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Prof Paul Frijters

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Paul Frijters is a long-time Professor of Economics, among the top 1% most cited economists and the 2009 "best economist under 40" as voted by the Economic Society of Australia. He worked as a Professor at the University of Queensland and the London School of Economics (LSE) for over 10 years. He is currently working in Saudi Arabia alongside a visiting emeritus professorial position at the LSE.

Critical Thinking – Part 2: What is Critical Thinking?

Let us begin with Aristotle and Socrates. The view of the first has been summarised by the phrase “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” A first element of critical thinking is then a kind of ‘waiting room of
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Education is vital, but the ‘system’ is broken. Who can fix it?

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Educational opportunities, Part IV: an integrated curriculum

What problems can a small campus academy address that large regular universities cannot? In this part IV, I talk about an integrated curriculum.
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The Perverse Nature of the Medical Profession

The natural business model of an army is to fight enemies, so any large army will find enemies to justify its existence. Similarly, the natural business model of a government bureaucracy is to solve problems of the population it “serves,” so a large bureaucracy should be expected to find or
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Into the Abyss: How Bad Can the Covid Vaccine Story Get?

All Brownstone readers know that the Covid vaccines should never have been mandatory and should never have been prescribed to children or pregnant women, groups for which they were not tested. All of us have been alarmed to see stories of surprisingly many sudden heart failures, turbo cancers, and failed
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Smell the Roses: Positive Trends and Western Accomplishments

Every decade of the modern era has ended with more people living longer on this planet. Threats were real, but underneath it all we humans still kept making headway, improving life on average for the masses.
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What Must Modern Top-Flight Education Look Like?

A good education prepares one for the realities of adulthood and successful interaction with the world. At the university level, whether via college or homeschooling, a good education develops the intellectual, emotional, and social muscles. One is moulded into a person who uses tools, not crutches; who accepts responsibility rather
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Has Team Trump Blinked?

There is much to celebrate in the first seven weeks of the Trump presidency. Most importantly, the Western globalist elite has fractured, no longer a united front that belittles and enslaves all others.
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What Will the Trump Wrecking Ball Hit Next?

It has been highly entertaining and heartening to watch the reforms embarked upon by Team Trump this past month, although not for the minority that voted for his opponent who has maintained a steady rage on social and legacy media since things actually started getting done. Team Trump has kept
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Preserving Freedom in a Globalising World

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Second “Progress through Science and Freedom” Conference

ASF’s second conference again brings together thinkers and community leaders to share learnings, formulate plans and help establish new and emerging networks and organisations to restore a thriving Australian society founded on science and freedom.

Friday 15 November 6:00PM – 8:00PM – Social drinks

Saturday 16 November 8:30AM – 5:30PM – Conference – panel discussions

Saturday 16 November  7:00 PM to Late – Conference Dinner

Sunday 17 November 8:30AM – 3:00PM – Conference – discussion, news updates and workshops

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