Speakers
Senior Program Officer
Institute for Humane Studies
Dr. Nigel Ashford is senior program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies. He joined IHS from the United Kingdom where he was professor of politics and Jean Monnet Scholar in European Integration at Staffordshire University, England. Dr. Ashford has also directed the Principles for a Free... Read More
Lecturer
Towson University
Howard Baetjer Jr. is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Towson University in Towson, Maryland, where he teaches courses in microeconomics, comparative economic systems, and money and banking. He is currently working on a book explaining the market-process approach to public policy... Read More
Associate Professor of Economics
Troy University
Scott Beaulier is the Adams-Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Economics at Troy University. He is also the Executive Director of Troy University's Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy.
Previously, Dr. Beaulier was Assistant Professor of Economics and... Read More
Professor of Law
Chapman University
Tom W. Bell is a professor at Chapman University School of Law. He specializes in high-tech legal issues and has written a variety of papers on Intellectual Property and Internet Law. Professor Bell received his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1993, where he served both as... Read More
Executive Vice President
Cato Institute
David Boaz is the executive vice president of the Cato Institute and has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of... Read More
Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Professor Donald J. Boudreaux was the Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, from August 2001 to August 2009. Previously, he was president of the Foundation for Economic Education (1997-2001); Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Economics at... Read More
Assistant Professor of Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy
Georgetown University
Jason Brennan is Assistant Professor of Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2012), The Ethics of Voting (Princeton University Press, 2011), and, with David Schmidtz, A... Read More
Professor of Anthropology
Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Susan Love Brown is professor of anthropology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. She is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in political and psychological anthropology with emphasis on the origins of ideology, cultural theory, social evolution, gender, ethnicity... Read More
Assistant Professor of History
University of Virginia
Jennifer Burns is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia, where she teaches courses on American political, cultural, and intellectual history. She graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude majoring in History, and received her Masters and PhD in History from the... Read More
Associate Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Bryan Caplan is an associate professor at George Mason University, and the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies. His writings have been published in the American Economic Review, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Law and Economics, The New York... Read More