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SUMMARY:The Fight Against DEI and a Pathway to American Renewal with Robert Woodson
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URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/the-fight-against-dei-and-a-pathway-to-american-renewal-with-robert-woodson/
LOCATION:VA
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SUMMARY:How America's Intel Agencies are Threatening Our Liberty with Michael Waller
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URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/how-americas-intel-agencies-are-threatening-our-liberty-with-michael-waller/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:SCOTUS Decisions on the Chevron Doctrine and the Administrative State with Adam White & Todd Zywicki
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URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/scotus-decisions-on-the-chevron-doctrine-and-the-administrative-state-with-adam-white-todd-zywicki/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:Improving the Fed: Less Regulation and Politics\, More Market Focus with Thomas Hoenig & Thomas Hogan
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URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/improving-the-fed-less-regulation-and-politics-more-market-focus-with-thomas-hoenig-homas-hogan/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:“Supreme Court Decisions Affecting the Administrative State & Economic Freedom" with Peter Wallison
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URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/supreme-sourt-decisions-affecting-the-administrative-state-economic-freedom-with-peter-wallison/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:"The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank: Its Causes and Repercussions" with Paul Kupiec
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URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/the-failure-of-silicon-valley-bank-its-causes-and-repercussions-with-paul-kupiec/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:“Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Potential Threat to Freedom” with Norbert Michel
DESCRIPTION:AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington DC will host an in-person luncheon event with Norbert Michel\, vice president and director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives in Washington\, DC. \nThe IMF and governments around the world are advocating the transformation of their national currencies into central bank digital currencies or “CBDCs.” Governments favor CBDCs\, because it enhances their power over economic policy and their control over people’s money. Norbert Michel will discuss why CBDCs are incompatible with personal liberty and the prospect of CBCDs becoming a reality. Dr. Michel will also examine the advent of stable coins and the governmental rush to regulate them to the detriment of market freedom. \nEventbrite registration is required to attend\, register here. Admission fee is $16 (only $8 for full-time students). Light food and beverages will be provided. Cash payments at the door are not accepted. \nSchedule:\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Lunch & Networking\n12:30 PM – 1:15 PM: Speaker Presentation\n1:15 PM – 1:30 PM: Q&A Discussion
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/central-bank-digital-currencies-a-potential-threat-to-freedom-with-norbert-michel/
LOCATION:Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level)\, 2300 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:“The Progressive Left’s Push to Reset the Fed’s Legal Mandates” with Paul Kupiec
DESCRIPTION:AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington\, DC will host an in-person event with Paul Kupiec\, a senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute in Washington\, DC. \nThe Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are only a few Senate votes away from reimagining the Federal Reserve as an institution that would enforce the progressive Left’s climate-change and income redistribution agendas. Instead of promoting stable prices\, maximum employment\, economic growth and equal opportunity for all\, the Fed would be transformed into an institution that actively diverts bank credit toward politically-favored industries and racial and ethnic groups. Paul Kupiec will examine the prospect of the Federal Reserve mandating new socialist policies and why former Federal Reserve officials have not vocally denounced these developments for what they are: a direct attack on capitalism\, free market driven investment\, and Federal Reserve independence. \nEventbrite registration is required to attend\, register here. Admission fee is $16 (only $8 for full-time students). Light food and beverages will be provided. Cash payments at the door are not accepted. \nSchedule:\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Lunch & Networking\n12:30 PM – 1:15 PM: Speaker Presentation\n1:15 PM – 1:30 PM: Q&A Discussion
