Advanced Austrian Economics

August 2 – 7, 2010

Location: The Sheraton, Tarrytown

Monday, August 2

Evening: Austrian Economics in the Modern Intellectual Landscape (Peter Boettke)
Evening: Faculty Roundtable: Understanding the Current Recession

Tuesday, August 3

Morning: History of Austrian Economics (Israel Kirzner)
Morning: The Continuing Relevance of Austrian Business Cycle Theory (Roger Garrison)
Afternoon: Monetary Equilibrium (Steven Horwitz)
Afternoon: Capital and its Structure (Peter Lewin)
Evening: Discussion Groups
Evening: Time and Economics (Mario Rizzo)

Wednesday, August 4

Morning: Hayek, Polanyi, and the Economics of Science (William Butos)
Morning: Socialism and Transition (Peter Boettke)
Free afternoon and evening

Thursday, August 5

Morning: Hayek’s Challenge (Bruce Caldwell)
Morning: Keynes vs. Hayek (Roger Garrison)
Afternoon: The Fatal Conceit of Foreign Intervention (Chris Coyne)
Afternoon: Development Economics (Peter Leeson)
Afternoon: Discussion Groups
Evening: Faculty Roundtable: Issues in Development and Democracy

Friday, August 6

Morning: Free Banking (Lawrence H. White)
Morning: The Costs of Inflation (Steven Horwitz)
Afternoon: Economic History of the 20th Century (Lawrence H. White)
Afternoon: TBA
Evening: Future Directions of Austrian Economics (Peter Boettke)

Saturday, August 7

Breakfast and Departure

Most lectures are one hour in length, with additional time for Q&A. These schedules are not final, and are only intended to show the substance of the week. Final schedules will be posted within two weeks of the seminar.