Series Director: Dr. Andrew Herr (Fellow in Economics and Policy)
This series reflects the Center's strong advocacy to free markets operating in an environment of minimal government involvement. The series also promotes the idea of ethics.
Academic Lecture Year 2012-2013
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| 9-26-2012 |
Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University |
Why Capitalism? |
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| 11-28-2012 |
Bennett McCallum, Carnegie Mellon University |
Recent Federal Reserve Policy in Relation to Monetary Principles |
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| 02-20-2013 |
Kevin Murphy, University of Chicago |
The Limitations of Taxes and Prohibitions |
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Academic Lecture Year 2011-2012
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Speaker(s) |
Lecture Topic |
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| 11-16-2011 |
J.D. Foster, The Heritage Foundation |
The Trials of Congress' Misnamed "Super Committee" |
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| 02-08-2012 |
Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal |
The End of Obamanomics |
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| 03-14-2012 |
Charles Holt, University of Virginia |
Auction Design for Public Policy |
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Academic Lecture Year 2009-1010
| 11-2-2009 |
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Dr. Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University |
Why Capitalism? |
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Mr. John Mueller, Ethics and Public Policy Center |
Restoring Sound Economic Thinking: What Natural Law Taught Us |
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Dr. Samuel Hollander, University of Toronto |
Understanding Anomalies in Adam Smith and Marx-Engels |
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Dr. Richard Wagner, George Mason University |
Promoting the General Welfare: The Economic Thinking of the American Founders |
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Dr. Larry Schweikart, University of Dayton |
A Primer on Banking and the Government's Role in Monetary Policy |
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Dr. David Beito, University of Alabama |
T.R.M. Howard and the Mutual Aid Tradition: How Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Promoted Black Uplift |
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| 02-03-2010 |
Dr. Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University |
Central Banking in the Credit Turmoil: An Assessment of Federal Reserve Practice |
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| 03-10-2010 |
Dr. Gordon Brady, Joint Economic Committee, United States Senate |
Cap and Trade Legislation |
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Academic Lecture Year 2008 - 2009
| 09-10-2008 |
Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal |
A Survey of Latin American Liberty in 2008 |
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| 10-22-2008 |
Dr. Susan Laury, Georgia State University |
Insurance Purchase Decisions for Disaster - Type Risks: Using Laboratory Experiments to Inform Policy |
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| 02-04-2009 |
Dr. Tailia Bar, Cornell University |
Quest for Knowledge and Pursuit of Grades: Information, Course Selection and Grade Inflation |
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| 03-11-2009 |
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal |
Fiscal Follies: The Politics of "Stimulus" and Bailouts |
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Academic Lecture Year 2007 - 2008
| 09-12-2007 |
Dr. PJ Hill, Wheaton College |
The Not So Wild, Wild West |
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| 11-07-2007 |
Dr. Rajdeep Grewal, Pennsylvania State University |
Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, and Shareholder Value: The Moderating Role of Satisfaction Strength |
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| 02-06-2008 |
Dr. Burt Folsom, Hillsdale College |
How the Income Tax Changed American History |
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| 03-26-2008 |
Dr. Jay W. Richards, Acton Institute |
Myths Christians Believe about Wealth and Poverty |
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Academic Lecture Year 2006 - 2007
| 09-20-2006 |
Dr. Paul Moreno, Hillsdale College |
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Federalism |
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| 09-13-2006 |
Dr. Jeff Miron, Boston University |
Libertarian Land: The Case for Minimal Government, |
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| 02-07-2007 |
Dr. Elinor Ostrom, Arizona State University |
Beyond Panaceas: The Importance of Institutional Diversity, Indiana University |
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| 03-14-2007 |
Dr. Jared Bernstein and Dr. Richard Burkhauser |
Debate: Is a Minimum Wage Increase Necessary? |
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Academic Lecture Year 2005 - 2006
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Dr. Dwight R. Lee, University of Georgie and Dr. Kenneth Stone, University of Iowa |
A Debate on the Merits of Wal-Mart |
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Mr. William W. Beach, Director of Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation |
Public Policy in the Age of Entitlements: How the Coming Financial Crises in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Will Fundamentally Change Politics and Public Policy |
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Mr. Christopher DeMuth, President, American Enterprise Institute |
Unlimited Government |
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Dr. Michael Szenberg, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics and Finance Department, Lublin School of Business |
Globalization, Technology, and Three Societal Goals |
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Academic Lecture Year 2004 - 2005
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Dr. Robert Dwyer, University of Cincinnati |
Buyer-Seller Relationships That Work, Professor of Marketing |
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Mr. John G. Quigley, Visiting Professor of Finance, Princeton University, Managing Partner of Nasau Capital |
