The much-anticipated Bahnsen Economics Course has been unleashed and is now awaiting curious and parched minds keen on understanding the means to human flourishing, as presented by our paisan, David Bahnsen (host of NR’s popular Capital Record and Radio Free California podcasts).
This is not unserious stuff: a semester-style course anchored in David’s 29 video lectures (sampler — No. 10: “The Merits and Limits of Self-Interest,” No. 14: “The Price Mechanism,” No. 26: “The Broken Window Fallacy”) requiring reading and writing about ’rithmetic and theory and more (yes, there will be quizzes . . . and an exam!). Its virtue is simple: The course is a trustworthy opportunity for the curious mind to do that thing it’s put off for years — getting (finally!) thorough insight and appreciation of “a properly understood framework of economics,” a thing that Professor (if we may) Bahnsen assures is often poorly taught and understudied. In David’s own words, his objective is to provide a
substantive understanding of economics, but to do so rooted in First Principles. I want people who take this class and go through these lectures to come away with an understanding of economics applied, financial matters that are relevant in their lives, that are thinking about a framework of society structured, the political applications that may have to do with economic policy — I want all of these things to branch out of a foundation of economics that is informed by the principles we’ll cover in this class.
Kudos to David for conceiving and creating this project — which is free. Get started, here.