Research Workshop

The Free Market Institute (FMI) Research Workshop exposes graduate students, faculty, staff and other university colleagues to working research related to free market economics and other topics of interest. It is a "workshop" for work in progress that is not yet under consideration by scholarly journals. FMI faculty, research staff and graduate students, other Texas Tech University faculty members and visiting scholars deliver seminar presentations.

Fall 2024

- September 6 — Can Dollarization Mitigate the Macroeconomic Cost of Populism? Lessons from Latin America – Nicolas Cachanosky, Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, The University of Texas at El Paso
- September 13 — Configuring Polycentric Federalism to Ethnically Diverse Societies in Africa – Kaleb Demerew, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Texas A&M University
- September 20 — Why Rawls Is Wrong About Constitutional Amendment - Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
- September 27 — Magna Carta – Desiree Desierto, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, George Mason University
- October 4 — The First Age of Egalitarian Enrichment: America from 1865 to 1929 – Vincent Geloso, Assistant Professor of Economics, George Mason University
- October 11 — Gambling for America: The First Wave of Migration to the Americas, 1492-1540 – Leticia Arroyo-Abad, Associate Professor of Economics, Queens College & Graduate Center, City University of New York
- October 18 — Why Do Employers Establish Retirement Savings Plans? Evidence from State 'Auto-IRA' Policies – Sita Slavov, Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
- October 25 — The Economic Costs of Regicide: Evidence from the Nepalese Royal Massacre – Veeshan Rayamajhee, Assistant Professor of Economics, New Mexico State University
- November 1 — Built to Fail: Bureaucratic Legacies and State-Building in Afghanistan – Jennifer Murtazashvili, Professor, Graduate School of International and Public Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
- November 8 — The Effects on Consumers from Two State-Level Regulations of the Payday Loan Market – Todd Zywicki, Foundation Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
- November 15 — Did Henry Ford Really Pay Efficiency Wages? – Rosolino Candela, Senior Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University