Venture Capital in 2004: The Real Deal |
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Dr. Linda Babcock, Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University |
Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide |
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Dr. Francis X. Dieboldy, Professor of Economics, Finance and Statistics, University of Pennsylvania |
The Outlook for Interest Rates and the Macroeconom |
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Academic Lecture Year 2003 - 2004
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Dr. Henry Grabowski, Professor of Economics and Director of the Program in Pharmaceuticals and Health Economics, Duke University |
Innovation and Access to Medicines for Orphan Diseases |
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Dr. James Gwartney, Professor of Economics and Policy, Florida State University |
Economic Freedom and Cross-Country Differences in Income and Growth |
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Dr. James Kellaris, Professor of Marketing, University of Cincinnati |
Confessions of a Jingle Scientist: On the Importance of Trivial Research |
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Dr. Edmund S. Phelps, Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University |
How Corporatism Cramps Dynamism and Dulls Prosperity in Continental Europe McVickar |
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Academic Lecture Year 2002 - 2003
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Dr. Adam Lerrick, The Friends of Allan Meltzer Chair, Senior Lecturer of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University |
A New Approach to Development Aid: Changing the Incentives |
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Dr. Patrick Conway, Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Should the International Monetary Fund Be Liquidated? |
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Dr. Gene Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics, Princeton University |
Trade and The Environment: Friends or Foes? |
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Dr. Daniel Benjamin, Professor and Senior Research Scholar, Clemson University |
Myths of Recycling |
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Academic Lecture Year 2001 - 2002
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Dr. Neil Wallace, Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University |
A Virtue of Uniform International Currency |
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Dr. Charles W. Calomiris, Paul M. Montrone Professor of Private Enterprise, Columbia University School of Business |
Emerging Market Banks: The Achilles Heel of Liberalization |
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Dr. Charles I. Plosser, Dean and John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration,University of Rochester |
Monetary Policy: A Shadow Perspective |
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Dr. Clive W.J. Granger, Chancellor's Associates Chair in Economics, University of California, San Diego. |
The Effect of Uncertainty on Economic Policy |
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Academic Lecture Year 2000 - 2001
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Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics, Columbia University. |
After the Seattle Debacle: What Next for Free Trade? |
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Dr. Hal R. Varian, Dean, School of Information Management Systems, University of California at Berkeley. |
Economic Forces in the Network Economy |
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Dr. Stanley W. Black, Professor of Economics, The University of North Carolina. |
From Wirtschaftswunder to Kaltstart: Fifty Years of the German Economy |
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Dr. James Walker, Professor of Economics, Indiana University |
Institutions for Facilitating Cooperation |
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Academic Lecture Year 1999 - 2000
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Dr. Anna J. Schwartz, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. |
Earmarks of a Lender of Last Resort |
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Dr. Stephen P. Zeldes, Benjamin Rosen Professor of Economics and Finance, Columbia University |
Privatizing Social Security: Risk and Return |
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Dr. Walter C. Labys, Saint Vincent Prep School Class of 1955, Professor and Benedum Distinguished Scholar, West Virginia University |
Can World Market Volatility Upset the U.S. Economy |
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Dr. Vernon L. Smith, Professor of Economics, the University of Arizona |
Personal Vs Impersonal Exchange McClelland |
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Academic Lecture Year 1998 - 1999
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Dr. Jeremy Siegel, Professor of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Are Stocks Still Right for the Long-Run? |
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Dr. Joseph Terza, Saint Vincent College Class of 1964, Associate Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University |
Analyzing the Effects of Public Policy Using Non-Experimental Data: Applications In Health Economics |
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Dr. Robert Shiller, Yale University |
Risks to Our Income in the Long Term |
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Academic Lecture Year 1997 - 1998
| Not Listed |
Dr. David R. Henderson, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution and Associate Professor of Economics, Naval Postgraduate School |
Government: Don't Just Stand There, Undo Something |
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Dr. Richard Cyert, President Emeritus and Richard M. and Mary Aret S Cyert, Professor of Economics and Management, Carnegie- Mellon University |
The Executive Compensation Controversy |
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Dr. Bruce Yandle,Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics and Branch Banking and Trust Scholar, Clemson University |
Searching for Common Sense and Common Law for the Environment |
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Dr. Harvey Rosen, John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy, Princeton University |
