—Mises Institute Archivist and Librarian
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e·phem·er·a
/əˈfem(ə)rə/
“Ephemera are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained. The word is etymologically derived from the Greek ephēmeros ‘lasting only a day’. The word is both plural and singular.
One definition for ephemera is "the minor transient documents of everyday life". Ephemera are often paper-based, printed items, including menus, ticket stubs, newspapers, postcards, posters, sheet music, stickers, and greeting cards. However, since the 1990s, the term has been used to refer to digital artefacts or texts.”
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Murray N. Rothbard
Written by: David Gordon
Murray Newton Rothbard (1926 – 1995)
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10,000 New Books at the Mises Institute
04/16/2014
From the March issue of The Free Market:
“Gary North Donates 10,000 Books to Mises Institute Dr. North said that he decided to donate the library to the Institute as a way to assist the Institute’s Fellows and faculty. ‘The Mises Institute has very bright summer interns: Ph.D. candidates working on their dissertations, with the assistance of scholars.’ The library ‘is heavily oriented towards history and social science,’ North explained, recalling that ‘not many economists are gifted historians the way Murray Rothbard was. He would have loved [the library].’”
Gary Kilgore North (February 11, 1942 – February 24, 2022)
Gary North, PhD, in History
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The Case Against Getting a Ph.D. in Economics (and Almost Everything Else)
Gary North
Remnant Review (July 30, 2011)
“On July 26, I debated Professor Walter Block on this topic: ‘Resolved: It is Smart to Get a PhD in Economics.’ I took the negative. Had the topic been, ‘Resolved: It is smart to get a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering,’ I would have taken the affirmative.
The debate was held at the Mises Institute. The debate was part of the annual week-long event, Mises University. There were about 230 college students present, plus at least 70 non-student visitors and faculty. At the end of this article is an audio file of the debate. The video will be posted on the Mises.org site next week.
I am posting here the text of my written preparation.
As a debater, I did not read this presentation. That would have been far less effective rhetorically. I rehearsed it verbally about ten times or more. I had never done this before in 53 years of public speaking. I usually speak with a few notes or even no notes. But, in a formal debate, it pays to prepare. I went into this planning to win. Block is a smart fellow. I needed an edge. I needed more than one.
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Lesson: Never underestimate your opponent.
The debate was structured in the traditional debate format:
15 minutes: presentations
10 minutes: first rebuttals
5 minutes: second rebuttals”
“The last debate I was in was in 1988. Before that, in speech class in high school 30 years earlier. So, I do not debate often. Why this debate? Because Block had gone into print against my previous article recommending that students not pursue a Ph.D. My article was picked up by The New York Times. He had written a rebuttal in a Romanian academic journal. He sent me a letter challenging me to answer him. I decided that I would be better off challenging him in a formal debate than in print, where hardly anyone would read my rebuttal. I also knew that the Mises Institute would post the debate as a video and in MP3 format. That way, I could reach my targeted audience: college students who are thinking of getting a Ph.D.”
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