F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University

 

Workshop in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

-Spring 2012-

Nobody can be a great economist who is only an economist—and I am even tempted to add that the economist who is only an economist is likely to become a nuisance if not a positive danger.

-- F. A. Hayek

 

DATE

PRESENTER

TOPIC

Friday, January 27
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
2:00-3:30

Filip Palda
Public Administration
University of Quebec

Pareto’s Republic

Friday, Feb. 3
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
3:00-4:30

Andrei Shleifer
Economics
Harvard

Education and the Quality of Institutions

Thursday, Feb. 9
318 Enterprise Hall, Fairfax
1:00-2:30

Timur Kuran
Economics & Political Science
Duke

Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East: Past and Present

Friday, Feb. 17
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
2:00-3:30

Ryan Mouldon
Philosophy
University of Penn

Justice without Agreement

Friday, Feb. 24
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
2:00-3:30

Nassim Taleb
Engineering
New York University Polytechnic Institute

Fragility and Anti-Fragility

Thursday, March 1
318 Enterprise Hall, Fairfax
1:00-2:30

Steve Medema
Economics
University of Colorado

Rethinking Market Failure

Friday, March 30
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
11:00-12:30

Barak Richman
Law
Duke University

Stateless Commerce

Friday, April 6
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
2:00-3:30

Cristina Bicchieri
Philosophy
University of Penn

 

Thursday, April 19
318 Enterprise Hall, Fairfax
1:00-2:30

Shoshana Grossbard
Economics
San Diego State University

Household Production and the Law and Economics of Marriage

Friday, April 27
478 Founders Hall, Arlington
2:00:3:30

John Tomasi
Politics
Brown University

Free Market Fairness