The Crash of 2008 and its Implications on Economic Liberty

Join FFF and the GMU Economics Society in welcoming economist Scott Sumner!

TODAY March 19 -- SUB II Rooms 3 and 4

5:30 -- zero-price PIZZA

6:00 -- Lecture

8:00 -- Social at Brion's Grille!

Attend the lecture's Facebook event! And the Social!

Scott Sumner earned a BA in economics at Wisconsin and a PhD at Chicago. His research has been in the field of monetary economics, particularly the role of the gold standard in the Great Depression. He had just begun research on the relationship between cultural values and neoliberal reforms, when he got pulled back into monetary economics by the current crisis. He has taught economics at Bentley University for the past 27 years. Sumner's areas of interest are macroeconomics, monetary theory and policy, and history of economic thought. He has published articles in the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and the Bulletin of Economic Research. Check out his blog, the Money Illusion!

Second Law & Economics Seminar TOMORROW

Join the Economics Society for some zero-price snacks, good company, and the first session of the FFF Law & Economics Seminar with Jacob Hornberger TOMORROW!

When: Thursday October at 6pm
Where: Student Union Building II (HUB) at GMU -- Room 2



This semester the seminar will focus on monetary policy within the context of the Legal Tender Cases.

For the second session, we will start with a discussion of the MAJORITY OPINION; one should prepare to discuss the facts of the case, the court's holding, and the reason's for the court's holding.

Opinions in the Legal Tender Cases



Jacob Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics.

First Law & Economics Seminar TOMORROW

Join the Economics Society for some zero-price snacks, good company, and the first session of the FFF Law & Economics Seminar with Jacob Hornberger TOMORROW!

When: Thursday September 22 at 6pm
Where: Student Union Building II (HUB) at GMU -- Room 1



This semester the seminar will focus on monetary policy within the context of the Legal Tender Cases.

For the first session, we will start with a discussion of the majority opinion; one should prepare to discuss the facts of the case, the court's holding, and the reason's for the court's holding.

Opinions in the Legal Tender Cases



Jacob Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics.

The Morality of Profit

Check out the Atlas Network's newest video on the Morality of Profit!

Larry White Video

Below is the video for the FFF & GMU Econ Society lecture with Lawrence H. White held at George Mason University on Monday, April 4th.

Economic Liberty Lecture Series: Lawrence H. White from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.

Larry White: The Threat to Sound Money and the Free Banking Solution

Join the GMU Econ Society & FFF in welcoming GMU Professor of Economics, Lawrence H. White.

Date: Monday, April 4th
5:30 pm – Free Pizza
6:00 pm – Talk with Q&A
7:30 pm – Social Hour at Brion’s Grille (across the street from George Mason)

Location:

Student Union Building II - Rooms 5-7
4450 Rivanna River Lane
Fairfax, VA

Topic: The Threat to Sound Money and the Free Banking Solution

Biography:
Lawrence H. White specializes in the theory and history of banking and money. He received his A.B. from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He previously taught at New York University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Missouri - St. Louis.

Professor White is the author of The Theory of Monetary Institutions (1999), Free Banking in Britain (2nd ed., 1995), and Competition and Currency (1989). He is the editor of The History of Gold and Silver (3 vols., 2000), Free Banking (3 vols., 1993), and other volumes. His articles on monetary theory and banking history have appeared in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Literature, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and other leading professional journals.

In 2008 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Association for Private Enterprise Education. He has been a visiting research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, a visiting lecturer at the Swiss National Bank, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Professor White is a co-editor of Econ Journal Watch and a member of the board of associate editors of the Review of Austrian Economics. He is a contributing editor to the Foundation for Economic Education's magazine The Freeman and an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute.

Edwin Vieira Video

Here is the second part of Dr. Edwin Vieira's lecture on "A Constitutional Path to Monetary Reform" on November 3rd.

Edwin Vieira GMU 11/3/2010 from GMU Econ Society on Vimeo.

Unfortunately, there were some problems with the first tape, and it may not be viewable.

Edwin Vieira: The Constitutional Path to Monetary Reform

Join the Econ Society in welcoming Constitutional Law Expert Edwin Vieira on Wednesday, November 3rd at 6:00pm in Sub I rooms A-C. Refreshments to be served after the event!

Edwin Vieira, Jr., holds four degrees from Harvard: A.B. (Harvard College), A.M. and Ph.D. (Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and J.D. (Harvard Law School).
For more than thirty years he has practiced law, with emphasis on constitutional issues. In the Supreme Court of the United States he successfully argued or briefed the cases leading to the landmark decisions Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson, and Communications Workers of America v. Beck, which established constitutional and statutory limitations on the uses to which labor unions, in both the private and the public sectors, may apply fees extracted from nonunion workers as a condition of their employment.

He has written numerous monographs and articles in scholarly journals, and lectured throughout the county. His most recent work on money and banking is the two-volume Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United States Constitution (2002), the most comprehensive study in existence of American monetary law and history viewed from a constitutional perspective.