Austrian Scholars Conference 8
Pre-Conference Discussion on New Books
- Thomas DiLorenzo (Loyola College): The Real Lincoln: a New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and Unnecessary War (Prima Publishing, 2002)
- Roger Garrison (Auburn University) : Time and Money: Macroeconomics of Capital Structure (Routledge, 2000)
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe (University of Nevada, Las Vegas): Democracy: The God that Failed (Transaction Publishers, 2001)
Morning Seminar: ”Defending the Undefendable”: Walter Block (Loyola University) in session with students from Georgia College & State University
Welcoming Remarks: Jeffrey Herbener (Grove City College)
Named Lectures
- F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture: Ronald Hamowy (University of Alberta): “Hayek and the Common Law: An Assessment“
- Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture: Paul Cantor (University of Virginia): “Austrian Economics and Literary Criticism“
- Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture: Walter Block (Loyola University, New Orleans): “Plumb Line Libertarianism”
- Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture: James Bovard (Baltimore, Maryland): “Bush, Terrorism, and Freedom”
Panels
- The Warfare State
- Chairman: Mark Thornton (Columbus State University)
- “The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and Its Aftermath” Yuri N. Maltsev (Carthage College)
- “Can Free Trade Really Prevent War?” Richard Ebeling (Hillsdale College)
- “Democracy and War“ James Ostrowski (Buffalo, New York)
- “Mises on the Vengeful State“ Joseph Stromberg (Mises Institute)
- Capital Markets in Crisis
- Chairman: Jeff Scott (Wells Fargo)
- panelist: Tony Deden (Sage Capital)
- panelist Antony P. Mueller (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Sessions
Austrian Microeconomics
- Chairman: Christopher Westley (Jacksonville State University)
- “Resource-Advantage Theory and Austrian Economics: Toward an Austrian Theory of Competition?“ Shelby D. Hunt (Texas Tech University)
- “Menger, Dupuit, and the Characteristics of Goods” Scott Kjar (Auburn University)
- “Competition, Cooperation, and the Dilemma of Knowledge“ Doug W. MacKenzie (George Mason University)
- “Galileo and Adam Smith on Value Theory“ Mark Thornton (Columbus State University)
Explorations in the Public Choice Theory of Government
- Chairman: Edward Stringham (George Mason University)
- “Regulation, More Regulation, Partial Deregulation, and Reregulation: The Disequilibrating Nature of a Rent-Seeking Society“ Bruce Benson (Florida State University)
- “Tullock and The Edge of the Jungle“ Christopher Coyne (GMU)
- “Winston Bush on Individual Welfare In Anarchy” Jason Osborne (GMU)
Libertarian Theory and History
- Chairman: Hans-Hermann Hoppe (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
- “Murray N. Rothbard’s Copperhead Abolitionism“ Myles Kantor (Center for Free Emigration)
- “Libertarian Themes in Early Confucianism“ Roderick T. Long (Auburn University)
- “The Establishment of the Consulate in a Medieval French Town“ Frank Williams (Reinhardt College)
- “Against Utilitarianism; or, Why Not Violate Rights if it’d Do Good“ Tibor Machan (Chapman University)
Banking and Business Cycles
- Chairman: John Cochran (Metropolitan State College of Denver)
- “The Current Recession Viewed from Inside the Beltway“ Morgan Reynolds (Texas A&M University; Chief Economist, Department of Labor)
- “The Austrian Business Cycles: Variations on a Theme“ John Cochran, Steve Call, and Fred R. Glahe (Metropolitan State College of Denver)
- “The Recession of 2001-02 In Light Of The Misesian Theory Of The Business Cycle“ Greg Kaza, (Arkansas Policy Forum)
- “Forced Saving and Overconsumption in the Boom-Bust Cycle“ Roger Garrison (Auburn University)
Austrian Critiques of Neoclassical Economics
- Chairman: Walter Block (Loyola University New Orleans)
- “Heterogeneous Expectations“ Stuart Wood (Loyola University New Orleans)
- “Neoclassical Theory and the Inconsistent Application of Subjectivism.” Mike Saliba and William Barnett (Loyola University New Orleans)
- “Austrian Business Cycle Theory in the Current Recession“ William Barnett and Stuart Wood (Loyola University New Orleans)
- “Education and Bureaucracy: A Misesian Approach“ Jerry Goolsby and Walter Block (Loyola University New Orleans)
- Commentators: Jerry Dauterive, Walter Block, Kirsten Daniel
The Theory of Interventionism
- Chairman: William Anderson (Frostburg State University)
- “The New Urbanism Versus the Market Process“ Randall Holcombe (Florida State University)
- “Predatory Pricing Theory and the Neoclassical Model: Pounding Square Pegs into Round Holes“ William Anderson (Frostburg State University)
