Author Archives: Blayne Bennett

FEE Video Contest: Win $1,500!

The Foundation for Economic Education is offering cash prizes to the top three student-produced YouTube videos based on this essay about the Great Depression. First Prize: $1,500 Second Prize: $1,000 Third Prize: $500 Honorable Mentions if appropriate. Here are the rules, which you should … Continue reading

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Internship posting for the Reason, Individualism, Freedom Institute

RIF Institute seeks energetic, creative students or recent graduates to work part time year-round on social media and development. The right person will be given much responsibility and freedom in implementing his or her ideas. The Reason, Individualism, Freedom Institute … Continue reading

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Top 10 #KrugmanStimulus Tweets

A parodied Paul Krugman Google+ account released this little gem late on Tuesday evening: People on twitter might be joking, but in all seriousness, we would see a bigger boost in spending and hence economic growth if the earthquake had done … Continue reading

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Is the Cost of Living Really Going Up?

Check out the latest LearnLiberty video released today.  The video features Professor Steve Horwitz discussing the myth that the cost of living has continually risen over the last 100 years. Tweet

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Reason.tv: Rawesome Foods Raided… AGAIN!

Originally posted on reason.tv.  Produced by Zach Weissmueller. Camera by Sharif Matar and Alex Manning. A little more than a year ago, Rawesome Foods, a health food co-op based in Venice, California was the target of an armed raid by … Continue reading

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Journal of Liberty & Society, Volume 3 Published

The 3rd Volume of the Journal of Liberty & Society, SFL’s academic journal for undergraduates, has just been published.  Congratulations to the Editor-in-Chief, Carlo Ludovico Cordasco for doing a great job with this year’s Journal!  You can download and read … Continue reading

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DC Ladies: A Night to Network

Are you a female looking to meet other pro-liberty women in the captial?  Join some SFL women in attending the Network of enlightened Women (NeW) Night to Network this Thursday at the Heritage Foundation. What: NeW Night to Network When: … Continue reading

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Reason’s “Ask A Libertarian” Day

On June 15th, Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie made short videos answering questions of Reason Magazine readers, reason.tv viewers, and Reason’s followers on Facebook and Twitter.  I encourage you to check out all of the videos in the mini-series, but … Continue reading

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The Inaugural Class of 20 Under 20 Fellows

The original post and more information about the Thiel Fellowship can be found here. “The Fellows are a tremendous group of young people who are going to advance the frontiers of knowledge, shake up staid industries, and change the world,”  … Continue reading

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SFL Leadership Retreat

Every year, SFL’s Executive Board and staff gathers for a week-long Leadership Retreat in DC.  The Executive Board and staff evaluates the past academic year to improve processes, and looks to the future for projects and programs to add.  Over … Continue reading

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