Do Taxes Affect Entrepreneurs' Investments? |
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Academic Lecture Year 1996 - 1997
| Not Listed |
Dr. Steve H. Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics, The Johns Hopkins University |
Rules Versus Discretion: Argentina Versus Mexico |
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Dr. Richard E Wagner, Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University |
Complexity, Governance And Economic Policy |
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Dr. Kajal Lahiri, Economics Professor and Chair SUNY at Albany |
Welfare Reform for The Disabled |
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Dr. Robert A. Mundell, Professor of Economics, Columbia University |
The International Monetary System In The 21ST Century: Could Gold Make A Comeback? |
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Academic Lecture Year 1995 - 1996
| Not Listed |
Dr. Richard V. Burkhauser, Professor of Economics Maxwell School, Syracuse University |
Providing a Living Wage: Why Increases In the Minimum Wage are No Longer the Answer for Helping the Working Poor |
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Dr. David R. Henderson, Associate Professor of Economics at the Naval Postgraduate School, Senior Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution |
Government Intervention In Health Care: Savior or Villain |
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Dr. Donald J. Mullineaux, DuPont Chair in Banking and Financial Services, University of Kentucky |
Is Bill Gates Right: Is Banking A Dinosaur? |
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Academic Lecture Year 1994 - 1995
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Dr. Terry Anderson, Montana State University, Professor of Economics Senior Associate of the Political Economy Research Center |
The Market and The Environment: The Carrot vs. The Stick |
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Dr. Robert Tollison, George Mason University, Duncan Black Professor of Economics |
Externalities and Internalities |
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Dr. Fred Singer, President, The Science and Environmental Policy Project |
Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views |
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Dr. Richard Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan Prof. of Meteorology |
Science and Politics: Global Warming and Eugenics |
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Dr. Richard W. Tresch, Associate Professor and Chairperson of Economics, Boston College |
Welfare Reform: Shared Views and Disagreements |
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Academic Lecture Year 1993 - 1994
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Michael Parkin, University of Western Ontario, Professor of Economics |
Clinton's Fiscal Policy: A First Semester Assignment |
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Dr. Burton Malkiel, Princeton University, Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics |
Investment Strategies for the Remainder of the 90's |
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Dr. Karen Vaughn, George Mason University, Professor of Economics |
Did We Learn th Right Lessons From the Fall of Communism? |
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Dr. Frederic Mishkin, Columbia University, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics |
Preventing Financial Crisis |
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Academic Lecture Year 1992 - 1993
| Not Listed |
Dr. Patricia Danzon, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Cella Moth Professor |
Health Care Reform: A Review of the Options |
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Dr. Robert Barro, Harvard University, Professor of Economics |
Presidential Economics |
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Dr. Richard McKenzie, University of California, Walter Gerken Professor of Enterprise and Society |
America: What Went Right in the 1980's |
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Dr. Rachel McCulloch, Brandeis University, Rosen Family Professor of Economics |
Foreign Investment in the US: Source of Strength or Sign of Weakness? |
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Academic Lecture Year 1991 - 1992
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Dr. Yale Brozen,Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Emeritus Professor of Business Economics |
The Most Inquitous Tax? |
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Dr. Ronald Hansen, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, Associate Dean |
Deregulation vs. Reregulation: The Case of Medical Technologies |
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Dr. Gordon Tullock, University of Arizona, Karl Eller Professor of Economics and Political Science |
The Costs of Regulation and the Benefits of Deregulation |
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Dr. Kevin Sontheimer, University of Pittsburgh, Chairperson Department of Economics |
An Ethical and Moral Evaluation of of Private Property and Market Freedom |
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Academic Lecture Year 1990 - 1991
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Dr. Peter B. Kenen, Princeton University, Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance |
Foreign Investment in the US: Should we be Concerned? |
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Dr. Ryan Amacher, Clemson University, Dean, College of Commerce and Industry |
Western Experiences with Privatization: Are There Lessons for Eastern Europe? |
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Dr. Murray Weidenbaum, Director/Washington University, Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor |
The Consumer Stake in Deregulation Center for the Study of American Business |
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Dr. Walter Williams, George Mason University, John Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics |
The Legitimate Role of Government in a Free Society |
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Dr. Emanuel Savas, University of New York, Baruch College |
Privatization: A Worldwide Movement City |
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Academic Lecture Year 1989 - 1990
No lectures available for this academic lecture year.
