Below is a collection of recorded events hosted by the Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU:
Machiavelli’s Prince as a Rational Political Actor
with Dr. Ennio Piano (MTSU Asst. Professor of Economics/PERI)
March 14, 2022
Exegesis – MTSU Honors Lecture Series
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“The State of the Liberal Project: The Struggle for a Better World”
with Dr. Peter Boettke (George Mason University)
Oct. 21, 2021
Dr. Ming Wang’s Cosmopolitan Initiative Lecture Series
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Macro Musings: Money and the Rule of Law
with Daniel Smith, Ph.D., Alexander Salter, Ph.D., with host David Beckworth
Macro Musings Podcast – Live at MTSU
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Why It’s OK to Want to Be Rich
with Dr. Jason Brennan (Georgetown University)
April 20, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT)
M. Thomas and Martha R. Collins Free Enterprise Lecture
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Culture, Capitalism, and Gender Equality
with Dr. Claudia Williamson (University of Tennessee – Chattanooga)
March 18, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT)
Co-sponsored by MTSU’s National Women’s History Month Committee
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Criminal Justice and Policing Reform in Tennessee
with Zuri Davis
Feb. 18, 2021
Kickstarting K-12 Education in Tennessee
with Dr. Corey DeAngelis (Reason Foundation, Educational Freedom Institute)
Nov. 19, 2020
Innovation and Freedom
with Matt Ridley
Nov. 5, 2020
Campus Liberty Tour Debate at MTSU: Will a Wealth Tax Increase Prosperity?
with Dr. Arthur Laffer and Leslie Marshall
Oct. 5, 2020
Bettering Humanomics: A New, and Old, Approach to Economic Science
with Deirdre Nansen McCloskey (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Sept. 22, 2020
Reforming Policing in Tennessee
with Radley Balko (Washington Post)
Sept. 22, 2020
Uncle Sam Can’t Count
with Dr. Burt Folsom (Kennesaw State University)
Sept. 16, 2020
Frederick Douglass’ Plea for Free Speech and Open Inquiry
with Dr. Nicholas Buccola (Linfield University)
Feb. 21, 2020
Criminal Justice Reform
with Dr. Howard Henderson (Texas Southern University)
MTSU Distinguished Lecture Series
Oct. 31, 2019