DATE

PRESENTER

TOPIC

September 4

Peter T. Leeson

BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism,
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
and
Assistant Professor of Economics,
George Mason University

"An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of
Pirate Organization"

September 11

Werner Troesken

F.A. Harper Professor of Economics
and
Professor of History,
George Mason University

Competition and Corruption

September 18

Emily Chamlee-Wright

Professor of Economics and Management,
Beloit College

Church Provision for Club Goods and Community Redevelopment in New Orleans East

Thursday, September 27

in conjunction with the Center for the Economic Study of Religion (CESR)

Michael McBride

Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of California, Irvine

Why Churches Need Free-riders: Religous Capital Formation and Religous Group Survival

October 9

Svetozar (Steve) Pejovich

Professor Emeritus,
Texas A&M University
and
Senior Research Fellow, International Centre for Economic Research, Torino, Italy

Capitalism and the Rule of Law: The Case for Common Law

October 16

Dan Klein

Professor of Economics,
George Mason University

&

Bryan Caplan

Associate Professor of Economics,
George Mason University

Debate on The Myth of the Rational Voter

Readings:

Campbell, D. Democracy and Other Failures

October 23

in conjunction with the Center for the Economic Study of Religion (CESR)

Gary Richardson

Duncan Black Professor of Economics
George Mason University

&

Dan Bogart

Assistant Professor of Economics
University of California, Irvine

The Property Rights Revolution in Britain, 1689 to 1830

October 30

Gabriella Montinola

Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of California, Davis

“Does Foreign Aid Prop Up Autocrats, Democrats or Both?”

November 6

Steven Horwitz,

Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics,
St. Lawrence University

Markets, Maslow and the Evolution of the Modern Family

November 13

David C. Rose

Professor of Economics,
University of Missouri - St. Louis

Social Capital, Trust and Economic Behavior

November 27

in conjunction with the Center for the Economic Study of Religion (CESR)

Raphael Franck

Lecturer in Economics
Bar-Ilan University

Does economic development cause a decline in religiosity? Explaining the separation of Church and State in France in 1905

December 4

James A. Leitzel

Director of Public Policy Studies in the College,
The University of Chicago

Regulating Vice