FREE MARKETS AND POLITICS TODAY
January 27-31, 2008
Following the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994, when Republicans campaigned on their “Contract with America,” President Clinton proclaimed that “The era of big government is over.” Twelve years later, a Republican president has in many ways embraced “big government” and Democrats have recovered control of Congress.
This third CCA of the 2007-08 academic year, co-sponsored by the Ludwig Von Mises Lecture Series, will investigate how the principles of limited government and free markets have fallen into disuse, and consider whether either party appears ready to embrace them in future.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27
8:00 p.m. “Whatever Happened to the Contract with America?”
Hon. Dick Armey
Former U.S. House Majority Leader
MONDAY, JANUARY 28
4:00 p.m. “The Democratic Party and Big Government”
William Galston
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution8:00 p.m. “The Promise of Privatization: Lessons from Michigan"
David Littmann
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29
4:00 p.m. “Why Neither Party Promotes Nuclear Power”
William Tucker
Author, Terrestrial Energy: How a Nuclear-Solar Alliance Can Rescue the Planet
8:00 p.m. “Economic Issues in the 2008 Elections”
Patrick Toomey
The Club for Growth
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
4:00 p.m. “Libertarianism in Politics”
Brian Doherty
Author, Radicals for Capitalism
8:00 p.m. “Limited Government: Are the Good Times Really Over?”
Charles R. Kesler
Editor, Claremont Review of Books
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
11:00 a.m. Faculty Roundtable
Mark A. Kalthoff, Chairman
Nathan W. Schlueter
Charles N. Steele
Nikolai Wenzel
ALL SPEAKERS CONFIRMED