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

Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment

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

Marion Smith

Common Sense Society

Jessica Hooten Wilson

Pepperdine University

Edwige Kacenelenbogen

Tony Sewell

House of Lords, UK

Marsha Enright

Reliance College Fund

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

Flux

Felix Hosse

Clear Conscience

2:30 PM

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3:00 PM

Coffee Break

1:30 PM

-

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

Daniel Mahoney

The Claremont Institute

Bradley Birzer

Hillsdale College

Josh Mitchell

Georgetown University

Allen Mendenhall

Heritage Foundation

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation

Bruce Caldwell

Duke University

Peter Lynch

Liberty Fund

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

3:00 PM

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7:00 PM

Excursion: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

1:30 PM

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2:30 PM

Young Scholars Sessions

Leonidas Montes

Centro de Estudios Públicos

Dominique Lazanski

Last Press Label

Parth Shah

Centre for Civil Society

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

Geoff Sigalet

UBC Research Group for Constitutional Law

Helen Dale

Law & Liberty

Richard Reinsch

Civitias Institute

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation

Doug Den Uyl

Liberty Fund

Doug Rasmussen

Roberto Salinas Leon

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

William Anthony Hay

Arizona State University

Furman Daniel

Concordia University Chicago

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

Atlantic Council

David Bahnsen

The Bahnsen Group

Kristen Waggoner

Alliance Defending Freedom

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Hoover Institution

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

Debt, Banking, and the Future of Liberty

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

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

Steven Sarson

Jean Moulin University

Sandra Peart

University of Richmond

Samuel Gregg

American Institute for Economic Research

Hernan Bonilla

CED

Bobbi 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

Writer

Aaron Gwyn

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kat Rosenfield

The Free Press

Adam Simon

Independent Screenwriter

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

Barry Shain

Colgate University

Matt Beech

University of California, Berkeley

Fernando Schuler

Insper

Doug Den Uyl

Liberty Fund

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation

Timothy Congdon

International Monetary Fund

Vladimir Maciel

Mackenzie Center for Economic Freedom

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 (Panel Discussion)

Hannes Gissurarson

University of Iceland

Michael Munger

Duke University

Randall Holcombe

Florida State University

Benjamin Powell

Texas Tech University

5:15 PM

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6:30 PM

The Intellectual Origins and Global Legacy of America’s Founding: A Conversation

Niall Ferguson

Hoover Institution

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

The Wall Street Journal

4:45 PM

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5:15 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

Jesse Norman

House of Commons, UK

David Womersley

University of Oxford

Sarah Skwire

Liberty Fund

3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Author Conversation

Eamonn Butler

The Adam Smith Institute

Debbi Gibbs

3:00 PM

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3:30 PM

Coffee Break

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Grappling with Postliberalism, Right and Left

Avik Roy

Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

James Patterson

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Daniel Hannan

House of Lords, UK

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

Montreal Economic Institute

Emilie Mitran

University of Toulon

James Otteson

University of Notre Dame

Jay Bruce

Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church

1:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Adam Smith, Mercantilism, and Economic Nationalism

Adam Dixon

Heriot Watt University

Edwin van de Haar

Independent Scholar

Maria Pia Paganeli

Trinity University

Leonidas Montes

Centro de Estudios Públicos

Pierre Garello

Aix-Marseille Université

1:15 PM

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1:45 PM

Coffee Break

12:00 PM

-

1:15 PM

Lunch

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Slavery and the New Histories of Capitalism

Daniel Gullotta

Ohio State University

Susan Love Brown

Florida Atlantic University

Phil Magness

Independent Institute

Hannah Spahn

Universität Potsdam

Hans Eicholz

Liberty Fund

10:45 AM

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12:00 PM

Author Conversation

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

Craig Smith

University of Glasgow

Jane Calvert

John Dickinson Writings Project

Peter Onuf

University of Virginia

Gabriel Calzada

Universidad de las Hespérides

7:00 PM

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9:30 PM

Opening Reception and Dinner

Deirdre McCloskey

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

Coffee Break

MPS Members' Meeting

Lunch

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

Author Conversation

Coffee Break

1776, Constitutionalism, and Ordered Liberty

Excursion: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Young Scholars Sessions

Constitutional History and Ordered Liberty

Author Conversation

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

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

Coffee Break

Economic Stagnation and the Pursuit of Happiness (Panel Discussion)

The Intellectual Origins and Global Legacy of America’s Founding: A Conversation

Coffee Break

The Milieu of 1776: Sources and Inspirations

Author Conversation

Coffee Break

Grappling with Postliberalism, Right and Left

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

Adam Smith, Mercantilism, and Economic Nationalism

Coffee Break

Lunch

Slavery and the New Histories of Capitalism

Author Conversation

Coffee Break

The Spirit of 1776 and the Ideal of Liberty

Opening Reception and Dinner

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