Agenda

6:30 PM

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9:00 PM

Closing Reception and Dinner

Randall Holcombe

Florida State University

4:45 PM

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6:30 PM

Free Time

4:15 PM

-

4:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:00 PM

-

4:15 PM

Inequality, Prosperity, and the Free Society

Thomas Mulligan

RAND Corporation

Catherine Pakaluk

The Catholic University of America

Marco Magnani

Luiss Guido Carli University and Università Cattolica

Jeremy Horpedahl

University of Central Arkansas

Martin Krause

Universidad del CEMA

3:00 PM

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4:15 PM

Education for a Free Society: Approaches and Opportunities

Eric Cook

Society for Classical Learning

Marion Smith

Common Sense Society

Jessica Hooten Wilson

Pepperdine University

Edwige Kacenelenbogen

Tony Sewell

House of Lords

3:00 PM

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4:15 PM

AI, Defending Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness

Matthew Mohlman

Monument Ventures

Malia Marks

University of Cambridge

Geoff Cubitt

StrmMusic

Rachel Lomasky

Delphos Labs

Felix Hosse

PushToLeave

3:00 PM

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4:15 PM

Adam Smith, Humanomics, and Classical Liberalism

Sandra Peart

University of Richmond

Bart Wilson

Chapman University

Leonidas Montes

Centro de Estudios Públicos

Sarah Skwire

Liberty Fund

2:30 PM

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3:00 PM

Coffee Break

1:30 PM

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2:30 PM

MPS Members' Meeting

12:00 PM

-

1:30 PM

Lunch

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Was 1776 Too Successful? Equality, Hierarchy, and the Fate of Liberty

Ryan Streeter

Civitas Institute at The University of Texas at Austin

Daniel Mahoney

The Claremont Institute

Bradley Birzer

Hillsdale College

Allen Mendenhall

The Heritage Foundation

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation: On the Life of F.A. Hayek

Bruce Caldwell

Duke University

Patrick Lynch

Liberty Fund

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

10:15 AM

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10:45 AM

Coffee Break

9:00 AM

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10:15 AM

1776, Constitutionalism, and Ordered Liberty

George Will

Washington Post

Mitch Daniels

Liberty Fund

3:30 PM

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7:30 PM

Excursion: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

1:30 PM

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2:45 PM

Young Scholars Sessions

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Constitutional History and Ordered Liberty

Adam MacLeod

St. Mary's University

James Allan

University of Queensland

Helen Dale

Liberty Fund

Richard Reinsch

Civitas Institute at The University of Texas at Austin

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation: "Liberty and Nature: Perfectionism, Realism, and Social Order”

Doug Den Uyl

Liberty Fund

Doug Rasmussen

St. John's University

Roberto Salinas Leon

Universidad de la Libertad

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

10:15 AM

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10:45 AM

Coffee Break

9:00 AM

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10:15 AM

The Powers of the Earth: Nationalism and Great Power Politics

Doug Bandow

Cato Institute

William Anthony Hay

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University

Furman Daniel

Concordia University

3:45 PM

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5:00 PM

Times that Try Men's Souls: A Conversation on Authoritarian Threats to Liberty

Matthew Kroenig

Georgetown University

David Bahnsen

The Bahnsen Group

Samuel Gregg

American Institute for Economic Research

3:00 PM

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3:30 PM

Coffee Break

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Hayek Essay Contest Presentations

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Debt, Banking, and the Future of Liberty

Julia Cartwright

American Institute for Economic Research

Veronique de Rugy

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Chris Atkins

INvestEd

Javier Fernández-Lasquetty

Fundación Internacional para la Libertad

Eric Crampton

The New Zealand Initiative

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

A Revolution in Thinking: Colonialism, Mercantilism, and Liberty after 1776

Steven Sarson

Université Jean Moulin Lyon

Sandra Peart

University of Richmond

Samuel Gregg

American Institute for Economic Research

Hernan Bonilla

Center for Development Studies

Roberta Herzberg

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Arts and the Present and Future of Liberty

Leigh Stein

Novelist

Aaron Gwyn

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kat Rosenfield

Writer

Adam Simon

Flying Eye Pictures

Spencer Klavan

Claremont Institute

1:15 PM

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1:45 PM

Coffee Break

12:00 PM

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1:15 PM

Lunch

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

All Men Are Created Equal: Individual Liberty, Flourishing, and Justice

John Pinheiro

Acton Institute

Barry Shain

Colgate University

Matt Beech

University of Hull & University of California, Berkeley

Doug Den Uyl

Liberty Fund

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation: "Money and Inflation at the Time of Covid"

Timothy Congdon

Institute of International Monetary Research at University of Buckingham

Vladimir Maciel

Mackenzie Center for Economic Freedom

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

10:15 AM

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10:45 AM

Coffee Break

9:00 AM

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10:15 AM

Economic Stagnation and the Pursuit of Happiness

Donald J. Boudreaux

George Mason University

Hannes Gissurarson

University of Iceland

Michael Munger

Duke University

Randall Holcombe

Florida State University

Benjamin Powell

Texas Tech University

5:00 PM

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6:15 PM

The Declaration of Independence, the Wealth of Nations, and the Prospects for World Order

