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Hillsdale College Hosts Second 2018-19 CCA Seminar On Campus

Center for Constructive Alternatives explores the cost of regulation

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On November 11–14, Hillsdale College will host a Center for Constructive Alternatives (CCA) seminar entitled, “The Cost of Regulation.” This second CCA of the 2018-2019 academic year will consider the role of regulation in a free society, the regulatory state today, and prescriptions for reform.

Hillsdale College’s CCA is the sponsor of one of the largest college lecture series in America. Since the series began in 1972, more than 1,300 speakers have participated, including Ronald Reagan, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Steve Forbes, Brit Hume, and Stephen Ambrose.

All CCA lectures are free and open to the media. All times listed are Eastern.

WHEN

Sunday November 11,2018

4 p.m. EST – Bradley C. S. Watson: “Good Regulation and Bad Regulation”

8 p.m. EST- Stephen Moore: “The Economic Cost of Regulation”

Monday, November 12, 2018

4 p.m. EST- A.W.R. Hawkins: “The Human Cost of Gun Control”

8 p.m. EST- Richard Epstein: “Regulation and the Internet”

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

4 p.m. EST- Gary Taubes: “The USDA’s Food Pyramid and the Obesity Crisis”

8 p.m. EST- Jonathan Wood: “How Regulation Ruins Lives”

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

4 p.m. EST- Faculty Roundtable

WHERE

Hillsdale College
Searle Center
33 East College Street
Hillsdale, MI 49242

WHO

Bradley C.S. Watson is the author of Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and Science of Jurisprudence.
Stephen Moore is the Distinguished Visiting Fellow for Project for Economic Growth at The Heritage Foundation.
A.W.R. Hawkins is a columnist at Breitbart.
Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law and Senior Lecturer at University of Chicago Law School.
Gary Taubes is the author of Why We Get Fat.
Jonathan Wood is an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation.

About Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 5.7 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.

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For all other inquiries contact Hillsdale College at 517-437-7341