- “The Impact of the Tax System on the Structure of Production“ David R. Burton (The Argus Group)
- “An Entrepreneurial Critique of the Optimization Paradigm“[Slide Presentation] Robert F. Mulligan (Western Carolina University College of Business and the State University of New York at Binghamton)
- Commentator: Sanford Ikeda (SUNY, Purchase)
American Economic and Political History
- Chairman: Carey Roberts (Arkansas Tech University)
- “The Independent Treasury, 1846-1861: Its Origins and Record“ Scott Trask (Mises Institute)
- “The Coming Bankruptcy of the Republican School“ Marco Bassani (University of Milan)
- “The Economic Lessons of Tocqueville“ André Andrade (Universidade Candido Mendes)
- “U.S. Social Security as a Civil War Legacy“ Dale Steinreich (Southwest Baptist University)
Austrian Monetary Theory and Modern Finance
- Chairman: Paul Cwik (Campbell University)
- “Does Universal Banking Harm Investors? Evidence from German IPOs” Peter Klein (University of Georgia)
- “Dollarization and the Globalization Cycle“ Anne Rathbone (George Mason University)
- “‘Regulation Failure’ in the Capitalization of Banking“ Nathalie Janson (Rouen Graduate Business School)
- “Can There Ever Be Enough Capital?“ William Carden (Washington University-St Louis)
Value Theory
- Chairman: Joseph Salerno (Pace University)
- “Böhm-Bawerk on Value, Cost, and Marginal Utilit: Commentary and Translation“ George Reisman (Pepperdine University)
- “The Meaning of Value” Jörg Guido Hülsmann (Mises Institute)
- “Economic Value Imperialism” Gloria L. Zúñiga (Acton Institute)
Method, Philosophy, and Politics
- Chairman: Steven Yates (Mises Institute)
- “Some Informal Reflections on Human Nature and Two Conditions of Liberty“ Steven Yates (Mises Institute)
- “The Rise of Mathematical Economics in the US” James Dale Yohe (University of West Florida)
- “Endogenous Morality“ Bruce Benson (Florida State University)
- “Mancur Olson’s Vision of Government and Economic Growth“ Robert Higgs (Independent Review)
The Civil War as Religious and Political Crisis
- Chairman: William P. Anderson (Grove City College)
- “Dabney Defense of Liberty and Slavery” William P. Anderson (Grove City College)
- “A House Undivided: Campbell and Lipscomb on Slavery“ Jeffrey Herbener (Grove City College)
- “Human Slavery and the Baptist Mind“ Shawn Ritenour (Grove City College)
The Development of the Austrian Tradition
- Chairman: Edward Feser (Loyola Marymount University)
- “Hayek on Tradition” Edward Feser (Loyola Marymount University)
- “Friedrich von Wieser and Friedrich A. Hayek: The General Equilibirum Tradition in Austrian Economics“ Joseph Salerno (Pace University)
- “Politics on Economics and Economics on Politics“ Dan Stastny (Prague School of Economics)
- Commentator: David Gordon (The Mises Review)
Applied Austrian Economics
- Chairman: William Anderson (Frostburg State University)
- “Air Travel: Another Case of Failed Policy“ Paul Cleveland (Birmingham Southern College)
- “Valuation Under Uncertainty: Foundations of an Austrian Theory of Financial Speculation“ Antony P. Mueller (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
- “Renewed Case for Stabilization of Currencies Using World Commodities“ Steven Lee Yamshon (Los Angeles, California)
Chicago and the Question of Efficiency
- Chairman: Thomas DiLorenzo (Loyola College, Baltimore)
- “Chicago and the Cult of Efficiency“ Thomas DiLorenzo (Loyola College)
- “The Property Economics of Agency Problems“ Alexandre Padilla (George Mason University)
- “Implications of the Block-Demsetz Debate” Mark Brandly (Patrick Henry College)
Economics and War
- Chairman: Alexander Moseley (Leicestershire, UK)
- “Praxeology and War: The Austrian Economists on the Origins of War and Its Effects“ Alexander Moseley (Leicestershire, UK)
- “The Orwellian State System: Big Brother and the Genesis of Perpetual War” Hunt Tooley (Austin College)
- “The Impossibility of Defense Through Insurance Companies” Gabriel Calzada (University of Madrid)
- “Politics Before the Crimean War” Robert Blackstock (Auburn University)
Liberty, Tradition, and Faith
- Chairman: Thomas Woods (Suffolk Community College)
- “Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Law: An Unresolved Tension“ Thomas Woods (Suffolk Community College)
- “The Place of Laissez-Faire Economics in Edmund Burke’s Politics of Order“ Joseph Pappin III (University of South Carolina; Edmund Burke Society of America)
- “Catholic Christianity: For or Against the State” Don Mathews (Coastal Georgia Community College)
- Commentator: David Gordon (Mises Institute)
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