FREE MARKET FORUM

• "Markets, Governments, and the Common Good"
  Walter E. Williams
  
  
  

          Panel 1:  Monetary Policy and the Common Good

• "Monetary Policy & Economic Nationalism at the Beginning of the 21st Century"
  Paul R. Koch
• "Free Money, Currency Substitution, and Regional Currencies"
  Jonathan Warner
• "What Really Sustains Microfinance"
  Peter R. Crabb
  
  
  

          Panel 2: The Legacy of Milton Friedman

• "Friedman's Influence on Public Policy"
  Brian Wesbury (forthcoming)
• "Friedman's Influence in the Academy"
  James Gwartney
• "Friedman's Influence Overseas"
  Mart Laar
  
  
  

          Panel 3:  How to Teach Economics

• "Teaching Introductory Economic Concepts"
  Gary Wolfram
• "Learning Economics with Classroom Markets and Surveys"
  Ted Bergstrom
• "Teaching the Benefits of Capitalism"
  Roger Butters
  
  
  
• "Progressives and Leviathan"
  Burton W. Folsom, Jr.

          Panel 4:  Globalization and the Common Good

• "Global Participation and Gain-Sharing"
  Senyo Adjibolosoo
• "Corruption, Faith, and International Trade"
  John E. Stapleford
• "Markets, Governments, International Organizations and the Common Good"
  Kent T. Saunders
  
  
  
  Panel 5:  The Moral Foundations of Classical Economics
  
  
• "Classical Economics in The Wealth of Nations"
  James Halteman
• "The Significance of Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments"
  James R. Otteson
• "Classical Economics and the American Founding"
  Thomas West
  
  
  

          Panel 6:  Christian Benevolence and the Welfare State

• "Faith, Benevolence, and the State"
  Amy Sherman
• "Lessons of the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort"
  Peter Leeson
• "Benevolence: The Difficult Art of Giving"
  Leslie Lenkowsky
  
  
  
• "Canada's Economics vs. the American Model"
  Mark Steyn
  
  Also read Mark Steyn's lecture in the January, 2008 issue of IMPRIMIS in abridged form.