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?