Free Enterprise Society
- GUEST SPEAKERS
- Thursday, 2/29 (BU 001, 3-4:15p) -- Financial analyst Stephen Bond will discuss Algorithmic Trading & the 2010 Flash Crash
- Thursday, 2/29 (BU 175, 7:30-8:45p) -- Financial analyst Stephen Bond will speak on The 2008 Financial Crisis: Causes & Mechanisms
- Wednesday, 3/13 (BU 175, 7:30-8:45p) -- Ryan McMaken will speak on The Case for Secession: How Breaking Away Safeguards Liberty
- Thursday, 3/14 (BU 175, 7:30-8:45p) -- Ryan McMaken will speak on State Militias and the Second Amendment: Decentralizing Military Power
- Tuesday, 3/26 (BU 175, 7:30-8:45p) -- Dr. Robert P. Murphy will discuss Beyond the State: Law & Order Through Voluntary Exchange
- Wednesday, 3/27 (BU 001, 2:30-3:45p) -- Dr. Robert P. Murphy will discuss The Future of Finance: Blockchain, Insurance, and Voluntary Provision of State Services
- Wednesday, 3/27 (BU 175, 7:30-8:45p) -- Dr. Robert P. Murphy will speak on Caesar’s Realm, God’s Kingdom: Anarchism as a Biblical Response to Earthly Power
- Small-Group Discussion Sessions
- Friday, 3/1 (SU 460, 11:30a-12:45p) -- open discussion about the 2008 financial crisis and the 2010 flash crash.
- Thursday, 3/14 (SU 460, 2:45-4p) -- open discussion with Ryan McMaken on the case for secession.
- Friday, 3/15 (SU 460, 11:30a-12:45p) -- open discussion about the 2nd amendment and decentralizing military power.
- Wednesday, 3/27 (BU 310, 11:30a-12:45p) -- open discussion with Dr. Robert P. Murphy about how law & order can develop and persist without the state, through voluntary exchange.
- Thursday, 3/28 (SU 460, 10:00-11:15a) -- open discussion about anarchism as a Biblical response to earthly power.
- Academic Discussion Sessions
SPACE IS LIMITED // PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Tuesday, 2/20 (SU 456A, 3-4:15p) -- The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels)
- Friday, 2/23 (SU 297, 1:30-2:45p) -- The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels)
- Tuesday, 2/27 (SU 456A, 3-4:15p) -- The Doctrine of Fascism (Benito Mussolini) & NSDAP 25 (Anton Drexler / Adolf Hitler)
- Thursday, 2/29 (BU 245, 10:15-11:30a) -- What Must Be Done (Hans-Hermann Hoppe)
- Friday, 3/8 (SU 205, 1:30-2:45p) -- The Doctrine of Fascism (Benito Mussolini) & NSDAP 25 (Anton Drexler / Adolf Hitler)
- Tuesday, 3/12 (SU 456A, 3-4:15p) -- Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth -- Book VI, The Remedy (Henry George)
- Thursday, 3/14 (SU 460, 10:15-11:30a) -- How Do Peaceful Secessions Happen? (Robert Young)
- Friday, 3/29 (SU 205, 1:30-2:45p) -- Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth -- Book VI, The Remedy (Henry George)
- Tuesday, 4/2 (SU 456A, 3-4:15p) -- The great betrayal : how American sovereignty and social justice are being sacrificed to the gods of the global economy -- Chapter 3 (How free trade is killing America) (Patrick Buchanan)
- Friday, 4/5 (SU 205, 1:30-2:45p) -- The great betrayal : how American sovereignty and social justice are being sacrificed to the gods of the global economy -- Chapter 3 (How free trade is killing America) (Patrick Buchanan)
- Tuesday, 4/9 (SU 456A, 3-4:15p) -- The Second Bill of Rights -- FDR's Eleventh State of the Union Address (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
- Friday, 4/19 (SU 205, 1:30-2:45p) -- The Second Bill of Rights -- FDR's Eleventh State of the Union Address (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
- Tuesday, 4/23 (SU 456A, 3-4:15p) -- "When virtue loses all her loveliness" --some reflections on capitalism and "the free society" (Irving Kristol)
- Friday, 4/26 (SU 205, 1:30-2:45p) -- "When virtue loses all her loveliness" --some reflections on capitalism and "the free society" (Irving Kristol)
- Book Study (The Road to Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek)
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED (FULL)
- Tuesday, 2/13, 5-6p, (Caldwell's Intro, Preface, Intro, Chapter 1)
- Tuesday, 2/20, 5-6p, (Chapters 2 & 3)
- Tuesday, 2/27, 5-6p, (Chapters 4 & 5)
- Tuesday, 3/5, 5-6p, (Chapters 6 & 7)
- Tuesday, 3/12, 5-6p, (Chapters 8 & 9)
- Tuesday, 3/26, 5-6p, (Chapters 10 & 11)
- Tuesday, 4/2, 5-6p, (Chapters 12 & 13)
- Tuesday, 4/9, 5-6p, (Chapters 14 - 16)
- Book Study (Science Set Free, by Rupert Sheldrake)
SPACE IS LIMITED // PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Mondays
- Monday, 3/11, 1:00-2:15p (SU 302), (Introduction, Preface, Prologue, Chapter 1)
- Monday, 3/25, 1:00-2:15p (SU 302), (Chapters 2 & 3)
- Monday, 4/1, 1:00-2:15p (SU 302), (Chapters 4 & 5)
- Science Set Free study sessions beyond Chapters 4 & 5 will be combined, and will take place on Wednesdays (see below for dates & times).
Wednesdays (generally)
- Wednesday, 3/13, 9:30-10:45a (SU 302), (Introduction, Preface, Prologue, Chapter 1)
- Tuesday, 3/26, 3-4:15p (SU 456A), (Chapters 2 & 3)
- Wednesday, 4/3, 1:30-2:45p (SU 456A), (Chapters 4 & 5)
- Wednesday, 4/10, 1:30-2:45p (SU 456A), (Chapters 7 & 8)
- Wednesday, 4/17, 1:30-2:45p (General Academic Building 435), (Chapters 9 & 10)
- Wednesday, 4/24, 1:30-2:45p (SU 456A), (Chapters 11 & 12)