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)
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Free Enterprise Society
Our organization is sponsored by the Institute of Free Enterprise at OSU and is student
operate. Our aim is to create and foster discussions related to economics, human flourishing
and more, providing the OSU community with educational opportunities.
The FES Constitution
Our organizational purpose is to encourage OSU students and the campus community to
learn about and discuss the free market system. Read about our structure, procedures
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