by Sean Mulholland | Nov 7, 2023 | Events, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
On November 3rd, the Liberty over Lunch students hosted Professor Celeste Carruthers of the University of Tennessee. Professor Carruthers holds the William F. Fox Distinguished Professorship of Labor Economics in the Haslam College of Business. Professor Carruthers...
by Sean Mulholland | Nov 3, 2023 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
On November 1st, our Liberty over lunch seminar students hosted a campus debate at Western Carolina University on the question: Should gender affirming care for youth be banned? For over an hour and a half, students, faculty, and staff discussed the pros and cons of...
by Sean Mulholland | Oct 10, 2023 | Events, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
On October 6th, the Liberty Over Lunch class was honored to host Abigail Cormier. Currently a third-year economics Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia, Cormier presented her working paper on the labor market effects of becoming a parent of a child with special...
by Sean Mulholland | Sep 26, 2023 | Events, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
We were honored to host Clemson University economist Scott Baier in our Liberty over lunch class on September 22nd. Professor Baier presented his working paper, “Gravity with Global Trade Shocks.” Using a Bayesian Gibbs sampling approach, he and his coauthor help...
by Sean Mulholland | Sep 5, 2023 | Events, News, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
This fall the CSFE is hosting a small seminar course, Liberty over lunch. The course will discuss current research and host guest speakers through a generous gift from the Barnes Family Foundation of North Carolina. Our Liberty over lunch seminar hosted our first...
by Edward Lopez | Nov 2, 2020 | Previous Events, The Director's Blog
At CSFE, our mission is to study the role of free enterprise in a flourishing society. Political institutions often take center stage in the analysis. Political institutions act like vital social infrastructure on which people build their lives. Elections provide for...