Workshop in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Fall 2003

Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall

2:00-3:30pm

DATE	PRESENTER	TOPIC
August 25	Tyler Cowen Economics George Mason University	When Are We Being Too Utopian?
September 8	Michael Huemer Philosophy University of Colorado	Why Should We Believe Moral Claims?
September 19 CANCELED	Lee Cronk Anthropology Rutgers University	Economic Anthropology Among the Mukogodo of Kenya
September 22	Jesse Shapiro Economics Harvard University	Education, Media, and Anti-American Attitudes in the Muslim World
September 29	Randall Holcombe Economics Florida State University	Liberty and Government
October 6	Roman Frydman Economics New York University	Imperfect Knowledge and Asset Price Dynamics
October 14 Tuesday	Jacob Levy Politics University of Chicago	Ancient and Modern Constitutionalism Revisited
October 20	Bryan Caplan Economics George Mason University	Mises, Bastiat, Public Opinion and Public Choice: What’s Wrong with Democracy?
October 27	Anne Applebaum Journalist/Historian Washington Post	The Gulag: What We Know and Why It Matters
November 3	Christopher Morris Philosophy University of Marlyand	Are States Essentially Coercive?
November 14 Friday	David Primo Politics University of Rochester	"Open vs. Closed Rules in Budget Legislation: A Result and an Application."
November 17	Glen Whitman Economics California State University-- Northridge	Meta-Preferences and Multiple Selves
November 25 Tuesday	Paul Gregory Economics University of Houston	The Political Economy of Stalinism
December 1	Peter Grajzl & Peter Murrell Economics/IRIS University of Maryland	Professions, Politicans and Institutional Reforms