Visiting Scholars Program
The Free Market Institute (FMI) Visiting Scholars Program, made possible by a donation from the Thomas W. Smith Foundation, has brought research professors to Texas Tech University to collaborate with faculty, staff, and graduate students, and participate in Institute programming.
About the Program
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Fall 2019 Spring 2019 Fall 2018
Fall 2019
Topics in Economic History
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Professor of Economics at San Jose State University, served as an FMI Distinguished Visiting Scholar during the Fall 2019 semester. Prof. Hummel's areas of expertise include U.S. fiscal, monetary, and banking history.
Prof. Hummel's seminar focused on the economics of American slavery with selections from his book Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War and other classic readings from that literature. The seminar also included discussions of post-U.S. Civil War monetary systems and critiques of modern economic growth theory from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics.
A complete reading list for the seminar can be accessed here:
Graduate Seminar on Topics in Economic History - Fall 2019
Justice Without the State
Bruce Benson, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Florida State University, served as an FMI Distinguished Visiting Scholar during the Fall 2019 semester. Prof. Benson's areas of expertise include law and economics, new institutional economics, public choice, and economics of crime and substance abuse.
Prof. Benson's seminar served as a continuation of the Property Rights seminar he conducted during the Fall 2018 semester. The weekly meetings focused on selected topics in the law and economics of property rights including tribal justice, commerce in medieval Europe, and justice in American history.
A complete reading list for the seminar can be accessed here:
Graduate Seminar on Justice Without the State - Fall 2019
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