Past Events

Texas Economic Forum

  • with W. Michael Cox (ÃÛÌÒ½´Methodist University), Jesus Canas (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas), and Mark Curriden (founder of The Texas Lawbook)
  •  with Justin Callais (University of Louisiana-Lafayette), Adam Hoffer (Concordia University), Danielle Zanzalari (Seton Hall University), Dean Stansel (SMU)
  • Can the Texas Model Survive? with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Cullum Clark (Bush Institute), Vance Ginn (President, Ginn Economic Consulting)
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Peter Lewin (UTD), Frank Martin (Retired Professor)
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Vance Ginn (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Pia Orrenius (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Richard Alm (SMU), Susan Arledge (ESRP Realty Advisors), Susan Gwin Burks (Avison Young), Cullum Clark (ÃÛÌÒ½´Bush Institute), Joe May (Dallas College)
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Dean Stansel (SMU), and Richard Alm (SMU)
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Bruce Bullock (Maguire Energy Institute), and Bernard Weinstein (Maguire Energy Institute)
  •  with Alberto De La Pena (Haynes and Boone), Tim Leahy (AT&T Latin America), and Andres Alvarez (Foley Gardere) 
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU) and Tiffany Melvin (NASCO)
  •  with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Vance Ginn (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Merrill Matthews (Institute for Policy Foundation), and Doug McCullough (Lone Star Policy Institute)
  • The Innovation Economy with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Ryan Dalton (Parsley Energy), Nick Clark (Common Desk), and Randy DeWitt (Front Burner Restaurants)
  • The Entrepreneurial Edge with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Jerry White (Caruth Institute), and Hubert Zajicek (Health Wildcatters).
  • Texas Economic Forum with W. Michael Cox (SMU), Bruce Bullock (Maguire Energy Institute), and Robert Kramp (CBRE Group).

Flourishing and a Free Society Forum (and other public events)

  • with James Pethokoukis (American Enterprise Institute)
  • with Rosemarie Fike (Texas Christian University), Anne Rathbone Bradley (The Fund for American Studies), and Meg Tuszunski (ÃÛÌÒ½´Methodist University)
  •  Featuring:Jason Brennan (Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Term Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy & Director, Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University)
  • A Conversation with Ed Glaeser on the Future of Cities (Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University), co-sponsored with The Bush Institute and ÃÛÌÒ½´Department of Economics
  • U.S. Pandemic Policy: Failures, Successes, and Lessons Featuring: Alex Tabarrok (Director, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University and Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center)
  • The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics Featuring: Steven E. Landsburg (Professor of economics at the University of Rochester)
  •  Featuring: Yeonmi Park (Human-Rights Activist and North Korean Refugee and Defector)
  •  Featuring: Matt Ridley (Columnist for The Telegraph and The Times, Member of the Science and Technology Select Committee for the House of Lords, Great Britain)
  •  Featuring: Ben Powell (Texas Tech University) 
  •  Featuring: Tyler Cowen (George Mason University), Siri Terjesen (Florida Atlantic University), Jason Brennan (Georgetown University)
  • Socialism Sucks Featuring: Robert Lawson (SMU) and Benjamin Powell (Texas Tech University) 
  •  Featuring: Thomas Hogan (Rice University) and Harvey Rosenblum (SMU)
  • Viewing of Short Film Tank Man with Panel Discussion Featuring: Robert Anthony Peters (Writer and Director), Dallas Sonnier (CEO of CINESTATE & FANGORIA), and Perth Tolle (Founder, Life & Liberty Indexes)
  •  Featuring: Steve Long (Carey M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, SMU), Michael Davis, (SMU), Abby McCloskey (McCloskey Policy LLC & American Enterprise Institute), and Christine Emba (The Washington Post)
  •  Featuring: Rev. Robert Sirico (The Acton Institute), Art Carden (Samford University), Russ Roberts (Hoover Institution), and Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad (Minaret of Freedom Institute)
  •  (George Mason University) on "The Role of Government in a Free Society"
  • Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois, Chicago) on "How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World"
  • William J. Luther (Kenyon College) on "Is Bitcoin a Bubble?"
  • David Henderson (Hoover Institution) on "How Economists Helped End the Draft"
  • Scott Sumner (George Mason University) on "The Real Problem Was Nominal: Market Monetarism and the Great Recession"
  •  (Chapman University) on "Your Next Government? From Nation State to Stateless Nations"
  •  (Harvard) on "Cities and Economic Growth"
  •  (Forbes) on "Who Needs the Fed?"
  • Garett Jones (George Mason University)
  • Adam Martin (Texas Tech University)
  • Lars Christensen (Markets and Money Advisory)
  • Ben Powell (Texas Tech University)
  • Peter Leeson (George Mason University)
  • Michael Munger (Duke University)
  • Arthur Brooks (American Enterprise Institute)
  • Steve Forbes (Forbes)
  • Jeffrey Tucker (Liberty.me and Foundation for Economic Education)
  • David Boaz (Cato Institute)
  • Roberto Salinas-Leon (TV Azteca, Mexico)
  •  (Hoover Institution) on "The Search for the Weaver of Dreams"
  • Ladar Levison (Lavabit)
  • Arthur Brooks (American Enterprise Institute)
  • Art Laffer (Laffer Associates)
  •  (George Mason University)