Workshop in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics- Fall 2006

Workshop in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

George Mason University

Fall 2006

DATE, TIME & LOCATION	SPEAKER	TOPIC	ARTICLES
Thursday, August 31 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 1:00-2:30pm	Gerhard Wegner Economics University of Erfurt , Germany	“Political Failure By Agreement: Learning Liberalism and the Welfare State.”	“Political Failure By Agreement: Learning Liberalism and the Welfare State” Chapter 1
Tuesday, September 5 Buchanan House 12:00-2:00pm	Jeffrey Friedman Politics Critical Review & Ilya Somin Law George Mason University	A Critical Dialogue on Public Ignorance and Understanding Politics	Friedman. (2005). Popper, Weber, and Hayek: The Epistemology and Politics of Ignorance* Somin. (2006). Knowledge about Ignorance: New Directions in the Study of Political Information Friedman. (2006). Public Competence in Normative and Empirical Theory: Neglected Implications of "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics"* Please pay particular attention to pp. xiv-xv Please pay particular attention to pp. 5-9 **Please pay particular attention to pp. 40-45
Monday, September 11 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 1:00-2:30pm	Seth Roberts Psychology University of California , Berkeley	“How Economics Shaped Human Nature”	What Do Students Want?
Thursday, September 21 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 1:00-2:30pm	Christopher J. Coyne Economics Hampden Sydney College	“After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy”	“After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy”
Monday, September 25 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 2:00-3:30pm	Nils Karlson Ratio Institute	The Swedish Growth School
Thursday, September 28 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 1:00-2:30pm	Emily Chamlee-Wright Economics Beloit College	“After the Storm: Social Capital Regrouping in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina”	“After the Storm: Social Capital Regrouping in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina”
Tuesday, October 31 Buchanan House 1:00 to 2:30pm	Katherine Erbeznik Philosophy Bowling Green State University	“Does the Lockean Proviso Commit Us to Global Redistribution?”	Does the Lockean Proviso Commit Us to Global Redistribution?
Tuesday, November 14 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 12:00-2:00pm	Richard Wagner Economics George Mason University	“Property, Emergence and the Theory of Public Finance”	Handshakes, Fists, and Tectonic Political Economy
Thursday, November 30 Rm. 318 Enterprise Hall 12:00-1:30pm	Sanford Ikeda Economics SUNY at Purchase	TBA
Tuesday, December 5 Buchanan House 12:00-2:00pm	Peter Leeson and Russell Sobel Economics West Virginia University	“Contagious Capitalism”	Contagious Capitalism