Academic Lecture Year 1988 - 1989
No lectures available for this academic lecture year.
Academic Lecture Year 1987 - 1988
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Dr. Anne O. Krueger, Stanford University, Professor of Economics |
Protectionism: US Firms and Foreign Competition |
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Dr. Rudiger Donbusch, MIT, Ford International Professor of Economics |
Third World Debt: The US and the Banks |
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Dr. Charles Kindleberger, MIT, Ford International Professor of Economics |
Is There An Impending World Depression? |
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Dr. William Poole, Brown University, Professor of Economics |
Financial Implications of the US Trade Deficit |
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Academic Lecture Year 1986 - 1987
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Dr. Gary S. Becker, Professor, University of Chicago |
Pressure Groups and Political Power |
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Dr. Bennett T. McCallum, Carnegie-Mellon University, Professor of Economics |
Why is Monetary Policy Important |
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Dr. James M. Buchanan, George Mason University, Holbert L. Harris University Professor |
Government Failure, Market Failure |
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Dr. Allan Meltzer, Carnegie-Mellon University, John M. Olin Professor of Political Economy |
Monetary Reform: Domestic and International |
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Series Director: Dr. Bradley C.S. Watson (Fellow in Politics and Culture)
This series is dedicated to the restoration of America's constitutional order. This order is founded upon the principles of the Declaration of Independence, which professes a fixed understanding of human nature and, consequently, a limited role for the federal government.
Academic Lecture Year 2012-2013
| Lecture Date |
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| 11-14-2012 |
Jeffry Morrison, Regent University |
The Indispensable George Washington |
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| 01-30-2013 |
Martin Medhurst, Baylor University |
The Audience As Citizens |
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| 02-06-2013 |
Stephen Knott, United States Naval War College |
Distorted "History": The Case of George W. Bush and the War on Terror |
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Academic Lecture Year 2011-2012
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| 09-21-2011 |
Darren Staloff, City College of New York |
Federalism: The Fulfillment of the Politics of Enlightenment |
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| 01-18-2012 |
Daryl Charles, Bryan College |
Between Pacifism and Real Politik: The Abiding Relevance of the Just War Tradition |
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| 01-25-2012 |
Daniel Piccuta, U.S. Pacific Command |
The U.S.A. and China: Powers, Rivals, Partners |
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| 2-22-2012 |
Micah Watson, Union University |
Locke's Legacy or Rousseau's Temptation?: American Government As Creature or Creator |
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Academic Lecture Year 2009 - 2010
| 09-23-2009 |
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, Gettysburg College |
A. Lincoln, Philosopher: Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas |
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| 10-21-2009 |
Mr. Joseph Fornieri. Rochester Institute of Technology |
Lincoln's Reflective Patriotism |
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| 01-20-2010 |
Henry T. Edmonson, Georgia College and State University |
What would Publius Do? Leadership Principles from 'the Federalist Papers' |
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| 2-17-2010 |
Dr. Charles T. Rubin, Duquesne University |
Liberty and Human Redesign |
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Academic Lecture Year 2008 - 2009
| 09-17-2008 |
Michael I. Krauss, George Mason U. Law School |
To Heller and Beyond: Self-Defense, and the Second Amendment |
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| 10-22-2008 |
Fr. Joseph Kroterski, Fordham University |
The City of God and the City of Men: Augustine's Argument and Some Applications for Today |
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| 01-21-2009 |
Diana J. Schaub, Loyla College in Maryland |
Bioethics and the Constitution: What Would the Founders Say? |
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| 02-18-2009 |
Dr. Scott Yenor, Boise State |
How to Think About the Family in a Liberal Society |
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Academic Lecture Year 2007 - 2008
| 09-19-2007 |
Dr. E. Christian Kopff, University of Colorado |
Traditionalism of the American Founding |
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| 10-24-2007 |
Dr. Leonard P. Liggio, Atlas Economic Research Foundation |
Middle Ages and Monasticism |
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| 01-23-2008 |