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/the-progressive-lefts-push-to-reset-the-feds-legal-mandates-with-paul-kupiec/
LOCATION:Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level)\, 2300 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:“America’s Cultural Void as a Tool of the Deep State” with Bob Barr
DESCRIPTION:AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington\, DC will host an in-person event with Bob Barr\, former U.S. Congressman from Georgia and the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States. \nBob Barr is a renowned expert on the U.S. Constitution and public policy issues pertaining to personal liberty and freedom. Mr. Barr will discuss the growth in the federal government’s administrative state\, or “deep state\,” its threat to our constitutional rights\, and how it is contributing to the “Cancel Culture” movement and a cultural void in American society. \nEventbrite registration is required to attend\, register here. Admission fee is $16 (only $8 for full-time students). Light food and beverages will be provided. Cash payments at the door are not accepted. \nSchedule:\n5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: Networking Reception\n6:15 PM – 7:00 PM: Speaker Presentation\n7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Q&A Discussion \nMore about the speaker: \nBob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003\, and now practices law in Atlanta\, Georgia\, where he serves as chairman of the state’s Judicial Qualifications Commission. Bob also chairs Liberty Guard\, Inc. a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting individual liberty. He also heads a consulting firm\, Liberty Strategies\, Inc.\, and is a registered Mediator and Arbitrator. Bob has taught constitutional law at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and government at Kennesaw State University. \nBob has appeared on virtually every major cable and network television program dealing with public policy matters. He writes regularly for Townhall.com\, The Daily Caller\, and The Marietta Daily Journal\, and has been a columnist and blogger for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He writes occasional pieces for other publications and hosts a regular podcast\, “Bob Barr’s Laws of the Universe.” He is the author of three books: “The Meaning of Is: The Squandered Impeachment and Wasted Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton\,” “Patriot Nation: Bob Barr’s Laws of the Universe Volume One\,” and “Lessons in Liberty.” \nBob was appointed by President Reagan as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia (1986-90)\, served as President of Southeastern Legal Foundation from 1990-91\, and was an official with the CIA from 1971-78. Additionally\, he has served as a member of U.S. delegations at several United Nations conferences on firearms. \nBob Barr earned his law degree from Georgetown University\, his master’s degree from The George Washington University\, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California. He and his wife Jeri live in Smyrna\, Georgia just outside Atlanta.
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/americas-cultural-void-as-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-with-bob-barr/
LOCATION:Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level)\, 2300 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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SUMMARY:“How the Fed Failed to Achieve its Mandate of Stable Prices” with Thomas Hogan
DESCRIPTION:AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington\, DC and Students for Liberty will co-sponsor a special in-person event with Thomas Hogan\, Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). \nPrice inflation is now at a 40-year high in the United States and has become the main economic concern for the average American. Thomas Hogan will examine the root causes of inflation and how political considerations\, such as climate change and income inequality\, have distracted the Federal Reserve in carrying out its legally mandated goals of maximum employment and stable prices. \nEventbrite registration is required to attend\, register here. Admission fee is $16 (only $10 for full-time students). Light food and beverages will be provided. Cash payments at the door are not accepted. \n_______________________ \nSchedule:\n5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: Networking Reception\n6:15 PM – 7:00 PM: Speaker Presentation\n7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Q&A Discussion
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/how-the-fed-failed-to-achieve-its-mandate-of-stable-prices-with-thomas-hogan/
LOCATION:Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level)\, 2300 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Is It Time to Rethink the Federal Reserve?
