Economics and Classical Liberalism: Theory, Practice, and History
A Seminar for High School Students
June 22 – 26, 2016
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
12:00 – 5:00 PM
Arrival and Check-In
Murdough Hall
5:00 – 5:30 PM
Walk from Murdough Hall to Rawls College of Business
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Welcome and Opening Dinner
Rawls College of Business – McCoy Atrium
7:00 – 8:00 PM
The Rise and Decline of Economic Freedom and What It Means For Our
Future
Benjamin Powell – Director, Free Market Institute
8:00 – 9:00 PM
Social Hour
9:00 PM
Program Adjourns
Thursday, June 23, 2016 – Foundations of Economic Analysis
7:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Murdough Hall – The Market
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Walk from Murdough Hall to Rawls College of Business
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Thinking Like an Economist
Adam Martin – Political Economy Research Fellow, Free Market Institute
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 – 11:15 AM
Trading Game Activity
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Private Property, Exchange, and the Division of Labor
Andrew Young – Research Fellow and Director of Graduate Students, Free Market
Institute
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch
Rawls College of Business – McCoy Atrium
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Money, Economic Calculation, and the Profit and Loss System
Andrew Young – Research Fellow and Director of Graduate Students, Free Market
Institute
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 – 4:15 PM
Spontaneous Order, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Change
Adam Martin – Political Economy Research Fellow, Free Market Institute
4:15 – 4:30 PM
Walk from Rawls College of Business to Murdough Hall
4:30 – 6:00 PM
Break
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Dinner
Murdough Hall – The Market
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Social Hour
9:00 PM
Program Adjourns
Friday, June 24, 2016 – Applications: Political Economy and Public Policy
7:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Murdough Hall – The Market
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Walk from Murdough Hall to Rawls College of Business
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Socialism, Interventionism, and Unintended Consequences
Robert Murphy, Research Assistant Professor, Free Market Institute
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Examining the Effects of a Minimum Wage on the Labor Market…An
Experiment
Vance Ginn – Economist, Center for Fiscal Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation
11:30 – 11:45 AM
Break
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Public Policy Breakout Discussion Groups
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch
Rawls College of Business – McCoy Atrium
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Social Policy: The Case of Drug Prohibition
Audrey Redford – Assistant Professor of Economics, Western Carolina University
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 – 4:15 PM
Fiscal Policy: Government Spending and Government Debt
Vance Ginn – Economist, Center for Fiscal Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation
4:15 – 4:30 PM
Break
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve and Business Cycles
Robert Murphy, Research Assistant Professor, Free Market Institute
5:30 – 6:00 PM
Break
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Dinner
Murdough Hall – The Market
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Social Hour
9:00 PM
Program Adjourns
Saturday, June 25, 2016 – Liberty and History
7:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Murdough Hall – The Market
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Walk from Murdough Hall to College of Media and Communication
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Classical Liberalism and Western Civilization
Steve Balch – Director, Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Walk from College of Media and Communication to Southwest Special Collection
Library
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Remnant Trust Presentation/Walking Tour of TTU Campus
Southwest Special Collection Library
12:15 – 12:30 PM
Walk from Southwest Special Collection Library to Murdough Hall
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch
Murdough Hall – The Market
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Rise of Big Business and its Discontents
Christy Ford Chapin – Assistant Professor of History, University of Maryland
Baltimore County
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 – 4:15 PM
Government Policy and the Great Depression
Christy Ford Chapin – Assistant Professor of History, University of Maryland
Baltimore County
4:15 – 5:30 PM
Break
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Dinner
Murdough Hall – The Market
6:30 – 7:15 PM
Break
7:15 – 7:30 PM
Walk from Murdough Hall to TTU Leisure Pool
7:30 – 10:00 PM
Social Hour
TTU Leisure Pool – Robert H. Ewalt Recreation Center
10:00 PM
Program Adjourns
Sunday, June 26, 2016
7:00 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Murdough Hall – The Market
8:30 – 11:00 AM
Program Adjourns/Check Out from Murdough Hall