Freedom University: Intro to Austrian Economics
June 4 – 8, 2012
This seminar offers an introductory, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive overview of the workings of a free society with an emphasis on the Austrian school of economics. Topics range from basic economic concepts to business cycles and globalization.
Location: Students will be housed at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta. The seminar will take place in the Georgia-Pacific building.
Schedule:
Monday June 4, 2012
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Economics Icebreaker (optional)
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Registration
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Social at the Hyatt
Tuesday June 5, 2012
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast at the Hyatt
9:00 am – 10:15 am: What is Austrian Economics? (Steve Horwitz)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Menger and the Early Austrians (Paul Cwik)
11:45 pm – 12:30 pm: Faculty Panel Q&A
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm : Praxeology, Supply, and Demand (Paul Cwik)
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Monetary Calculation, Profit, and Loss (Steve Horwitz)
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Activity
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Dinner
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Mises and the Socialist Calculation Debate (Ivan Pongracic)
Wednesday June 6, 2012
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast at the Hyatt
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Hayek, the Market Order, and the Fatal Conceit (Steve Horwitz)
10:30 am – 11:45 pm: Entrepreneurship (Ivan Pongracic)
11: 45 am – 12:30 pm: Faculty Panel Q&A
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch
1:30 pm: Free afternoon and evening
Thursday June 7, 2012
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast at the Hyatt
9:00 am – 10:15 am: Capital and Interest (Paul Cwik)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle (Paul Cwik)
11:45 am – 12:30 pm: Faculty Panel Q&A
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Competition & Monopoly (TBD)
3:00 pm – 4:45 pm: Public Choice & Austrian Economics (Ivan Pongracic)
5:00 pm- 5:30 pm: Activity
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm : Dinner
6:30 pm – 7:45 pm: Regulation & Intervention (TBD)
Friday June 8, 2012
8:00 am- 9:00 am: Breakfast at the Hyatt
9:00 am – 10:15 am: The Costs of Inflation (Steve Horwitz)
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Economic Development (TBD)
11:45 am – 12:30 pm: Activity
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Reserve Banking vs. Free Banking Faculty Roundtable
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Communicating Liberty Workshop
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm: How Can FEE Be a Resource?
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Dinner
Saturday June 9, 2012
No Events Scheduled – Travel Day
