• “The Brilliance of Friedrich Hayek” with Donald Boudreaux

    Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level) 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

    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

  • “A Personal Journey from Marxism to Freedom” with Ismael Hernandez

    Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level) 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

    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. Ismael 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,

  • Is It Time to Rethink the Federal Reserve?

    AEI, Auditorium 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

    https://youtu.be/gjMPzSvrD0o Event Summary On 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. Clemson University’s Gerald

  • “How the Fed Failed to Achieve its Mandate of Stable Prices” with Thomas Hogan

    Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level) 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

    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). Price 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

  • Natural Law and Original Meaning

    AEI, Auditorium 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

    https://youtu.be/hITUl4hBrww Event Summary On September 1, a group of prominent legal scholars joined AEI’s J. Joel Alicea to discuss one of the most timely—and divisive—debates in the conservative legal community: What is the relationship between natural law theory and American constitutionalism? Is the natural law tradition compatible with the doctrine of originalism? Notre Dame Law

  • Cato Institute’s 40th Annual Monetary Conference

    Live Online , United States

    The State of Monetary Policy after 40 Years With massive U.S. debt and deficits, inflation at a 40‐​year high, and popular/​political pressure for expanding the Fed’s mandate, it’s time to assess the Fed’s performance and future. Please join leading scholars and policymakers to discuss “The State of Monetary Policy after 40 Years.” Schedule: 9:00 - 9:10 AM

  • “America’s Cultural Void as a Tool of the Deep State” with Bob Barr

    Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level) 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

    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. Bob 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 Progressive Left’s Push to Reset the Fed’s Legal Mandates” with Paul Kupiec

    Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level) 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

    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. The 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

  • “Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Potential Threat to Freedom” with Norbert Michel

    Navy League Building – Conference Center (Lobby Level) 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States

    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. The IMF and governments around the world are advocating the transformation of their national currencies into central bank digital currencies or “CBDCs.” Governments

  • SCOTUS Decisions on the Chevron Doctrine and the Administrative State with Adam White & Todd Zywicki

    AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Washington DC hosted an event with Adam J. White, Executive Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, on August 22, 2024.