CSFE Blog
Kevin Lavery Presents His Research Paper at the Eastern Economic Association Conference
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Kevin Lavery presented his paper, "State Mandates on Sex Education and their Correlates to a Reduction in the Rate of Forcible Rape" in a faculty session at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in New York City. Kevin’s paper...
Tryston Weiss Presents His Undergraduate Research Paper at the Eastern Economic Association Conference
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Tryston Weiss presented his paper, "Trapped by Design: Redlining and the Cycle of Poverty in the US Cities" at the Issues in Political Economy Undergraduate research sessions at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in New York...
Joseph Duty Presents His Undergraduate Research Paper at the Eastern Economic Association Conference
On Friday, February 21, 2025, Joseph Duty presented his paper on the “Unintended Consequences: How the Different Implementations of Colonial Property Systems by the Spanish Effect Latin American Economic Development Today” at the Issues in Political Economy...
What should be done about the lack of affordable housing in the Western NC region?
On Tuesday, February 11th, The CSFE welcomed back the College Debates and Discourse Alliance’s Kayla Johnson to serve as our discussion leader on the topic: What should be done about the lack of affordable housing in the Western NC region? This is the first ABCD...
Campus Wide Discussion: What should be done about the lack of affordable housing in Western North Carolina?
Housing in Western North Carolina is expensive. Surprisingly expensive. Those from other parts of the country often assume that because Western North Carolina (WNC) is rural, housing is inexpensive. Residents know otherwise. On February 11th the CSFE along with the...
Graduate Spotlight: Diana Esters (WCU 2024)
We are always excited to highlight outstanding student-scholars who have played a vital role in Center's projects and events. Diana Esters is a perfect example of such a student-scholar. In the fall of 2023, Diana was selected for the gift-funded, seminar class: Lunch...
Is a vote for a third-party candidate a wasted vote?
Election Day is less than two weeks away. As of Oct. 4, 2024, polls showed that 46.5% had an unfavorable opinion of Kamala Harris and 52.6% felt unfavorably toward Donald Trump. So, what about voting for a Presidential candidate from a different party? On Wednesday,...
Campus-wide debate No. 1 on the 2024 Election was a success!
On September 25th, the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, Braver Angels, and the College Debate and Discourse Alliance cohosted a debate on the resolution: Is Donald Trump a threat to democracy? Over 95 students, faculty, and staff offered their views in support...
Hosting two campus wide-debates this fall: September 25th & October 30th
This fall the CSFE will continue to co-sponsor events that offer students the opportunity to listen, learn, and discuss potentially polarizing topics through two campus-wide debates. Because 2024 is an election year, we polled students about eight possible resolutions...
First Economic Analysis Degree Graduates from Western Carolina University
Exciting day for our first Economic Analysis degree graduates from Western Carolina University! Congratulations to Megann Holst, Caitlin Mushinski, Summer Thurlow (not pictured), and Libby Weitkamp! After six plus years of work, students can now come to WCU and earn...