Dr. Robert V. Young, North Carolina State University |
Literature and Morality |
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| 02-20-2008 |
Dr. Patrick J. Deneen, Georgetown University |
The Alternative Tradition in American Political Thought |
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Academic Lecture Year 2006 - 2007
| 09-20-2006 |
Dr. Paul Moreno, Hillsdale College |
How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Federalism |
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| 01-24-2007 |
Dr. Gleaves Whitney, Grand Valley State University |
America's Founders and the Ring of Gyges |
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Pamela Jensen, Kenyon College |
Invisible Men: Ralph Ellison's Defense of the Melting Pot |
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Academic Lecture Year 2005 - 2006
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Dr. Stephen Knott, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia |
The Constitutional Legacy of Alexander Hamilton |
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Dr. Bradley Thompson, Executive Director of Clemson Capitalism Initiative, Clemson University BB&T Research Fellow |
Our Killing Schools |
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Mr. James Lambright, Chairman and Acting President, Export-Import Bank of the United States |
When the U.S. Exports: America Works |
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Dr. Alan Levine, Associate Professor of Political Theory, American University |
The Idea of America in European Political Thought: 1492 to 9/11 |
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Academic Lecture Year 2004 - 2005
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Dr. Bradford Wilson, Associate Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions Lecturer, Princeton University |
Liberal Constitutionalism and the American University |
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Dr. V. Phillip Munoz, Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Carolina State University |
Under God? The First Amendment and the American Founding |
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Dr. Francis J. Beckwith, Baylor University |
Roe v. Wade: Its Logic and Legacy |
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Dr. Ronald J. Pestritto, University of Dallas |
Woodrow Wilson: Father of Modern America? |
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Academic Lecture Year 2003 - 2004
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Mike Fisher, Pennsylvania State Attorney General |
Constitution Day Address |
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Dr. James Stoner, Professor of Political Science, Louisiana State University |
Christian Socrates? The Apology of Thomas More |
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Francis H. Buckley, Professor of Law, George Mason University |
Private and Social Perfectionism |
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Adam Kieper, Managing Editor, The New Atlantis |
Space Exploration and American Character |
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Academic Lecture Year 2002 - 2003
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Dr. Larry Arnn, President, Hillsdale College |
Constitution Day Address |
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Academic Lecture Year 2001 - 2002
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Dr. Michael Zuckert, Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Government, University of Notre Dame |
What Was So Great About the Founding Fathers Anyway? |
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Dr. Lucas E. Morel, Assistant Professor of Politics, Washinton and Lee University |
Ralph Ellison's America: On the Politics of Prejudice, Perseverance and Possibility |
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Dr. Jean M. Yarbrough, Gary M. Pendy Professor of Social Sciences Department of Government and Legal Studies Bowdoin College |
Teddy Roosevelt and the Search for a Usable Past |
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Dr. David F. Forte, Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University |
Islam: Its Past, and Future |
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Academic Lecture Year 2000 - 2001
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Dr. Ken Masugi, Director, Center for Local Government - The Claremont Institute |
The Constitution Versus The Civil Religion Of Multiculturalism: What Clarence Thomas Taught Me |
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Dr. Alan Charles Kors, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania |
Western Civilization At the Dawn of the 21st Century |
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Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, The CATO Institute |
Globalization: Threat or Boon to a Starving World |
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Mark Edward Rush, Associate Professor of Politics: Washington and Lee University |
Foraging in the Political Thicket: The Supreme Court and The Right of Political Association |
