Workshop in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Fall 2008

Thursdays 1:00-2:30pm unless otherwise noted in 318 Enterprise Hall

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DATE

PRESENTER

TOPIC

 

 

August 28

 

Peter Leeson

BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism,
Economics Department
George Mason University

 

 

Pirational Choice: The Economics of Infamous Pirate Practices

 

 

September 4

 

Alejandra Salinas

Professor of Political & Social Theory,
UCA/ESEADE

 

 

Democracy and the Economy: An Analysis of Buchanan’s Views on Political Psychology

 

 

Friday, September 12

 

Jochen Runde

Director of Programmes,
Judge Business School
University of Cambridge

 

 

On The Identity of Technological Objects and User Innovations in Function

 

 

September 25

 

Vincent Bignon

Maître de conferences,
IUFM of Créteil

 

 

Black Markets and Grey Networks for Illegal Exchanges in post WW2 Germany

 

October 9

2:00-3:30pm

 

 

Ben Powell

Assistant Professor of Economics,
Suffolk University

 

 

The Rent Seeking Cost of Immigration Restrictions

 

 

October 16

 

Ivan Pongracic

Wallace and Marion Reemelin Chair in Free-Market Economics,
Hillsdale College

 

 

Employees and Entrepreneurship: Co-ordination and Spontaneity in Non-hierarchical Business Organizations

 

October 23

12:00-1:30pm

 

Amar Bhide

Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business,
Columbia University

 

 

The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World

 

 

November 13

 

Scott Beaulier

Department Chair &
Assistant Professor of Economcis
,
Mercer University

 

 

Mr. Hayek, I Presume? Can Economists Explain African Underdevelopment, or Are They Lost in the Bush?