Events
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- Research Symposium and Journal of Regional Science Special Issue
- Apr 26-28, 2018 in the Turnbull Conference Center at FSU
- Co-hosted with the FSU Real Estate Center
Past Events
Spring 2018
- Is Bitcoin A Bubble?
- William Luther, Assistant Professor of Economics at Kenyon University
- Mar 08, 2018 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Do Nuclear Weapons Promote Peace?
- Keegan Connally, Policy Analyst at the Government Accountability Institute
- Feb 01, 2018 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Social Enterprise Pitch Night
- Val Rodriguez, DMC Social Entrepreneurship Manager
- Jan 31, 2018 at 7:00pm in the Main Hall of Bellamy Building First Floor
- Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
Fall 2017
- An Introduction to Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Giovanna Da Silva, DMC Blog Content Editor
- Nov 16, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Basic Time Series Methods for Forecasting
- Paul Beaumont, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Nov 14, 2017 at 3:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Using Statistical Software to Perform Empirical Analysis
- Anastasia Semykina, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Nov 10, 2017 at 1:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Seminar: Does An Open-Borders Immigration Policy Makes Sense for the U.S.?
- Fabio Rojas, Professor of Sociology at Indiana University - Bloomington
- Patrick Mason, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Deana Rohlinger, Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida State University
- Tim Chapin, Dean of the College of Social Science and Public Policy at FSU
- Samuel Staley, Director of the DeVoe L. Moore Center at FSU
- Nov 02, 2017 at 7:00pm in HCB Room 102
- Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
- Communicating Effectively With Charts and Graphs
- Martha Evans, Adjunct Professor of Business at Florida State University
- Oct 25, 2017 at 3:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Consumer Protection and Other Economic Fallacies
- Joseph Calhoun, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Sep 20, 2017 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Spring 2017
- Who Cares? The Film
- Val Rodriguez, DMC Social Entrepreneurship Manager
- Apr 26, 2017 at 6:15pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
- The Economics of the War On Drugs
- Randall Holcombe, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Apr 20, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Seminar: Can Markets Provide Liberty, Justice, and Kidneys?
- John Hasnas, Professor of Law at Georgetown University
- James Stacey Taylor, Associate Professor of Philosophy at College of New Jersey
- Brandon Turner, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clemson University
- Apr 14, 2017 at 4:30pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
- U.S. Democratization in the Middle East
- Christopher Coyne, Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University
- Apr 13, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Florida Criminal Justice Forum
- Deborrah Brodsky, Director of Project On Accountable Justice at FSU
- Mar 03, 2017 at 8:30am in the Florida State Conference Center
- Co-hosted with the FSU Project On Accountable Justice
- Tuskeegee and the Health of Black Men
- Marianne Wanamaker, Professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee
- Feb 10, 2017 at 3:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
- Part of the Hilton Lecture Series
- The Economic Case for Immigration
- Don Boudreaux, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
- Feb 09, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Fall 2016
- Redeye Coffee's Social Entrepreneurship Expo
- Mark McNees, Director of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation at FSU
- Dec 06, 2016 at 7:00pm in the Mail Hall of Bellamy Building First Floor
- Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
- Generation Start-Up Film Screening
- Val Rodriguez, DMC Social Entrepreneurship Manager
- Nov 17, 2016 at 7:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
- Conference: Coercion and the Helping Professions
- Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy at University of Colorado - Boulder
- Bruce Alexander, Professor of Economics at Simon Frasier University
- Thomas Blomberg, Professor of Criminology at Florida State University
- Gary Melton, Director of Community Development at the Kempe Center
- Gavin Davidson, Professor of Social Work at Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland
- Nov 09, 2017 at 8:00am in the Trumbull Conference Center Second Floor
- Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
- An Evening With John Crossman
- John Crossman, CEO of Crossman and Company
- Oct 13, 2016 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with the James Madison Institute
Spring 2016
- The Economics of Why Nations Jail
- Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
- Apr 21, 2016 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Advanced Time-Series Methods
- Paul Beaumont, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Apr 06, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- The Central Limit Theorem
- Hugo Montesinos, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
- Mar 23, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Flaws and Fallacies in Empirical Thinking
- Hugo Montesinos, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
- Feb 24, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Ceter Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Conference: Income Inequality - Boogyman or Menace
- Abby Hall Blanco, Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Tampa
- Shawn Kantor, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Mark LeBar, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University
- Larry Polivka, Executive Director of the Claude Pepper Foundation
- Jeff Proctor, CEO of Positive Sum Games, economist, design strategist
- Katie Sherron, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Feb 13, 2016 at 10:00am in HCB Room 101
- Co-hosted with the Foundation for Economic Education
- Spacial Econometrics
- Christopher Clapp, Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Feb 10, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- U.S. Military Expenditures and Drones
- Benjamin Friedman, research fellow at the Cato Institute
- Jan 14, 2016 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Fall 2015
- Special Topic From the Journal of Economics
- Paul Beaumont, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Nov 12, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Policy Writing Workshop
- Kevin Gomez, Outreach Coordinator at the DeVoe L. Moore Center
- Oct 30, 2015 at 11:30am in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- DMC Intern Training Workshop for the Policy Analysis Research Group
- Methodology: The Basics
- Christopher Clapp, Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Oct 29, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Common Problems With Induction
- Kevin Willardson, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
- Oct 14, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Using Statistical Software to Perform Empirical Analysis
- Anastasia Semykina, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Sep 30, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- Data Management and Gathering
- Martha Evans, Adjunct Professor of Business at Florida State University
- Sep 16, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
Spring 2015
- Economics of Mass Incarceration and the Prison State
- Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
- Apr 09, 2015 at 7:00pm in DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Conference: How the Sharing Economy Is Changing the World
- Katie Dawson, Event Organizer, President of Economics Club at FSU
- Feb 28, 2015 at 12:00pm in HCB Room 101
- Co-hosted with the Foundation for Economic Education
- Spacial Econometrics
- Kevin Willardson, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
- Feb 10, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
- The Pathology of Privilege: Economic and Social Consequences
- Matt Mitchell, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
- Jan 29, 2015 at 5:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Fall 2014
- Civil Rights and the Role of Business
- David Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Florida A&M University
- Oct 29, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with African American Studies Program and Jim Moran Inst.