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Academic Lecture Year 1999 - 2000
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Dr. Ralph A. Rossum, Professor of American Constitutionalism, Claremont McKenna College |
Federalism, Constitutional Structure, and the Securing of Liberty Salvatori |
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Dr. Michael I Krauss, Professor of Law, George Mason University |
Government Products Liability Suits: Economic Illiteracy and the Collapse of the Rule of Law |
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Dr. Stephen J. Entin, President and Executive Director, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation |
The Political Economy of the U.S. Tax System |
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Dr. Randy T. Simmons, Professor of Political Science, Utah State University |
Liberty and the Environment |
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Dr. Herman Belz, Professor of History, University of Maryland |
Affirmative Action and American Equality |
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Academic Lecture Year 1998 - 1999
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Hon. Eugene W. Hickok, Jr., Pennsylvania Secretary of Education |
The Constitution and Executive Power |
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Stanley C. Brubaker, Professor of Political Science, Director of Colgate Washington Study Group, Colgate University |
Are Campaign Spending Limits Good for Democracy |
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Harvey C. Mansfield, Professor of Government, Harvard University |
Machiavelli's New Prince |
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Joseph M. Bessette, Associate Professor of Government Claremont Mckenna College |
Justice and Punishment: Crime, Public Opinion, and Democratic Politics |
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Academic Lecture Year 1997 - 1998
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Dr. Thomas G. West, Professor of Politics at University of Dallas |
Was The American Founding Unjust? The Case of Property Rights and the Poor |
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Dr. Jeffrey K. Tulis, Professor of Political Science at University of Texas |
Today's Neo-Whig Presidency |
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Dr. Peter Augustine Lawler, Professor of Political Science at Berry College |
Twentieth Century Thomism: The Catholic Tradition in Today's Political Thought |
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Dr. Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
The First One-Hundred Days of the Clinton Administration and Prospects for the Future |
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Dr. Thomas E. Mann,Director, Governmental Studies and the W. Averell Harriman Chair in American Governance at the Brookings Institute, Washington, DC |
Institutional Reform and Democratic Renewal |
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Dr. Michael J. Malbin,Professor of Political Science, S.U.N.Y. at Albany, Director of The Center for Legislative Studies at SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government |
Undivided Government? Predictions on Clinton's Relations with Congress |
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Dr. Lawrence Mead, Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Professor of Politics at New York University |
The Politics of Welfare Reform |
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Mr. Daniel Mitchell, McKenna Senior Fellow in Political Economy at The Heritage Foundation |
Are Republicans Living up to their Mandate? |
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Dr. Gertrude Himmelfarb, Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York |
Prospects for the Renewal of Civil Society |
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Dr. Frank I. Luntz, President, Luntz Research Companies |
Republican Candidate: Issues and Public Opinion |
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Dr. Grover G. Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform |
The 'Leave Us Alone' Coalition and the 1996 Elections |
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Mr. John Fund, Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal |
Divided Government: Gridlock or Cooperation? |
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Mr. William Kristol, Editor and Publisher, The Weekly Standard |
1997--The New Political Era? |
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Dr. James W. Ceaser, Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at University of Virginia |
The Symbol of America in Modern Political Thought |
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Series Director: Dr. Bradley C.S. Watson (Fellow in Politics and Culture)
This series is concerned with the realm of citizenship and the common good. The Forum seeks to identify and expound upon the principles of a free and well-ordered society in the American and Western tradition and to examine contemporary issues in relation to such principles.
