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Fossil Future: Why Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
The Myth of Skyrocketing Inequality
National Development Delivers and Kinky Development is Just a Fetish
The Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the WorldDrunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
The Importance of Freedom and Free Enterprise in America
Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life

Fossil Future: Why Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less

September 5, 2023
Alex Epstein, Center for Industrial Progress
Event Co-Sponsors: Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering
Area of Energy Commerce & Business Economics
School of Law

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The Myth of Skyrocketing Inequality

September 28, 2023
Phillip Magness, American Institute for Economic Research

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National Development Delivers and Kinky Development is Just a Fetish

October 19, 2023
Lant Pritchett, The London School of Economics and Political Science

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The Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World

November 9, 2023
David Skarbek, Brown University
Event Co-Sponsor: Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work

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Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization

February 15, 2024
Edward Slingerland, University of British Columbia
Event Co-Sponsor: Department of Plant & Soil Science

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The Importance of Freedom and Free Enterprise in America

March 26, 2024
Steve Forbes, Forbes Media
Event Co-Sponsor: Young America’s Foundation

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Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life

April 22, 2024
Edward Stringham, Trinity College

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