Young Scholars Colloquium:
Frontiers of Political Economy
July 14 — July 18, 2008

Application Deadline: June 22, 2008

The Young Scholars Colloquium is an advanced seminar for FEE Alumni, advanced undergraduates,
and graduate students on cutting-edge ideas in the case for a free society. Fresh thinking in economics,
political theory, and law will be the topic of faculty lectures and student paper presentations.

Preview some of our faculty, topics, and a tentative schedule:

Schedule (click link for pdf)

James Otteson
Global Ethics in the Global Economy
That Other Book by Adam Smith

Roderick Long
Thick Libertarianism
Equality, the Unknown Ideal

Bryan Caplan
Myth of the Rational Voter
Less than the Minimum

Benjamin Powell
African Development
Why Some Libertarians are Wrong on Immigration

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
The Constitution as Counter-Revolution
Myths of the Causes and Cures of the Great Depression

Sanford Ikeda
Private Neighborhoods
Interventionism

Walter Block
Privatizing the Roads and Oceans
Justice and Property: Reparations and Takings

Edward Stringham
The Emergence of the Dutch Stock Market
Market-chosen Law

Student Papers
Original research by student participants

This page will be updated as new information becomes available.

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