Academic Lecture Year 2012-2013
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Exceptionalism and the American Creed |
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| 10-10-2012 |
Thomas Karako, Kenyon College |
The Obama Administration and National Security |
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| 10-10-2012 |
Henry Olsen, American Enterprise Institute |
If You Can Keep It: Reflections on the Revolution in America |
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| 10-10-2012 |
J. David Alvis, Wofford College |
Obama and the Progressive Presidency |
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| 10-10-2012 |
John C. Yoo, University of California, Berkeley |
Obama and the Upside Down Presidency |
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Academic Lecture Year 2011-2012
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Exceptionalism and the American Creed |
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| 10-12-2011 |
Richard Samuelson, California State University, San Bernardino |
Exceptionalism and Citizenship |
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| 10-12-2011 |
Michael Ledeen, The Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
America and Revolution |
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| 10-12-2011 |
Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation |
America's Exceptional Promise |
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| 10-12-2011 |
Kiron Skinner, Carnegie Mellon University |
American Exceptionalism: Ideas versus Political Realities |
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Lecture Year 2009
| 10-07-2009 |
Jennifer Marshall, Director of Domestic Policy Studies Heritage Foundation |
Onward: Shaping the Moral Imagination of Each New Generation |
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| 10-07-2009 |
Kevin Ryan, Director of Education and Communication Vermont Bar association |
The Patriotism of Character, The Character of Patriotism |
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| 10-07-2009 |
Randy Simmons, Political Science Professor and Department Head Utah Sate University |
Democracy Is Much More Than Voting |
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| 10-07-2009 |
William Voegeli, Visiting Scholar Claremont McKenna College's Henry Salvatori Center |
We Hold These Truths... But Who Is This "We"? |
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Lecture Year 2008
| 10-08-2008 |
Malcolm A. Kline, academia.org and Conservative Voice |
From Locker Rooms to Laboratories: Title IX Gets Scientific |
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| 10-08-2008 |
Dr. Elizabeth Kaufer-Busch, Christopher Newport University |
Title IX and Science: Natural Allies or Enemies? |
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| 10-08-2008 |
Jessica Gavora, Freelance Writer |
Title IX in the Sciences: Why it Was Inevitable, Playing field: Schools, Sports, Sex and Title IX |
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| 10-08-2008 |
Dr. John Smetanka, Saint Vincent College |
Women in Physics: Cause and Effect |
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Lecture Year 2007
| 10-10-2007 |
David Frisk, Claremont Graduate School |
Young Men in a Hurry: William F. Buckley, Jr., William Rusher, and National Review's Call to Arms 1955-1964 |
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| 10-10-2007 |
Rafe Major, University of Michigan |
The Fall of The Wall and the Search for the Principles of Conservatism |
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| 10-10-2007 |
Michael Tanner, CATO Institute |
The Rise of Big Government Conservatism |
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| 10-10-2007 |
Johan Goldberg, National Review Online |
The Permanence of Conservatism |
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Lecture Year 2006
| 10-04-2006 |
Michael Anton (The Claremont Institute), L. Brent Bozell (Media Research Center), Dr. Jay Richards (Discovery Institute), and Nick Schulz (Tech Central Station) |
Alternative/Conservative Media |
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Lecture Year 2005
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Stephen A. Camarota, Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies |
Contemporary Immigration Issues and Challenges |
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Daniel T. Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, CATO Institute |
Fixing America's Dysfunctional Immigration System |
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Thomas L. Krannawitter, Claremont Institute Senior Fellow, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hillsdale College |
Citizenship and Multiculturalism |
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Noah Pickus, Associate Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University |
Immigration and American Civic Nationalism |
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Lecture Year 2004
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Amy E. Black, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, Wheaton College |
God Is On Our Side: Religion and Campaign 2004 |
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John C. Fortier, Research Fellow and Executive Director, Continuity of Government Commission, American Enterprise Institute |
Terrorist Attacks On Our Elections |
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Richard Dougherty, Professor of Political Science, University of Dallas |
The Election was a Necessity: American Presidential Election in War Time |
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Morris Fiorina, Wendt Family Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
The Myth of a Polarized America |
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Lecture Year 2003
| Not Listed |
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Lecture Year 2002
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Eloise Anderson, Director, Project for the American Family, Claremont Institute |
Thinking About Child Protection |
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Susan Orr, Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
The Forgotten World of Child Welfare |
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Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO, Pacific Research Institute |
False Promise of Single-Payer Health-Care: A Close Look Inside the California Health Security Act |
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Robert Rector, Senior Research Fellow, Welfare and Family Issues, The Heritage Foundation |
Marriage, Poverty and Welfare Reform |
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Lecture Year 2001
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Dr. Andrew E. Busch, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Denver |
Ronald Reagan and the Statesmanship of Liberty |
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Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College |
President Reagan's Statesmanship in the Cold War |
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Dr. Thomas B. Silver, President, The Claremont Institute |
