David Bernstein Video

Below is the video for the FFF & GMU Econ Society lecture with David Bernstein held on Monday, February 7th:

Economic Liberty Lecture Series - David E. Bernstein from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.

Deirdre McCloskey Video

Here is the video to Professor Deirdre McCloskey's lecture on "Bourgeois Dignity: Why (Non-Austrian) Economics Can't Explain the Modern World" on Wednesday February 9th.

Posted by the Mercatus Center

The Great Depression and the Current Recession: Similarities and Differences

We will be hosting Dr. Robert Higgs to speak at the 2nd installment of the Economic Liberty Lecture Series for the Fall 2009 semester. The topic of the lecture will be "The Great Depression and the Current Recession: Similarities and Differences."

The event will be held in the the JC Cinema (bottom floor of the JC), on Monday, October 5th starting at 5:30pm with a free pizza dinner, followed by the talk with Q&A at 6pm, and then a social hour at Brion's Grille afterward. Brion's Grille is located across the street from George Mason (address: 10621 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22030).

Schedule:
5:30 pm - Dinner
6:00 pm - Talk with Q&A
8:00 pm - Social Hour at Brion's Grille
ADMISSION: FREE

Location: George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
Johnson Center Cinema

SPEAKER: Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs is Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute and Editor of The Independent Review. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and has taught at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University, and the University of Economics, Prague. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and Stanford University, and a fellow for the Hoover Institution and the National Science Foundation.

Presented by:
GMU Econ Society
www.gmueconsociety.blogspot.com

The Future of Freedom Foundation
www.fff.org

BIRTH OF FREEDOM premier in D.C.

The Acton Institute, the brilliant institute that brought us the CALL OF THE ENTREPRENEUR, are premiering their new film THE BIRTH OF FREEDOM in Washington D.C. on Thursday June 19 at 7 p.m.
It will be located at National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
1776 D Street NW btw 17th and 18th, C and D Streets NW.

7 p.m. - Displaying the movie
8 p.m. - Question and Answer session with an experts panel
8:30 p.m. - Reception with hors d'oevres and a cash bar

The tickets are complimentary.

For those who fought with the war cry "Freedom" President Lincoln was not one.

I am sure everyone has heard it by now since the outcry of
most Americans was an uproar at a statement by Ron Paul on President Lincoln.
Last year, the GMU Economics Society was fortunate to have a lecturer, Thomas DiLorenzo on this issue. Unfortunately we do not have any audio or video of the lecture, but I will link to support the argument as best as I can. I wish only to place some evidence to those looking to comprehend Ron Paul's statement. Not endorsing any politicians as the Econ Society, although the members may have full support for whomever they wish, but do wish to clarify a statement in which many Americans seem to be growing upset towards.
Click read more if interested.


What is taught to children?

• That President Lincoln's nickname was Honest Abe, yet we understand that most politicians do lie. Why should we view him differently?
  The American Indians are led to believe so...
  
• Lincoln saved the Union therefore denying the South the right to secession, yet when Jefferson had installed an embargo on trade with the British the Northeastern states met in convention for secession led by U.S. Senator Timothy Pickering
• Note: Lincoln states he is against state secession in his first Inaugural Address:
  

  But if destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity.

  It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.

• Lincoln had abolished slavery, yet in his first Inaugural Address he states:
  

  I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.

I leave it to you to decide if Lincoln was as good as we were taught he was, or if he is just another politician that lies, cheats, and steals.
I end with a link to a blog by Mister Snitch! Who does a great job of linking to valid sources to go with his argument on the bad press for Lincoln.