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Distinguished Speaker Series |
The Institute has a distinguished speaker program in order to provide a series of forums for discussing issues regarding capitalism and morality, business ethics, and related issues.
2009-2010 Scheduled Speakers:
| Date: Monday, October 26, 2009 |
| Time: 7:00pm |
| Location: National Technology Transfer Center Auditorium |
2008-2009
| Andrew Bernstein, Ph.D. |
| Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Marist College in New York and Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Purchase |
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"Atlas Shrugged as the Culmination of the Romantic Novel." |
| Russell S. Sobel, Ph.D. |
| Professor of Economics, James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair, College of Business & Economics, West Virginia University |
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"The Rule of Law: Perspectives on Legal and Judicial Reform in West Virginia" |
| Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| Time: 7:00pm |
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| Douglas B. Rasmussen, Ph.D. |
| Professor of Philosopy, St. John's University, New York City |
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"Making Room for Business Ethics: Rights as Metanorms for Market and Moral Values." |
| Date: April 15, 2009 |
| Time: 7:00pm |
| Location: National Technology Transfer Center Auditorium |
2007-2008
| Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ph.D. |
| Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute |
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"Globalization and the Churches: Are We Ready to Learn from Failure?" |
| Dr. Daniel Finn, Ph.D. |
| The William E. & Virginia Clemens Professor of Economics & the Liberal Arts Department of Economics Professor of Theology in the School of Theology & the Department of Theology St. John's University |
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"Ten Libertarian Heresies that Tempt Neo-conservative Catholics to Stray from Catholic Social Thought. " |
| Doug Bandow |
| Vice-President, Policy for Citizen Outreach |
| "Politics and Religion" |
2006-2007
| Piotr Jaroszynski, Ph.D. |
| Chair, Dept. of Culture Studies, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland |
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"Poland: From Communist Rule to the Free-market and the Future of the European Economic Union" |
| Fr. Kenneth Himes, Ph.D. |
| Chair, Dept. of Theology, Boston College |
| "The Morality of Free Markets: A Catholic Perspective" |
| Yaron Brook, Ph.D. |
| Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute |
| "In Defense of the Morality of Free Financial Markets" |
| Russel Sobel, Ph.D. |
| Professor of Economics, James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair, West Virginia University |
| "Unleashing Capitalism in West Virginia" |
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