Public Lectures
Fall 2022
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
Mon, Sept 12 |
Gary A. Hoover |
“Plagiarism in the Social Sciences” |
Spring 2022
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
Mon, April 11 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Richard Maltsbarger |
“Applying Economics Through Each Step of a CEO’s Journey” |
Fall 2021
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
Wed, Nov 10 |
Sandy Darity |
“Understanding Wealth Inequality in America” |
Tues, Nov 16 |
Marcus Witcher |
“The Economics of the Great Depression” |
Tues, Nov 16 |
Dale Folwell |
“$tate of the $tate” |
Spring 2020
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
February 19 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Rachel Ferguson |
“Black Liberation in the Marketplace” |
March 19 5 p.m. Annenberg Forum Carswell Hall |
Todd Sandler |
POSTPONED “Common Myths about Terrorism” |
Fall 2019
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
September 23 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Dean Stansel |
“Economic Freedom: What It Is and Why It Matters” |
November 25 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Lawrence H. White |
“Gold vs. Bitcoin” |
Spring 2019
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
March 19 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
John Matsusaka |
“Democracy Adrift: Populism, Direct Democracy, and the Quest for Self-Government” |
March 28 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Siying Liu |
“Competition in Healthcare Markets” |
Fall 2018
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
October 4 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Felix Oberholzer-Gee |
“The Demise of the American Newspaper – Do We Care?” |
October 9 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Thad Calabrese, Craig Depken II, Adam Hoffer, and Todd Nesbit |
“Taxes, Paternalism and Fiscal Discrimination: A Panel Discussion” |
October 18 |
Thayer Morrill |
“How Math Saves Lives and Solves Social Injustice” |
November 14 |
Mona Ahmadiani |
“Measuring Human Flourishing” |
Spring 2018
Date, Location |
Speaker | Topic |
March 14 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Bruce Benson Appalachian State University |
“Criminal Injustice: The System Wide Failure of Criminal Law and Its Enforcement” |
March 15 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Jeremy Jackson North Dakota State University |
“Friend or Foe: Economic Liberalism and Its Social Consequences” |
March 26 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
David Wilcox Director of Research Division of Fed Board of Govenors |
“A Day in the Life of the Economics Division at the Fed: Four Examples of What We Do” |
April 23 |
Jim Lavoie Rite Solutions |
“A Human’s Motivation to Think” |
Fall 2017
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
October 26 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Stephen Holland |
“Are Electric Cars Good for the Environment?” |
November 2 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
F. Andrew Hanssen |
“The Democratic Transition: Lessons from Ancient Greece” |
November 13 4 p.m. Kirby B02 (venue subject to change) |
Richard Salsman |
“The Limits of Public Debt” |
Spring 2017
Date, Location |
Speaker | Topic |
February 21 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Robert A. Baade Lake Forest College |
“The Economic Impact of Commercial Sport: What’s the Score?” |
March 2 4 p.m. Broyhill Auditorium, Farrell Hall |
Craig Richardson Winston-Salem State University |
“Is This North Carolina or Zimbabwe? How Property Rights in North Carolina Deteriorated to the Level of a Third-World Country” |
Fall 2016
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
September 28 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Andreas Freytag |
“Developing Countries in Global Value Chains” |
October 10 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Jeremy Beer |
“Why Do We Give? What’s Good and Bad About American Philanthropy” |
November 7 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
John Graham |
“The Future of Electric Cars in the U.S. and Abroad” |
Spring 2016
Date, Location |
Speaker | Topic |
February 23 5 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Bruce Blonigen University of Oregon |
“The Surprising Factors that Influence People’s Preferences for Limits on International Trade” |
March 22 |
David C. Rose University of Missouri – St. Louis |
“Social Capital, Trust, and the Theory of Public Goods” |
April 4 |
Jeffrey Milyo University of Missouri |
“Dirty Secrets: The Real Truth about Money in American Politics” |
April 18 |
Michael C. Munger |
“Lifeboat Minds in a Walmart World: Are Emotional Responses to Markets Atavistic?” |
Fall 2015
Date, Location | Speaker | Topic |
November 5 5.30 p.m. Annenberg Forum (111 Carswell Hall) |
Alex Tabarrok |
“What is Democracy Good For?” |
Spring 2015
Date, Location |
Speaker | Topic |
February 19 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Stefan Szymanski University of Michigan |
“Money and Soccer – Explaining the Global Economics of the Game” |
March 23 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
David C. Rose University of Missouri-St Louis |
“Why Culture Matters Most” |
April 16 Annenberg, Carswell Hall |
Sam Peltzman University of Chicago |
“Regulation and Financial Crises” |
Fall 2014
Date, Location |
Speaker | Topic |
October 30 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
P. J. Hill Property & Environment Research Center, Montana |
“The Not so Wild, Wild West” |
November 19 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Ed Lopez Western Carolina |
“Fashion Copyright? A New Defense of Design Copying” |
Spring 2014
Date, Location |
Speaker | Topic |
February 5 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Ben Powell Texas Tech |
“Why Sweatshops are Good for the Poor” |
March 21 3 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Joseph Harrington University of Pennsylvania |
“Collusion: The Hidden Evil in the Marketplace. Are we Winning the Fight Against Cartels?” |
April 8 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Dino Falaschetti Mercatus, George Mason University |
“Finance, Democracy and Economic Performance” |
April 24 4 p.m. Kirby B02 |
Ronald Ehrenberg Cornell University |
“The Golden Age of Higher Education is Over” |