History: The Struggle for Liberty. A Seminar with Ralph Raico

Ralph Raico, professor of European history at Buffalo State College and Schlarbaum laureate, is the author of a history of German liberalism, Die Partei der Freiheit, and such articles as ”World War I: The Turning Point” and “Rethinking Churchill” in the The Costs of War. He will offer a series of ten formal lectures on how liberty emerged, and such dangers to it as war. 

Suggested Readings:

• Ludwig von Mises Liberalism (1927)          
• John Denson (ed.) Costs of War          
• Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Birdzell, How the West Grew Rich 

June 16, 18, 20, 4:00pm: Logic and Economics. Steven Yates

• I. The Basics of Logic
• II. Common Fallacies
• II. Logic and Economics

SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monday June 16

9:30am shuttle from Commons Dorm/AU Hotel to Mises Institute

10:00-11:30 Raico 1

noon 1:00 Joe Stromberg: “The War Power: Death of Liberty” 

1:00-2:00 lunch

2:00-3:30 Raico 2

4:00-5:00 Yates: “The Basics of Logic”

7:00: Movie

Tuesday June 17

10:00-11:30 Raico 3

noon-1:00 lunch

2:00-3:30 Raico 4

4:00-5:15 Denson: “Roosevelt’s WWII Policies of Unconditional Surrender and the Morgenthau Plan”

Wednesday June 18

10:00-11:30 Raico 5

noon - 1:00 Stromberg

1:00-2:00 lunch

2:00-3:30 Raico 6

4:00-5:00 Yates: “Common Fallacies in Logic” 

7:00: Movie

Thursday June 19

10:00-11:30 Raico 7

noon - 1:00 lunch

2:00-3:30 Raico 8

4:00-5:00 Cwik: “Yield Curves and Business Cycles”

Friday June 20

10:00-11:30 Raico 9

noon - 1:00 lunch

2:00-3:30 Raico 10

4:00-5:00  Yates: “Logic and Economics”

5:00 pizza party

7:00: Movie