Megan McArdle

Aaron MacLean

CBS News/Free Press

Martin Gurri

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Liberty Fund

4:45 PM

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5:00 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

The Milieu of 1776: Sources and Inspirations

Christa Dierksheide

University of Virginia

Henry C. Clark

Dartmouth College

David Womersley

University of Oxford

Sarah Skwire

Liberty Fund

3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Author Conversation: "Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations — A Graphic Novel"

Eamonn Butler

The Adam Smith Institute

Debbi Gibbs

Gibbs Amphibians

3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

On Privacy

Naomi Brockwell

Ludlow Institute

3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Breakout Sessions

3:00 PM

-

3:30 PM

Coffee Break

1:45 PM

-

3:00 PM

Advancing Artificial Intelligence for the Foundations of the West

Dominique Lazanski

Last Press Label

Liz Stiff

Archai Institute

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Adam Smith, Mercantilism, and Economic Nationalism

Adam Dixon

Adam Smith's Panmure House

Edwin van de Haar

Independent Scholar

Maria Pia Paganelli

Trinity University

Leonidas Montes

Centro de Estudios Públicos

Pierre Garello

Aix-Marseille Université

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Grappling with Postliberalism, Right and Left

Avik Roy

The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

James Patterson

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Daniel Hannan

Institute for Free Trade

Stephanie Slade

Reason

Andrew Graham

Alliance Defending Freedom

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

The Foundations of Liberty: 18th Century Lessons for the Present

Kevin Brookes

Génération Libre

Emilie Mitran

University of Toulon

Wilfred McClay

Hillsdale College

James Otteson

University of Notre Dame

Jay Bruce

Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church

1:15 PM

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1:45 PM

Coffee Break

12:00 PM

-

1:15 PM

Lunch

10:45 AM

-

12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

10:45 AM

-

12:00 PM

Chile Roundtable

Rodrigo Vergara

Centro de Estudios Públicos

Leonidas Montes

Centro de Estudios Públicos

Ernesto Silva

Universidad del Desarrollo

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Slavery and the New Histories of Capitalism

Daniel Gullotta

Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University

Susan Love Brown

Florida Atlantic University

Phillip Magness

Independent Institute

Hannah Spahn

Freie Universität Berlin

Hans Eicholz

Liberty Fund

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation: "The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, The World’s Most Versatile Genius"

Mark Skousen

Chapman University

Doug Den Uyl

Liberty Fund

10:15 AM

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10:45 AM

Coffee Break

9:00 AM

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10:15 AM

The Spirit of 1776 and the Ideal of Liberty

Steve Davies

Institute of Economic Affairs

Larry Arnn

Hillsdale College

Craig Smith

University of Glasgow

Jane Calvert

John Dickinson Writings Project

Gabriel Calzada Alvarez

Universidad de las Hespérides

7:00 PM

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9:30 PM

Opening Reception and Dinner

Deirdre McCloskey

Cato Institute

12:00 PM

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9:30 PM

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Program schedule

Closing Reception and Dinner

Free Time

Coffee Break

Inequality, Prosperity, and the Free Society

Education for a Free Society: Approaches and Opportunities

AI, Defending Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness

Adam Smith, Humanomics, and Classical Liberalism

Coffee Break

MPS Members' Meeting

Lunch

Was 1776 Too Successful? Equality, Hierarchy, and the Fate of Liberty

Author Conversation: On the Life of F.A. Hayek

Breakout Sessions

Coffee Break

1776, Constitutionalism, and Ordered Liberty

Excursion: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Young Scholars Sessions

Constitutional History and Ordered Liberty

Author Conversation: "Liberty and Nature: Perfectionism, Realism, and Social Order”

Breakout Sessions

Coffee Break

The Powers of the Earth: Nationalism and Great Power Politics

Times that Try Men's Souls: A Conversation on Authoritarian Threats to Liberty

Coffee Break

Hayek Essay Contest Presentations

Debt, Banking, and the Future of Liberty

A Revolution in Thinking: Colonialism, Mercantilism, and Liberty after 1776

Arts and the Present and Future of Liberty

Coffee Break

Lunch

All Men Are Created Equal: Individual Liberty, Flourishing, and Justice

Author Conversation: "Money and Inflation at the Time of Covid"

Breakout Sessions

Coffee Break

Economic Stagnation and the Pursuit of Happiness

The Declaration of Independence, the Wealth of Nations, and the Prospects for World Order

Coffee Break

The Milieu of 1776: Sources and Inspirations

Author Conversation: "Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations — A Graphic Novel"

On Privacy

Breakout Sessions

Coffee Break

Advancing Artificial Intelligence for the Foundations of the West

Adam Smith, Mercantilism, and Economic Nationalism

Grappling with Postliberalism, Right and Left

The Foundations of Liberty: 18th Century Lessons for the Present

Coffee Break

Lunch

Breakout Sessions

Chile Roundtable

Slavery and the New Histories of Capitalism

Author Conversation: "The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, The World’s Most Versatile Genius"

Coffee Break

The Spirit of 1776 and the Ideal of Liberty

Opening Reception and Dinner

Registration