- The Economics of Charity versus Government Welfare
- Matthew Kelly, Policy Analyst at the DeVoe L. Moore Center
- Sep 25, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Spring 2014
- Conference: Creative Teaching Ideas For Your Basic Economics Course
- Mary Suiter, Assistant VP at the Economic Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Mark Schug, Professor of Economics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Ninos Malek, Professor of Economics at San Jose State University
- Scott Barton, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at IHS
- Feb 07, 2014 at 9:00am in the Augustus Turnbull Conference Center
- Co-hosted with Stavros Center and Institute for Humane Studies
- The Economics of Political Extortion
- Peter Schweizer, President of the Government Accountability Institute
- Jan 17, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- The Failure of the Market Failure Argument
- John Hasnas, Professor of Business at George Mason University
- Jan 09, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Fall 2013
- Immigration Panel: The American Dream vs. The American Dilemma
- Mark Krikorian, Director of the Center for Immigration Studies
- Alex Nowrasteh, Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute
- Daniel Garza, President of the LIBRE Initiative
- Mario Villareal-Diaz, Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State
- Nov 12, 2013 at 7:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Sponsored by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation
- Investing in Humanity and the Environment
- Holly Fretwell, Professor of Economics at Montana State University
- Nov 07, 2013 at 7:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 023
- Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Immigration Restrictions: A Solution In Search of a Problem
- Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
- Oct 23, 2013 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Spring 2013
- Launching the Innovation Rennaissance
- Alex Tabarrok, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
- Apr 11, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- The Bourgeois Deal: Why Some Countries Are Rich and Others Are Poor
- Art Caden, Associate Professor of Economics at Samford University
- Mar 28, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Sweatshops and Economic Growth
- Benjamin Powell, Professor of Economics at Texas Tech University
- Mar 07, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Immigration
- Scott Beaulier, Professor of Business at North Dakota State University
- Feb 28, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Funding the Prison Industrial Complex
- Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
- Feb 07, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
Fall 2012
- Economics of the American Prison State
- Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
- Nov 29, 2012 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
- Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
- Austrian Economics
- Samuel Staley, Professor of Economics at Florida State University
- Oct 16, 2012 at 4:30pm at 501 E. Tennessee St. Suite C
- Co-hosted with the LCLEC
Events pre-2008
2006-2007 Academic Year
- John Stossel Co–Anchor of ABC’s 20/20 “Myths, Lies and Stupidity”
- Harry Lerner President of Maxcy Development Group, Tampa, FL
2005-2006 Academic Year
- Sam Staley Director of Urban Futures Program, Reason Public Policy Institute “Reducing Congestion and Increasing Mobility: The Road More Traveled”
- Casey Dawkins Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute “Urban Sprawl and the Transition to First–Time Homeownership”
2004-2005 Academic Year
- Joel Embry Representative of Welaunee in Tallahassee, FL “Privatizing Public Policy”
- Craig Volden Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University “Policy Diffusion from Cities to States: Anti–Smoking Laws in the U.S.”
2003-2004 Academic Year
- Daniel McMillen Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Urban Real Estate, University of Illinois at Chicago “The Endogeneity of Zoning and Other Land Use Controls”
- Christopher Bollinger Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky “An Introduction to Spatial Econometrics” Edgar Olsen Professor of Economics, University of Virginia “Economics of Housing Assistance for the Poor”
- William Niskanen Chairman, Cato Institute “After Enron: The Major Lessons for Public Policy” Brady Baybeck Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri—St. Louis “Urban Politics and Policy”
2002-2003 Academic Year
- Richard L. Engstrom Professor of Africana Studies, University of New Orleans “Effects of Electoral Structures on Public Policies in U.S. Cities”
- Richard Winters Professor of Government, Dartmouth College “Variability in Charitable Giving Across the U.S. States”
- Arthur C. Nelson Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning and Director of Graduate Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute “Regulatory Models and Their Land Use Implications”
2001-2002 Academic Year
- Michael Berkman Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University “School Choice?”
- Genevieve Giuliano Director of METRANS Transportation Center, University of Southern California “Land Use and Travel Revisited: The U.S. and Great Britain”
- Peter Vander Hoek Professor of Economics, Erasmus University, The Netherlands “Taxation in the European Union”
- Michael Mintrom Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University “Educational Entrepreneurship and Charter Schools”
- Robert Stein Dean and Professor of Political Science, Rice University “Neighborhood Politics and Local Government”
- Douglass North Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics, Washington University “What We Know and Don’t Know About Economic Development”
2000-2001 Academic Year
- Mark Schneider Professor of Political Science, SUNY Stony Brook “Information and the Market for School Choice”
- Michael McDonald Professor of Political Science, SUNY Binghamton “Understanding Taxpayer Complaints: Self–Interest or Government Mistake?”
1999-2000 Academic Year
- James Buchanan Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics, George Mason University