Join Lew Rockwell, Doug French, Walter Block, Robert Higgs, Tom DiLorenzo, Joseph Salerno, David Gordon, Bill Barnett, and others for a one-day seminar in New Orleans, where Walter Block will be awarded the Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Liberty.
Register Here!
(Student scholarship application at end of this page.)
Registration is $95 and includes sessions, refreshment breaks, and lunch.
Tentative Schedule
9:30 a.m. Registration, coffee, Bookstore open
10:00 a.m. Welcome
10:15 a.m. Douglas French "Inflation's Winners and Losers"
10:45 a.m. Thomas DiLorenzo "Rotten from the Start: The Inherent Corruption of Central Banking in America"
11:15 a.m. Discussion and refreshments, Bookstore open
11:30 a.m. Joseph Salerno "Who Was the Better Monetary Economist? Rothbard and Friedman Compared"
noon David Gordon "Ron Paul and Contemporary Economics"
12:30 p.m. Lunch with Lew Rockwell "The Personal is the Economic"
2:00 p.m. William Barnett "There is No Accounting for the Fed"
2:30 p.m. Robert Higgs "Regime Uncertainty - Then and Now"
3:00 p.m. Discussion and refreshments, Bookstore open
3:15 p.m. Daniel D'Amico, Jennifer Dirmeyer, Andrew Young, Vedran Vuk "Panel: Walter Block and Me"
4:00 p.m. Awarding of the Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Liberty
4:15 p.m. Walter Block "Rothbard, Mises, Rand, and Me"
4:45 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 p.m. Bookstore Closes
Location: Ballroom, Astor Crowne Plaza, 739 Canal Street at Bourbon Street, the gateway to the French Quarter and within easy walking distance to downtown attractions. Attire is business-casual/smart-casual. Valet parking at the hotel is $15.
To reserve a sleeping room at the Astor Crowne Plaza, contact them before October 4 at 888-696-4806 (toll-free) and mention the Mises Institute for a special rate of $179 per night plus tax, single or double.
Student scholarships are available which include complimentary admission to lunch and sessions. Complete the application and save it to your computer. Email the saved pdf along with a copy of your student ID, or fax to 734-448-8148.
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