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.

2007-2008

Scheduled Speakers:

Dr. Thomas E. Wood's Jr., Ph.D.

"Globalization and the Churches: Are We Ready to Learn from Failure?"

Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Time: 7:00pm

Location: National Technology Transfer Center Auditorium

Dr. Daniel Finn, Ph.D.

"Ten Libertarian Heresies that Tempt Neo-conservative Catholics to Stray from Catholic Social Thought. "

Date: Monday, November 12, 2007

Time: 7:00pm

Location: National Technology Transfer Center Auditorium

Tara Smith, Ph.D.

"Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics"

Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008

Time: 7:00pm

Location: National Technology Transfer Center Auditorium

Doug Bandow

"Politics and Religion"

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008

Time: 7:00pm

Location: National Technology Transfer Center Auditorium

2006-2007

Piotr Jaroszynski, Ph.D.

Chair, Dept. of Culture Studies, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

"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"