Workshop in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Fall 2009

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

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DATE

PRESENTER

TOPIC

 

September 3

 

Lawrence H. White


Economics,
George Mason University

 

 

The Roaring Twenties and Austrian Business Cycle Theory

 

Tuesday, September 8

 

Virgil Storr


Social Theory,
Mercatus Center at George Mason University

 

 

Schutz on Objectivity and Spontaneous Orders

 

September 17

1:30-3:00pm

 

Omar Al-Ubaydli


Economics,
George Mason University

 

 

The Nature of Excess: Investigating Price Dynamics

 

 

Tuesday, September 22

 

Scott Sumner


Economics ,
Bentley University

 

 

The Great Danes: Cultural Values & Neoliberal Reforms*
(*Or: Is There Nothing Rotten in Denmark?)

 

Tuesday, September 29

 

PPE Workshop does not meet

 

 

PPE Workshop does not meet

 

Tuesday, October 6

 

 

Gene Callahan

Politics,
Cardiff University

 

 

Economics and Its Modes

 

 

October 15

 

Roger Koppl


Economics,
Farleigh Dickinson University

 

 

Organization Economics Explains Many Forensic Science Errors

 

Tuesday, October 20

Mercatus Center/IHS Board Room, ARL

 

Henry Manne


Professor Emeritus,
George Mason University School of Law

 

 

Entrepreneurship, Compensation, & the Corporation


Background reading:
Insider Trading: Hayek, Virtual Markets, and the Dog that Did Not Bark

 

October 29

 

Todd Zywicki

Law,
George Mason University

 

 

Bankruptcy Law & Policy in the Twenty-first Century

 

November 5

 

James Stacey Taylor

Philosophy,
The College of New Jersey

 

 

Epicureanism, Presumed Consent, Organ Conscription, and Futures Markets in Cadaveric Organs

 

November 12

 

Steve Horwitz

Economics,
St. Lawrence University

 

 

Knowledge, Incentives, and Parental Rights: A Framework for Libertarian Family Policy

 

 

November 19

12:00-1:30pm

 

William S. Mounts

Economics,
Mercer University

 

 

The Nature of Banking, Information-Insensitive Balance Sheets, and Excess Reserves after the Bank Holiday of 1933

 

December 3

12:00-1:30pm

 

Neera Badhwar

Philosophy,
University of Oklahoma

 

 

Friendship & Commercial Societies

 

December 10

12:00-1:30pm

 

George Selgin

Economics,
University of Georgia

 

 

Strong Steam, Weak Patents, or, The Myths of Watt's Innovation-Blocking Monopoly, Exploded