DESCRIPTION:Event Summary \nOn July 26\, AEI’s Paul H. Kupiec led a panel discussion on the state of the Federal Reserve. As inflation in the country approaches double digits\, trust in the nation’s central bank appears to be wavering. The panel discussed what reforms could be instituted to improve the Fed’s operations. \nClemson University’s Gerald Dwyer proposed three changes he believed would make the Fed’s current position less likely\, including allowing Congress to set a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) target instead of the Fed setting an inflation target. \nThe Cato Institute’s George Selgin focused on how the Fed has damaged its credibility by going against forward guidance it issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Selgin also supported the idea of moving from an inflation target to a nominal GDP target\, which he noted would be more resilient to global supply shocks that the Fed has little control over. \nThe Mises Institute’s Alex Pollock focused on the importance of holding the Fed accountable for its shortcomings\, including its soon-to-be-realized operating losses. He echoed Dr. Kupiec’s earlier sentiment that the Fed should not take on additional mandates on climate and racial justice\, especially when it cannot meet the mandates it currently has. \n—Beatrice Lee \nEvent Description \nThe Federal Reserve is having a bad year. As the Fed struggles to control inflation\, it is also being asked to expand its policy remit to include climate change. Moreover\, the House of Representatives just passed a bill requiring the Fed to adopt new policy goals of equal employment and wealth outcomes for targeted interest groups beyond its existing goals of price stability and full employment. How will these efforts to “rethink the Fed” affect monetary policy\, credit availability\, and economic growth? \nJoin AEI as a panel of experts discusses monetary policy\, the Fed’s dual role as central banker and regulator\, its independence\, and recent congressional and executive branch efforts to further expand its legislative mandates. \nAgenda\n10:00 a.m. – Introduction: Paul H. Kupiec\, Senior Fellow\, AEI \n10:15 a.m. – Panel Discussion\nPanelists:\nGerald P. Dwyer\, BB&T Scholar\, Clemson University\nAlex J. Pollock\, Senior Fellow\, Mises Institute\nGeorge Selgin\, Senior Fellow\, Cato Institute \nModerator:\nPaul Kupiec\, Senior Fellow\, AEI \n11:40 a.m. – Q&A \n12:00 p.m. – Adjournment
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/is-it-time-to-rethink-the-federal-reserve/
LOCATION:AEI\, Auditorium\, 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20036
CATEGORIES:AIER Events
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SUMMARY:"A Personal Journey from Marxism to Freedom” with Ismael Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington\, DC will host an in-person event with Ismael Hernandez\, founder and executive director of the Freedom & Virtue Institute. \nIsmael Hernandez\, a black Hispanic American and founder & executive director of the Freedom & Virtue Institute\, tells his personal story of transformation from an anti-American Marxist to a pro-American\, freedom-loving\, capitalist. He will discuss the reasons behind his ideological conversion as well as his ideas for a freedom revolution in disadvantaged and minority communities through a rejection of government dependency and an embrace of personal liberty\, financial literacy\, work ethic\, self-reliance\, and human dignity. \nEventbrite registration is required to attend\, register here. Admission fee is $15 (only $5 for full-time students). Light food and beverages will be provided. Cash payments at the door are not accepted. \nSchedule:\n5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: Networking Reception\n6:15 PM – 7:00 PM: Speaker Presentation\n7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Q&A Discussion
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/a-personal-journey-from-marxism-to-freedom-with-ismael-hernandez/
LOCATION:Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level)\, 2300 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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SUMMARY:“The Brilliance of Friedrich Hayek” with Donald Boudreaux
DESCRIPTION:AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington\, DC will host an in-person event with Donald Boudreaux\, a senior fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)\, a senior fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University\, and a professor of economics and former economics-department chair at George Mason University. \nFriedrich Hayek (1899-1992) was one of the world’s most influential thinkers on economics and political science in the 20th century. After decades of being scorned for his refusal to accept the popular economic theories of John Maynard Keynes\, Hayek was finally awarded with a Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1974 and thereafter received increasing acclaim as a powerful intellectual proponent of limited government\, free markets and a free society. Professor Donald Boudreaux is perhaps the leading academic expert on the writings of Hayek and authored the book The Essential Hayek in 2015 to provide the public with a clear and concise compilation of Hayek’s most important ideas on economics and politics. Professor Boudreaux will draw upon his book to discuss Hayek’s philosophical ideas and how they should be applied in addressing today’s economic problems. \nSchedule:\n5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: Networking Reception\n6:15 PM – 7:00 PM: Speaker Presentation\n7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Q&A Discussion
URL:https://geofinancialtrends.org/event/the-brilliance-of-friedrich-hayek-with-donald-boudreaux/
LOCATION:Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level)\, 2300 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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