Upcoming Events
Public Programs:
All events are free and open to the SMU community and the general public.
Spring 2023
Texas Economic Forum
Topic: Economic Freedom and Local Economies: What Does the Research Say?
Featuring: Justin Callais, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Adam Hoffer, Affiliated Scholar, Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University
Danielle Zanzalari, Assistant Professor of Economics, Seton Hall University
Moderated by Dean Stansel, Research Associate Professor, Bridwell Institute at SMU-Cox
Description: As Texas’s metroplexes illustrate, freer local economies tend to be more prosperous. A panel of economists will discuss what researchers have found about that relationship between economic freedom at the local level and various economic outcome measures.
When: Thursday, March 2, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm, reception following
(Crum Auditorium, Collins Executive Education Center)
Flourishing and a Free Society
Topic: The Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Dilemma: The Wrong Reasons or the Wrong Kind?
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
Description: Corporate policies to support Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) have become more popular. What are the arguments for these policies and what is the evidence of their effectiveness?
When: Thursday, March 23, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm, reception following
(Crum Auditorium, Collins Executive Education Center)
Flourishing and a Free Society (co-sponsored with The Bush Institute and SMU Department of Economics)
Topic: A Conversation with Ed Glaeser on the Future of Cities
Featuring: Ed Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University
Description: A moderated conversation with Ed Glaeser
When: Friday, March 24, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm
(Meadows Museum, Jones Family Great Hall)
Other events (by invitation only):
Graduate Economic Freedom Research Colloquium
May 31-June 2
Women & Economic Freedom Colloquium
May 24-26 & July 19-21
Reading Group Summit
March 25