WCU’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise (CSFE) is teaming up with Jackson County Community Foundation (JCCF) to organize an awareness campaign for September, 2019, capped off by a town hall event on October 3 on WCU’s main campus in Cullowhee, NC. located on the 3rd floor of the University Center. Town Hall Event Agenda: 8:15 […]
Celeste Headlee, Author of We Need to Talk. Author talk with facilitator, WCU economics professor Edward Lopez. Book signing & reception to follow talk. Please visit us online to learn more about the 2019-20 One Book.
Dr. Thomas E. Joiner, Jr. is an American clinical and research psychologist at Florida State University and is one of the most prominent suicide experts in the world. His work is both theoretical and practical, in that the “Joiner framework” for suicide risk assessment is the most robust, evidence-based, and widespread system now in use. […]
Global Spotlight Presents: Nationalism Presenting faculty include: Dr. Edward Lopez Dr. David Dorondo Dr. Ingrid Bego Dr. Saheed Aderinto
General/public talk: Thursday evening talk Feb 6., 6:00-7:30 in Blue Ridge Conference room at WCU. Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday Life: A Field Guide for Evaluating Extraordinary Claims Description: The everyday world is a bewildering mixture of claims, some of them well-supported but many others - such as conspiracy theories and misinformation - poorly substantiated. In […]
Scaled-Up Seminar gathers economics researchers within driving distance of WCU to economize on scheduling demands and accomplish more than a series of individual research seminars could. The goal is to leverage the concentration of scholars in the region to: 1) provide mutual feedback on current research projects; 2) gain exposure to each other’s research agendas […]
Free Enterprise Speaker Series Economists Panel Discussion on the Future of Jobs and the Minimum Wage How are jobs changing in today's global economy? Will enough jobs be sustainably created for the next generations of workers? Do well-intentioned policies like minimum wages help or harm workers? Should laws be enacted preventing or slowing the pace […]
Best in the West: North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District forum Blue Ridge Public Radio, Mountain Xpress and Smoky Mountain News to host a two-day NC11 candidate forum Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis, candidates for the North Carolina congressional seat left vacant by White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, have both agreed to […]
How can your campus harness cross-disciplinary research to get back to basics on economic and community development? Learn how university centers can advance faculty and student development while giving back to their communities by registering today for this event, generously supported by the Charles Koch Foundation and our co-sponsoring organizations, the American Council on Education, […]
Session 1: “State Policy and COVID-19 Economic Recovery” at 1pm Our first session rolls out results and findings from our COVID-19 Research Initiative. Launched in June 2020, the Initiative represents CSFE’s coronavirus “pivot” to our core competency as a research Center. Through this initiative, our team has been working on three main areas: 1) COVID-19 […]