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Politics, Law, and Economics Lecture Series

Politics, Law, and Economics Lecture Series

The CFEE and our Fellows are thought leaders in the space of Free Enterprise & Entrepreneurship with published papers, books, interviews, and speeches. Check out the information in our CFEE Showcase below to get to date on what’s going on in the world of Free Enterprise & Entrepreneurship.

We are grateful for generous financial support from:

  • Acton Institute  
  • Charles Koch Foundation 
  • Institute for Humane Studies
  • Manhattan Institute
  • and our many faithful partners

2018-2019 PLE Speakers

  • August 28, 2018 - DR. VICTOR V. CLAAR: FAIR TRADE COFFEE...how fair is your cup of joe?
  • October 23, 2018 - ROSA MARIA PAY脕: A TOXIC DICTATORSHIP
  • November 6, 2018 - DR. RAFAEL ACEVEDO: RICHES TO RAGS: the Real Success of Socialism
  • November 13, 2018 - DR. ANDREI ILLARIONOV: RUSSIA: Puzzle or Phenomenon?
  • November 27, 2018 - DR. JOSE M. GARCIA: MARIEL: Before & After
  • December 4, 2018 - HOWARD HUSOCK: PUBLIC HOUSING & CYCLES OF POVERTY...Time for a New Approach
  • January 15, 2019 - DR. DANIEL PIPES: MIDDLE EAST & THE WEST: Why so fraught for so long?
  • February 5, 2019 - REV. ROBERT A. SIRICO: The Moral Case for a Free Economy
  • March 14, 2019 - DR. AMY L. WAX: The Perilous Search for Equal Results
  • April 2, 2019 - DR. WALTER E. WILLIAMS: The Role of Government in a Free Society

2017-2018 PLE Speakers

  • October 10, 2017 - DR. SUZANNE K. SCHOLTE: The Battle for Human Rights in North Korea: Is There Hope for Peaceful Change?
  • November 4, 2017 - DR. ANDREW RETTENMAIER: Is Social Security Wealth?
  • December 5, 2017 - DR. ABIGAIL HALL BLANCO: Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism
  • January 16, 2018 - DR. VIKRANT REDDY: Tough or Soft on Crime?
  • January 30, 2018 - DR. NUNO GAROUPA: Can Judges be Trusted?
  • February 6, 2018 - DR. DAVID SKARBEK: The Social Order of the Underworld
  • February 20, 2018 - DR. CARRIE KEREKES: HANDS OFF YOUR PROPERTY!!
  • March 13, 2018 - DR. CHRISTOPHER J. BOUDREAUX: Crony Capitalism = Destructive Entrepreneurship

2016-2017 PLE Speakers

  • October 11, 2016 - JASON L. RILEY: The State Against Blacks
  • November 10, 2016 - DR. JAMES D. GWARTNEY: Economic Freedom, Poverty, and Worldwide Income Inequality
  • November 29, 2016 - DR. BRUCE L. BENSON: Criminal Justice: the System-wide Failure of Criminal Law and Its Enforcement
  • January 17, 2017 - ALEX ARMLOVICH: The Sharing Economy: Uber and all That ...
  • March 2, 2017 - DR. THOMAS R. SAVING: Live Free and Prosper
  • April 4, 2017 - DR. PAUL H. RUBIN: Emporiophobia: How to Roll Back the Demonizing of Free Markets

Published Papers and Articles

  • Joseph C. Connors, Ph.D., Whitney Buser, Ph.D.: Chapter 7:The Impact of Democracy on the Transition Through the Middle Income Range. Economic and Political Institution and Development (Editors: Joshua C. Hall, Sara Harper). Springer Nature Switzerland AG; 2019
  • Joshua D. Hall, Ph.D., Karla Borja, Ph.D.: Remittances, Institutions, and Inequality  in Developing Countries. Institute for the Advancement of Developing Economies; Volume 7, Issue 1, 2018
  • Joshua D. Hall, Ph.D.: The Effects of Quality and Quantity of Education on Income Inequality. Economics Bulletin; Volume 38, Issue 4, 2018
  • Joseph S. Connors, Ph.D., James Gwartney, Ph.D.: Economic Freedon, Development and the Changing World Economy. Cayman Financial Review; Fourth Quarter 2018, Issue No. 53
  • Patrick T. Newman, Ph.D., Author: The Origins of the National Banking System: The Chase-Cooke Connection and the New York City Banks. The Independent Review: Volume 33, Issue 3, Winter 2018
  • Patrick T. Newman, Ph.D., Author: Revenge: John Sherman, Russell Alger, and the Origins of the Sherman Act. Public Choice: Volume 174, Issue 3-4, March 2018

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