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
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm: Registration
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
8:30 am: Check-in at FEE House
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: The Future of Research on Entrepreneurship (Chris Coyne)
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Capital Theory (Roger Garrison)
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm : Dinner
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm: Future Directions of Austrian Economics (Peter Boettke)
Wednesday August 1, 2012
7:00 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast at the hotel
8:30 am: Check-in at FEE House
9:00 am – 10:15 am: The Invisible Hook (Pete Leeson)
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
8:30 am: Check-in at FEE House
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: Self-Governance (Pete Leeson)
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Hayek v. Keynes (Roger Garrison)
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Monetary Equilibrium (Steve Horwitz)
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm: Dinner
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm: The Costs of Inflation (Steve Horwitz)
Friday August 3, 2012
7:00 am – 8: 30 am: Breakfast at the hotel
8:30 am: Check-in at FEE House
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Economic History of the 20th Century (Lawrence White)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Free Banking (Lawrence White)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm : Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: The Trouble with Aid (Claudia Williamson)
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty Roundtable: Austrian Perspective of Monetary Policy
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm: Final Remarks by Don Boudreaux
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm: Dinner
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Alumni Social
Saturday August 4, 2012
No events scheduled- travel day
