Free Market Forum 2012

The 2012 Free Market Forum was held in Houston, Texas, with the largest number of faculty and state policy attendees to date.  One-hundred-fifty attendees gathered from 32 states and provinces in North America, as well as Puerto Rico and Lithuania. Several hundred friends of Hillsdale College also participated.
 
Reverend Robert Sirico of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty was the opening speaker.  Dr. Theodore Malloch of Yale University and economist Stuart Varney also addressed the audience.

The papers from the 2012 Free Market Forum, with the exception of remarks by Stuart Varney, are available for download below. Simply click on the title to open the file.
 
Please note that all of the talks are available in DVD format from Hillsdale College. Please call 1-800-437-2268.

“How to Think Clearly About Social Justice”
Reverend Robert Sirico
Acton Institute

Panel 1—“The International Debt Crisis”
Chair: Burton Folsom, Hillsdale College

• “The State of the European Union”
  Eamonn Butler
  Adam Smith Institute
• “The Debt Crisis in the U.S.”
  Richard Rahn
  Institute for Global Economic Growth
• “The Role of China in the Debt Crisis”
  James A. Dorn
  Towson University

Panel 2—“Economics and Immigration”
Chair: Ron Mahurin, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

• “The American Founders on Immigration”
  Kevin Portteus
  Hillsdale College
• “The Economic Case for Open Borders”
  Shikha Dalmia
  Reason Foundation
• “The Economic Case for Limiting Immigration”
  Mark Krikorian
  Center for Immigration Studies

“America's Spiritual Capital”
Theodore Malloch
Yale University

Panel 3—“The Gold Standard”
Chair: Gary Wolfram, Hillsdale College

• “The History of the Gold Standard”
  George Selgin
  University of Georgia
• “The Argument for Returning to the Gold Standard”
  Brian Domitrovic
  Sam Houston State University
• “The Argument Against Returning to the Gold Standard”
  Lawrence H. White
  George Mason University

“Economics and the 2012 Election”
Stuart Varney
FOX News