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2015-16

• September 11 — Mini-Conference on the Origins of Economic Freedom
• The Law and Economics of Northern Barbarians — Andrew Young — West Virginia University
• The Origins of Political and Economic Power: Group Formation and Institutional Evolution — Randall Holcombe — Florida State University
• The Treason of Rules: Institutional Entrepreneurship and Representative Government — Adam Martin — Texas Tech University
• The Institutional Sources of Political Dysfunction: Under-appreciated Maladies of the Political Commons — Alexander Salter — Texas Tech University
• Institutional Convergence: Exit or Voice? — Joshua Hall — West Virginia University
• The Relationship between Big Interests and Economic Freedom: The 1856 San Francisco Businessman's Revolution — Edward Stringham — Trinity College
• The Global Spread of Think Tanks and Economic Freedom — Benjamin Powell — Texas Tech University
• The Impact of Social Trust on Economic Freedom in 50 Countries — James Ruhland — Texas Tech University
• Aggregate Demand Shortfalls and Economic Institutions — Taylor Smith — Texas Tech University
• October 2 — Reassessing Frederic Bastiat as an Economic Theorist — David Hart — Liberty Fund, Inc.
• October 23 — Beyond Piketty, the Pope, and the President: How Lawyers Increase Income Inequality — J. Robert Subrick — James Madison University
• October 30 — Institutional Foundations of State Capacity: The Importance of Political Property Rights — Alexander Salter — Texas Tech University
• November 6 — The Rise and Decline of Nations: The Dynamic Properties of Institutional Reform — Russell Sobel — The Citadel
• December 4 — Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change: The Case of Surrogate Motherhood — Pavel Kuchar — University of Guanajuato
• February 19 — Crisis Facilitates Policy Change, Not Liberalization — Marshall Stocker — Eaton Vance Investment Managers
• February 26 — Criminal Injustice: The System-Wide Failure of Criminal Law and Its Enforcement — Bruce Benson — Florida State University
• February 29 — What Matters More? Institutions or Specifications? — Robert Lawson — Southern Methodist University
• March 4 — Feud as Law — David Friedman — Santa Clara University
• March 25 — Economic Institutions and Comparative Economic Development: A Post-Colonial Perspective — Daniel Bennett — Patrick Henry College
• April 7 — Witch Trials — Peter Leeson — George Mason University
• April 22 —For Her Own Good: Ideology and Interests in Progressive Era Regulation of Women's Labor — Jayme Lemke — Mercatus Center at George Mason University
• April 29 — Yes Virginia, There is a Law Merchant — Bruce Benson — Florida State University