Applying Liberty

June 21 – 26, 2010

Location: Students will be housed at The Ritz Carlton, Atlanta.  The seminar will take place in the Georgia-Pacific building.

Monday, June 21

Evening: Economic Freedom and the Growth of Government (Matthew Mitchell)

Tuesday, June 22

Morning: Concurrent Lectures
Introduction to Political Economy (Nikolai Wenzel)
The ‘Other Book’ by Adam Smith (James R. Otteson)
Morning: Concurrent Lectures
Philosophy, Constitutional Order, and French Volatility (Nikolai Wenzel)
Global Ethics (James R. Otteson)
Afternoon: Comparative Constitutionalism (Nikolai Wenzel)
Afternoon: Discussion Panel
Evening: Education Debate (Gerard Robinson & Andrew Coulson)

Wednesday, June 23

Morning: Concurrent Lectures
A History of Education (Andrew Coulson)
The Case Against Education (Bryan Caplan)
Morning: Concurrent Lectures
The State of Education in the U.S. (Gerard Robinson)
Urban Planning (Sanford Ikeda)
Afternoon: How to Fix Healthcare (Michael Tanner)
Afternoon: Lessons for Libertarians from the History of Political Thought (Gene Callahan)
Afternoon: Discussion Panel
Evening: Environmental Debate (Christopher C. Horner and John Hofmeister)

Thursday, June 24

Morning: Concurrent Lectures
Stateless in Somalia (Benjamin Powell)
Applying the Political Vise (John Tillman)
Morning: Concurrent lectures
Why Some Libertarians are Wrong About Immigration (Benjamin Powell)
Marketing Liberty (John Tillman)
Free Afternoon and Evening

Friday, June 25

Morning: Cap and Trade (Christopher C. Horner)
Morning: The Myth of the Rational Voter (Bryan Caplan)
Afternoon: History (Tom Palmer)
Afternoon: The Rhetoric of Liberty (Tom Palmer)
Afternoon: Faculty Roundtable Discussion

Saturday, June 26

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 theh substance of the week. Final schedules will be posted within two weeks of the seminar.