Thank you to the Mises Institute

April 28, 2008 11:24 AM by Daniel D'Amico

As you may already know from the recent Mises blog post, I have successfully defended my dissertation as of Tuesday April 22. It should be available on line shortly and I plan to publish several papers in scholarly journals from its chapters as well as a book project to be determined in the near future.

In addition to formally thanking the Mises Institute in the acknowledgments, I just wanted to send you all a special note of thanks. The summers during graduate school that I spent in Auburn were infinitely valuable to my research and learning experience. The opportunity to freely investigate one's own research interests is a comparative advantage unmatched by any other summer opportunity. Because of the reading, research, writing, and received feedback that I was able to accomplish at the Mises Institute I am proud to say that I am the only GMU student of my entering class to have finished in 4 years and that's 4 years with a job placement. i owe much of this success to the Mises Institute and will never be able to fully express how thankful I am for all of the support that I have received.

I hope to continue to be involved and participate in Mises Institute events throughout my career. Thank you all again so very very much.

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From Vienna to Virginia.

April 5, 2008 9:14 PM by Daniel D'Amico

Both the Austrian school of economics and the Virginia school of political economy have been staunch defenders of classical liberalism and free markets. But their commonalities run deeper, including an emphasis on rules and institutions, subjectivism, and the power of ideas.

The Foundation for Economic Education is pleased to announce "From Vienna to Virginia," a special conference for young scholars on the intersection between these two traditions.

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Books I wish I had read before starting graduate school.

March 19, 2007 8:26 PM by Daniel D'Amico

To follow up and expand on the closing ASC session on graduate school, I wrote up this short list. I hope those interested will find it helpful.

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