Events
Past Events
November 17, 2021
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November 05, 2021
Tom Lewis: "Solid Ground: A Foundation for Winning in Work and in Life"
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April 21, 2021
Do Higher Minimum Wages Reduce Poverty?: Joseph J. Sabia
Do Higher Minimum Wages Reduce Poverty?: Joseph J. Sabia
April 06, 2021
Lewis Honors College Speaker Series: Deirdre McCloskey
Lewis Honors College Speaker Series: Deirdre McCloskey
March 26, 2021
Economics Department Seminar with Keun Lee
Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution a Continuation of the Third Industrial Revolution or Something New under the Sun?: Analysis of their technological regime using the US patent data.
March 18, 2021
"Free Market Medicine: A Working Model" Speaker: G. Keith Smith, MD
College of Charleston Adam Smith Week
March 11, 2021
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February 19, 2021
John Pointer - Director of “Minority Small Business Initiative” Program
Co-Sponsors: Von Allmen Entrepreneurship Center and the University of Kentucky Salesforce Club
November 16, 2020
Economics Department Seminar with Gary Hoover
How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession
November 12, 2020
Gary Hoover - Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Racial and Distributional Aspects of Economic Freedom
Co-Sponsored by: The Lewis Honors College and African American & Africana Studies
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November 05, 2020
Innovation and Freedom with Matt Ridley
Sponsored by University of Louisville Center for Free Enterprise
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September 29, 2020
"I Got My Start By Giving Myself a Start: Madam C. J. Walker's Secrets to Business Success” by A'Lelia Bundles
Co-Sponsors: Lewis Honors College Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council and UK Martin Luther King Center
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September 10, 2020
Clifton L. Taulbert: "Tulsa’s Black Wall Street: A Multi-Path Journey"
Co-Sponsored by: Lewis Honors College and UK Martin Luther King Center
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April 15, 2020
Virtual Entrepreneurship - Guest speaker, Nick Mattingly
Co-Sponsored by: The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship, and The Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise
March 26, 2020
Webinar - Lessons Learned from an Entrepreneur - Guest Speaker : Josh Konowe
Co-Sponsored by: The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship, and The Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise
February 13, 2020
Steve Forbes - The Case for Freedom and Free Enterprise
Co-Sponsored by: YAF and The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship
October 24, 2019
The Fight for Freedom in Venezuela: First-Hand Experiences and their Relevance for the U.S.
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March 27, 2019
Andy Puzder - Why Millennials Should Embrace Capitalism and Reject Socialism
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September 20, 2018
Occupational Licensing: The Need to Reform Kentucky
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April 14, 2018
The Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Research Conference
1st Annual Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Research Conference
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March 08, 2018
Understanding and Improving the U.S. Organ Donation Market: A Look at Allocation and the Introduction of Exchange
A workshop with Dr. Keith Teltser, Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Louisville
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February 07, 2018
What's Ahead for Bitcoin?
A panel discussion with an internationally renowned expert on cryptocurrencies - Dr. Will Luther
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November 30, 2017
Fixing the Organ Donation Market
A workshop with Dr. Ike Brannon, President of Capital Policy Analytics
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October 23, 2017
Victims of Communism - Dr. Murray Bessette
The Hopes of Socialism: Liberty, Equality, Solidarity
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October 18, 2017
“Hidden Debt, Hidden Deficits: How Pension Promises are Swallowing Government Budgets, and What Can Be Done”
A conversation with Stanford pension expert Joshua D. Rauh
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March 30, 2017
Panel Discussion: What’s Next for Kentucky Schools?
The Outlook for K–12 under President Trump
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January 31, 2017
Panel Discussion: Environmental Regulation and Use of Benefit-Cost Analysis by Policymakers
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