Why Government Schools Don’t Want You to Understand Economics: Mises Circle in Greenvillehttp://mises.org/podcasts/why-government-schools-dont-want-you-understand-economics-mises-circle-greenvilleAmerican public education reliably produces economically ignorant graduates — which is exactly what the state needs to run its deficits, debase the currency, and grow its power without an uprising. Peter Klein, Jonathan Newman, Mark Thornton, Paul Cwik, and Tate Fegley make the case that economic understanding is the antidote to state power, and highlight those countering the state's indoctrination of students.Recorded in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 12, 2026. Special thanks to Bryan Lee Briggs for sponsoring this event.enMises InstitutenoGreenville Mises Circle 2026https://cdn.mises.org/images/2026-09/Greenville-2026-2400x2400.jpghttp://mises.orgMises Institutemisesmedia@gmail.comDon’t Bite the Hand: Why Public Schools Can’t Afford to Teach Economicshttp://mises.org/podcasts/why-government-schools-dont-want-you-understand-economics-mises-circle-greenville/dont-bite-hand-why-public-schools-cant-afford-teach-economics01Tate FegleySat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0500146188Tate Fegley argues that government schools fail to teach sound economics not necessarily out of malice, but because they have no incentive to teach the very ideas that would undermine them. Drawing on Hayek, Mises, and Rothbard, he examines competition, teacher pay, and bureaucracy to explain why.

Recorded in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 12, 2026. 

Special thanks to Bryan Lee Briggs for sponsoring this event.

]]>noBureaucracy and Regulation, Education, Monopoly and Competition1Four Secrets the Public Schools Keep from Youhttp://mises.org/podcasts/why-government-schools-dont-want-you-understand-economics-mises-circle-greenville/four-secrets-public-schools-keep-you02Paul F. CwikSat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0500146189Dr. Paul Cwik walks through four "secrets" the public schools would rather you didn't know—and makes the case for full educational freedom.

Recorded in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 12, 2026. 

Special thanks to Bryan Lee Briggs for sponsoring this event.

]]>noEducation, Free Markets, Interventionism2Your Kids Are Already Communists, and College Will Make It Worsehttp://mises.org/podcasts/why-government-schools-dont-want-you-understand-economics-mises-circle-greenville/your-kids-are-already-communists-and-college-will-make-it-worse03Mark ThorntonSat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0500146190Dr. Mark Thornton argues that America's schools and universities have spent 150 years quietly instilling a collectivist ideology, and that the real problem isn't declining test scores but a progressive worldview baked in from kindergarten up. Drawing on Bastiat, Mises, and South Carolina history, he shows how to fight it from the bottom up.

Recorded in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 12, 2026. 

Special thanks to Bryan Lee Briggs for sponsoring this event.

]]>noEducation, Socialism, U.S. History3What They Don’t Teach You in Government Schoolshttp://mises.org/podcasts/why-government-schools-dont-want-you-understand-economics-mises-circle-greenville/what-they-dont-teach-you-government-schools04Jonathan NewmanSat, 12 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0500146191Dr. Jonathan Newman exposes the economic myths taught in government schools and shows what students are never told about markets, socialism, and the debates that shaped economics—making the case that the missing history of economic thought is what matters most.

Recorded in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 12, 2026. 

Special thanks to Bryan Lee Briggs for sponsoring this event.

]]>noEducation, Other Schools of Thought, Socialism4AI and the Future of the Universityhttp://mises.org/podcasts/why-government-schools-dont-want-you-understand-economics-mises-circle-greenville/ai-and-future-university05Peter G. KleinSat, 12 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0500146192Dr. Peter Klein asks whether AI will finally disrupt higher education, and argues it won't, because the university's resistance to change isn't about technology but about ownership, funding, and regulation. The real fix isn't smarter machines but private alternatives that can actually be tested by a market.

Recorded in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 12, 2026. 

Special thanks to Bryan Lee Briggs for sponsoring this event.

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