Workshop in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Spring 2009

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

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DATE

PRESENTER

TOPIC

 

January 22

12:00-1:30pm

 

Christopher Kingston


Economics Department
Amherst College

 

 

Marine Insurance in Philadelphia during the Quasi-War with France, 1795-1801

 

January 29

12:00-1:30pm

 

Alexandre Padilla


Economics Department,
Metropolitan State College of Denver

 

 

Self-Regulation in the Adult Film Industry: Why are HIV Outbreaks the Exception and Not the Norm?

 

February 5

12:00-1:30pm

 

Derek Boyd


Philosophy Department,
George Mason University

 

 

Rational Choice Theory, Commitment, and Toward a Rational Basis for Quitting Smoking

 

 

February 19

12:00-1:30pm

 

Jack High


School of Public Policy,
George Mason University

 

 

Entrepreneurship and the Institutions of Growth

 

March 19

 

Richard Adelstein


Economics Department,
Wesleyan University

 

 

Firms as Social Actors

 

March 26

 

 

Richard Ebeling

Senior Fellow ,
American Institute for Economic Research

 

 

Austria-Hungary's Economic Policies in the Twilight of the 'Liberal' Era: Ludwig von Mises's Writings on Monetary and Fiscal Policy before the First World War

 

 

April 2

 

Paul Lewis


Economics Deparment,
Kings College London

 

 

The Role of External Inspection in the Public Services: The of the UK Training Market

 

April 23

 

Loren Lomasky


Philosophy Department,
University of Virginia

 

 

Contract, Covenant, Constitution

 

Tuesday, April 28

 

Charles Rowley


Economics Department,
George Mason University

 

 

Put not your trust in trust relationships