July 30-August 3, 2012
This 5-day long seminar is designed for students with advanced knowledge in economics, political science, philosophy and with particular interest in the Austrian School of economics. This is the only seminar that provides seminar participants the unique opportunity to hear lectures from three generations of Austrian economics scholars: Israel Kirzner, Roger Garrison, Peter Boettke, Steven Horwitz, Lawrence W. White, Peter Leeson, Christopher Coyne, and Claudia Williamson. Students will explore in depth the work of Carl Menger, Eugene Bohm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, and will discuss the contemporary research in the field of Austrian economics.
Location: FEE Headquarters – Irvington, New York
Lodging: Sheraton Tarrytown Hotel
Schedule:
Monday July 30, 2012
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Registration and Opening Remarks
5:15 pm- 6:15 pm: Dinner
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm: Austrian Economics in the Modern Intellectual Landscape (Peter Boettke)
Tuesday July 31, 2012
7:00 am-8:30 am: Breakfast at the hotel
9:00 am – 10:15 am: The History of Austrian Economics (Israel Kirzner)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Socialism and Transition (Peter Boettke)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Entrepreneurship and the Market Process (Israel Kirzner)
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Economic History of the 20th Century (Lawrence White)
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Capital Theory (Roger Garrison)
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm : Dinner
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm: Social Cooperation Under the Division of Labor (Peter Boettke)
Wednesday August 1, 2012
7:00 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast at the hotel
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Monetary Equilibrium Theory (Steve Horwitz)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: The Austrian Business Cycle (Roger Garrison)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Free afternoon and evening
Thursday August 2, 2012
7:00 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast at the hotel
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Development Economics (Pete Leeson)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: The Fatal Conceit of Foreign Intervention (Chris Coyne)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Hayek versus Keynes (Roger Garrison)
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: The Costs of Inflation (Steve Horwitz)
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Self-Governance (Pete Leeson)
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm: Dinner
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm: The Future of Research on Entrepreneurship (Chris Coyne)
Friday August 3, 2012
7:00 am – 8: 30 am: Breakfast at the hotel
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Free Banking (Lawrence White)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Invisible Hook, Economics of Piracy (Pete Leeson)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm : Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: TBA (Claudia Williamson)
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty Roundtables
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm: Final Remarks
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Cocktail & Reception
Saturday August 4, 2012
No events scheduled- travel day
