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Market Order

Economics as the science of human action: how people's choices, connected through exchange and prices, shape the society around us. Based in Austrian economics, it covers value, prices, money, capital, and entrepreneurship, the foundation for understanding how society works.

Anarchic Order

Anarchy as a working alternative to politics. Building on economics, it shows how security, law, and dispute resolution can be better provided through private property and voluntary agreement. It covers order within private domains, cooperation between them, and the morality of markets and philanthropy.

Both are in production, built from our faculty's lectures, for students anywhere in the world. Get them first through our newsletter.

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The Four Cornerstones of Anarchic Order

  • Cornerstone I:

    Introduction to the Economics of Anarchy

  • Cornerstone II:

    Order Within Private Domains

  • Cornerstone III:

    Cooperation Across Private Domains

  • Cornerstone IV:

    Market Morality & Philanthropy

Events

  • Lectures and Debates

    Monthly, live in Los Angeles: a lecture from our faculty or a debate between scholars. Open to all. Bring friends.

  • Next: Saturday, November 14

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    We are also open to holding events in other locations: contact@mengerinstitute.org
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Faculty

  • Daron O. Djerdjian

    Founder & President

    Teaching Associate Professor, UCLA

    Ph.D., Economics, Syracuse University

  • David D. Friedman

    Professor Emeritus, Santa Clara University school of Law

    Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of Chicago

  • Walter Block

    Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair, Loyola University New Orleans

    Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University

  • Mark Skousen

    Doti-Spogli Chair in Free Enterprise, Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics

    Ph.D., Economics, George Washington University

  • Thaddeus Russell

    Historian, Founder of Unregistered Academy

    Ph.D., History, Columbia University

  • Per L. Bylund, Johnny D. Pope Chair and Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University, is an expert in entrepreneurship and Austrian economics. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Missouri. Bylund's book How to Think about the Economy promotes economic literacy and critiques mainstream economics. His career spans roles as a systems developer, consultant, and entrepreneur.

    Per Bylund

    Senior Fellow, Mises Institute. Johnny D. Pope Chair and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business
    Ph.D., Applied Economics, University of Missouri

  • David Gordon

    Senior fellow, Mises Institute

    Ph.D., Intellectual History, UCLA

  • Robert Murphy

    Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute. Senior Fellow, Mises Institute

    Ph.D., Economics, New York University

  • Michael Huemer

    Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder

    Ph.D., Philosophy, Rutgers University

  • Mark Thornton

    Senior Fellow, Mises Institute

    Ph.D., Economics, Auburn University

  • Łukasz Dominiak

    Associate Professor of Political Philosophy, Nicolaus Copernicus University. Fellow, Mises Institute

    Ph.D., Political Philosophy, Nicolaus Copernicus University

  • Matthew J. Geiger

    Ph.D. student, Economics, Rey Juan Carlos University
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Testimonials

173 students from 39 countries.

  • "Professor Djerdjian unequivocally changed the direction of my son's life."

    - Thomas G. (Parent)

  • "The institute's reach extends way beyond economics, although economics is at the heart of every discussion. I cannot emphasize enough how rare an opportunity like this is."

    - Ablai K.

  • "Austrian Economics is one of the only classes that I still think about on a weekly basis and find myself discussing with others 8+ years after graduating."

    - Lauren M. C. P. (Former student of Prof. Djerdjian)

  • "Austrian Economics is the single course that proposed ways of thinking I still use daily in my work in equity markets"

    - Charlie M. (Former student of Prof. Djerdjian)

  • "I disagreed with almost every economic philosophy he proposed — yet in doing so, I had to interrogate my own beliefs to a level never repeated in any other course"

    - Jaydon L. (Former student of Prof. Djerdjian)

  • "Djerdjian is the actual GOAT. He's made me into the student and Econ enthusiast I am today."

    - Tommy W. (Former student of Prof. Djerdjian)
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Our Mission

The Carl Menger Institute exists to make the principles of anarchic order clear, accessible, and influential. Through education and public engagement, we seek to build a critical mass of informed people so that, when crises reveal the limits of political governance, the ideas of proprietary governance are present as viable alternatives.

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