Training the next generation of economic thinkers

The Carl Menger Institute trains economic thinkers who understand that markets are not systems to be modeled — they are the result of individual actions. Our four-month academy brings together students from around the world with some of the most distinguished scholars in economics. Tuition is free. Come see what we're building.

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Curriculum

  • Pillar I: Human Action and the Fundamentals of Social Order

  • Pillar II: History and Methodology

  • Pillar III: The Division of Labor and Medium of Exchange

  • Pillar IV: Catallaxy and Market Coordination

  • Pillar V: Market Institutions and the Evolution of Human Cooperation

  • Pillar VI: The Myth of Market Failure

  • Pillar VII: Governance and Property in a Polycentric Order

  • Pillar VIII: Praxeonomic Ethics and Philanthropy
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Faculty

  • Daron O. Djerdjian

    Founder, President, & Faculty

  • David D. Friedman

    Professor Emeritus, Santa Clara University school of Law

  • David Gordon

    Senior fellow, Mises Institute

  • Walter Block

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

  • Mark Skousen

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

  • 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

  • Robert Murphy

    Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute. Senior Fellow, Mises Institute

  • Matthew J. Geiger

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

  • Thaddeus Russell

    Historian, Founder of Unregistered Academy

  • Mark Thornton

    Senior Fellow, Mises Institute

  • Łukasz Dominiak

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

  • Michael Huemer

    Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
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  • "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)
 

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