Reagan's Failure |
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Dr. Paul Kengor, Associate Professor of Political Science, Grove City College |
The Legacy of Ronald Reagan: The Academic View |
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Lecture Year 2000
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Dr. Peter W. Schramm, Executive Director, John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs |
Ethics and Politics According to Booker T. Washington: Citizenship Rightly Understood |
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Dr. Fariborz L. Mokhtari Director, Military Graduate Program, Norwich University |
Ethics and Society: Civilian vs. Military Approaches |
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Dr. Adam Wolfson, Executive Editor, The Public Interest |
Why Liberals go to War: The Case of Kosovo |
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Dr. James H. Nichols, Jr., Professor of Political Science, Claremont McKenna College |
Rethinking Politics for the Next Generation of Liberalism |
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Dr. Todd R. Flanders, Director of Programs, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty |
Macintyre's Imprudence |
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Dr. Bradley C.S. Watson, Fellow in Politics and Policy, Center for Political and Economic Thought, Saint Vincent College |
Impeachment's Wake |
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Lecture Year 1999
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Dr. David Lowenthal, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Boston College |
Liberalism: Its Glories, Failures, and Prospects |
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Dr. Peter McNamara, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Utah State University |
Locke, Civil Society, and the Spirit of Liberalism |
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Lecture Year 1998
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Glen E. Thurow, Provost and Professor of Politics, University of Dallas |
The Guardian of Liberty?: American Education At The Millenium |
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Paul A. Rahe, Jay P. Walker Professor of American History |
Soft Despotism: Democracy's Drift |
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Dr. Angelo Codevilla, Professor of International Relations, Boston University |
Shaping Our Character Through Government |
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Dr. David Walsh, Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America |
The Perennial Experiment In Liberty |
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Lecture Year 1997
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William H. Lash, III, Adjunct Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University and Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law |
The Free Market and the Free Society |
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Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, President, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Co-Editor, American Journal of Jurisprudence and Vice President, American Philosophy Institute |
Law and Morality |
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Robert A. Destro, Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law Catholic University of America |
Citizenship and Community: Legacy and Challenge |
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R. Alexander Acosta, Director, Project on the Judiciary, Ethics and Public Policy Center |
Judicial Activism and Self Government |
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Lecture Year 1996
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David Brooks, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard and commentator for National Public Radio. s "All Things Considered" |
Politics and the Renewal of Culture |
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James Nuechterlein, Editor, First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life and Associate Director, Institute on Religion and Public Life |
Religion and Politics: The Legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr |
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Robert Benne, Ph.D., Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion, Chair of Religion and Philosophy Departments, Director of Center for Church and Society, Roanoke College |
Green Shoots in America: Religion and the Renewal of Culture |
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J. Brian Benestad, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, University of Scranton |
Catholicism and the Renewal of Culture: The Place and Meaning of Virtue |
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Lecture Year 1995
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James V. Schall, S.J., Ph.D., Professor of Government, Georgetown University |
On How Revelation Addresses Itself to Politics |
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Norman B. Ture, Ph.D., President of Institute for Research on Economics of Taxation (IRET) |
Taxes and the Good Society |
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Patrick F. Fagan, William Fitzgerald Senior Fellow for Family and Cultural Studies, The Heritage Foundation |
Welfare Reform |
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Max L. Stackhouse, Ph.D., Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics, Princeton University |
Theology and the Economic Life of Society in a Global Era: On Mars, Eros, the Muses, Mammon, and Christ |
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Lecture Year 1994
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Nicholas Eberstadt, Visiting Fellow at Center for Population Studies, Harvard University |
The Poor and the Marginalized: Current and Proposed Domestic Policies |
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James P. Hannigan, Ph.D., Professor of Moral Theology and Chair of Department of Theology, Duquesne University |
The Place of Government in Civil Society and the Implications for the Public Witness of the Church |
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Ronald Nash, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Reformed Theological Seminary |
The Restoration of Citizenship and Civic Culture |
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Lecture Year 1993
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Don E. Eberly, President, The Commonwealth Foundation |
Emerging Issues and Political Trends and their Moral Consequences |
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Bruce Bickel, Ph.D., Vice President and Manager, Charitable/Institutional Trust Department, PNC Bank |
Christian Ethics in the Marketplace |
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Kurt Rethwisch, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Duquesne University |
Good Intentions are Not Good Enough: Reacting to Economic Issues |
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Rev. Robert A. Sirico, President, The Acton Institute |
The Entrepreneurial Vocation CSP |
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