022 - Mikołaj Pisarski: Mises for the Masses, Education & Libertarian Parenting

Timothy Allen talks with Mikołaj Pisarski. Mikołaj is the former president of KoLiber Association and the current president of the Instytut Misesa, Poland’s Mises Institute. In this conversation we discover Mikolaj’s love for working with young people and his passion for teaching Libertarian principals and the ideas of Austrian economics. We also talk about Polish history, personal responsibility, parenting strategies and the problems of democracy, as well as a little Anarcho-capitalism and technology thrown in for good measure. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on your app and if you like to listen to podcasts on youtube then you can find us HERE. Enjoy the conversation. TIMESTAMPS: 00:10 Intro to this episode. 03:11 Being a lefty in the past. 09:17 How did you become interested in economics? 14:56 Teaching students the value of free trade. 23:04 Why monarchy is better than democracy? 28:09 Dealing with road accidents in the anarcho-capitalist system. 35:32 The psychological cost of direct confrontation with responsibility. 41:28 Causes of bad parenting. 46:29 The rise of mental illness in the society. 51:51 Does Poland have private education? 56:06 Homeschooling vs. Public Schools. 1:00:20 Online schools. 1:08:28 Learning to be a teacher. 1:13:33 The resurgence of Austrian economics in Europe. 1:19:52 Pessimism and optimism about the future. 1:24:02 The emergence of a libertarian community in Poland. 1:31:15 What would you do in a year of sabbatical? TWITTER: Mikołaj Pisarski: ⁠https://twitter.com/MikolajPisarski Timothy Allen: ⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠ WEBSITES: Instytut Misesa: ⁠https://mises.pl/ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠https://free-cities.org/