2013 Free Market Forum
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley | November 14-16, 2013
Presentations
Presentation
“Coming Apart: The Class Divide in America Today”
Charles Murray, Author, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
Panel 1: Economics and Education
Chair: Gary Wolfram, Hillsdale College
“The Relationship of Funding and Achievement in K-12 Education”
Lisa Snell, Reason Foundation
“The Influence of Teachers’ Unions on K-12 Education”
Terry Moe, Hoover Institution
“The Dilemma of Higher-Education Financing”
Richard Vedder, Ohio University
Panel 2: Capitalism and Poverty
Chair: Kris Mauren, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
“Is Capitalism Unfair?”
David C. Rose, University of Missouri – St. Louis
“Addressing Poverty in Africa: Principles and Pitfalls”
George B.N. Ayittey, President, Free Africa Foundation
“Capitalism and Christian Ethics”
Edd Noell, Westmont College
“Lessons from the Debate over Fracking”
Ann McElhinney, Journalist and Filmmaker
Panel 3: The Economic and Political Significance of the Dodd-Frank Act
Chair: Burton Folsom, Hillsdale College
“What Caused the 2008 Crisis?”
Gene Epstein, Barron’s
“Dodd-Frank and Obamacare: Different Problems, Same Illusory Solution”
Nicole Gelinas, Manhattan Institute
“Dodd-Frank and the Constitution”
Todd Zywicki, George Mason University
Presentation
“Entrepreneurship in American History”
John Steele Gordon, Author, An Empire of Wealth
Presentation
“Christian Stewardship, Wealth & Poverty”
Ron Blue, Author, Master Your Money, and Founding Member, Kingdom Advisors
Faculty Panel: PovertyCure, Development Economics, and Teaching Effectively
Chair: Michael Matheson Miller, Director of the PovertyCure Initiative, Acton Media
“Poverty and Development Economics”
T. H. Kwa, Professor of Business, Sterling College
“Entrepreneurial Pursuit: Reposition for Advantage”
Tim Chandler, Professor of Communications, Hardin-Simmons University
“Propelling Prosperity and Human Flourishing”
Senyo Adjibolosoo, Professor of Economics, Point Loma Nazarene University