Steven Horwitz
I have returned home from the Southern Leg of my Liberty Tour Fall 2009. I gave talks this week at Mercer University and Berry College in Georgia and Loyola University of New Orleans. Thanks to Scott Beaulier at Mercer, Frank Stephenson at Berry, Nicole Youngman and Dan D'Amico at Loyola for all of their hospitality. I especially appreciate Nicole's putting up with a 90 minute lunch with three crazy Austrian types and Dan for introducing me to a GREAT restaurant in New Orleans I'd never tried before (Clancy's). Neither of them, however, could rescue me from a losing trip to Harrah's.
The tour continues later this month and in December. If you're in these areas and want to attend, all of these talks are open to the public. More info to follow:
Monday November 9: James Madison University ("Wal-Mart to the Rescue")
Tuesday November 10: American University ("The Great Recession of 2008")
Wednesday December 2: George Mason University ("Do We Really Need a Central Bank?")
UPDATE: Lode asked if any of these will be on the web. The GMU one will be after the fact. But I gave a version of the recession talk last weekend in Ottawa for the Institute for Liberal Studies. That is now on the web here. Use the pull down menu to get to my talk. It's from a funny angle and it cuts off before the very end... and you can't see the powerpoint really well... but it's there!
I take it there's no trip of Europe coming up...
Posted by: GilesS | October 31, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Replace trip with tour.
Posted by: GilesS | October 31, 2009 at 05:24 PM
Will any of your talks given be online?
Posted by: Lode Cossaer | October 31, 2009 at 07:15 PM
None of them will be streamed, but the GMU one in December will be on the web afterward at the Future of Freedom Foundation site. And a version of the recession talk that I gave on Oct. 24 is also now an online video - I'll add the link to the post above.
Posted by: Steve Horwitz | October 31, 2009 at 07:41 PM
European tours are expensive and the new CD hasn't sold very well there... we'd have to bring the whole fancy stage show for a full tour. It's just not worth it. ;)
Posted by: Steve Horwitz | October 31, 2009 at 07:48 PM
Awesome!
And there really should be an European tour. I know an Austrian-minded institute in Belgium that is trying to organize stuff like this, but they lack the funds.
Posted by: Lode Cossaer | October 31, 2009 at 08:22 PM
And that really is a weird angle. :p
Posted by: Lode Cossaer | October 31, 2009 at 08:22 PM
If they find the money, my bags are packed.
Posted by: Steve Horwitz | October 31, 2009 at 09:23 PM
A European tour would be great!
As for the CD not selling well, I can't imagine "The Austrian Economist" really resonates with the younger generations.
Then again, internet piracy shouldn't be such a big deal for you guys...
Posted by: GilesS | October 31, 2009 at 09:49 PM
You would have opportunities in Germany as well. Freiburg, for instance, could be fertile soil. The Hayek-Circle in Berlin would welcome you too.
Posted by: amv | November 01, 2009 at 04:35 AM