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Wednesday, July 8
 

1:00pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - James Gwartney "What Every Student Should Know about Free-Enterprise Capitalism"
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Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

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James Gwartney

Florida State University
James D. Gwartney holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University, where he directs the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. He is the coauthor of Economics: Private and Public Choice, a widely used principles of... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 1:00pm - 1:20pm MDT
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  Student Mini-Conference

1:20pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Joel Stern "How to be a Successful Entrepreneur"
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Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

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Joel Stern

Founder & CEO, Stern Stewart & Co
Joel M. Stern is CEO of Stern Stewart & Co. He has been a pioneer and leading advocate of the concept of managing for shareholder value. Mr. Stern is a recognized authority on financial economics, corporate performance measurement, corporate valuation, and incentive compensation... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 1:20pm - 1:40pm MDT
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  Student Mini-Conference

1:40pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Ken Elzinga "Defending Free Markets against the Critics"
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Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

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Ken Elzinga

Professor, University of Virginia
Kenneth G. Elzinga is the Robert C. Taylor Chair in Economics at the University of Virginia. He was the first recipient of the Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship at the University, a recipient of the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award, the Commonwealth... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 1:40pm - 1:50pm MDT
Sunset 3/4
  Student Mini-Conference

2:00pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Lynne Doti "Money and Banking in One Lesson"
Moderators
avatar for Greg Rehmke

Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Lynne Doti

Lynne Doti

Student Mini-conference, Chapman University, Professor of Economics
Lynne Doti, the David and Sandra Stone Professor of Economics at Chapman University, has taught at Chapman since 1971. She became interested in the role of entrepreneurs as director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Ethics where she met a number of the successful business... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 2:00pm - 2:20pm MDT
Sunset 3/4
  Student Mini-Conference

2:20pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Paul Wendee "Money, Investing & Student Debt"
Money, Investing & Student Debt
Moderators
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Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

Speakers
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Paul Wendee

Managing Director, Paul M. Wendee & Associates
DR. PAUL M. WENDEE has been an investment banker, securities analyst, and private equity fund manager for 33 years. He is the Managing Director of Paul M. Wendee & Associates, LLC, a corporate finance, private equity, and management consulting firm. He is the creator and developer... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 2:20pm - 2:40pm MDT
Sunset 3/4
  Student Mini-Conference

2:40pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Steven Kates "Say's Law and Supply Side Economics"
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avatar for Greg Rehmke

Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

Speakers
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Steven Kates

Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Dr Steven Kates currently teaches economics at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, but has spent most of his working career as the Chief Economist for Australia’s national employer association, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. If he has a mission in life... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 2:40pm - 3:00pm MDT
Sunset 3/4
  Student Mini-Conference

3:00pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Randy Simmons "Free-Market Environmentalism"
Moderators
avatar for Greg Rehmke

Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

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Randy Simmons

Senior Fellow, Independent Institute
Randy T. Simmons is Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Professor of Economics at Utah State University (USU), and Co-Founder, President and Director of Research of Strata. His Independent books include Beyond... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 3:00pm - 3:20pm MDT
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  Student Mini-Conference

3:20pm MDT

Student Mini-Conference - Alan Charles Kors "The Philosophy of Liberty"
Moderators
avatar for Greg Rehmke

Greg Rehmke

Economic Thinking
Greg Rehmke directs Economic Thinking and has a degree in economics from the University of Washington.  Economic Thinking workshops, blogs, and websites reach thousands of high school, homeschool, and college students who each year research and debate public policy topics.  Debate... Read More →

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Alan Charles Kors

Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Alan Charles Kors is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where he specializes in European intellectual history of the 17th and 18th centuries. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on French intellectual history and was editor... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 3:20pm - 3:40pm MDT
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