Andy Puzder: Why Millennials Should Embrace Capitalism and Reject Socialism
Join the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise for the event "Why Millennials Should Embrace Capitalism and Reject Socialism" with Andy Puzder on March 27th, 2019.
Andy Puzder will offer his view about the benefits of capitalism and the deficiencies of socialism. As a successful CEO in the restaurant industry, Andy Puzder uniquely understands how important the profit motive is to our country's ultimate prosperity. Furthermore, as the grandson of immigrants, the son of a car salesman, and someone who worked his way up from earning minimum wage to running an international business, he has a first-hand view of how America's exceptional capitalist spirit can lift everyone to success. - The Capitalist Comeback
The event is free and open to the public. Please join us in Gatton B&E Kincaid Auditorium, room 111, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Pizza and refreshments will be served at the end of the event.
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Andy Puzder is the former chief executive of CKE Restaurants, where he helped turn Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. into globally known fast food powerhouses. Starting as founder Carl Karcher’s personal attorney in 1986, Puzder became CEO in 2000 and led the company out of serious financial difficulties. Under his leadership, CKE expanded to over 3,800 restaurants.
Puzder is a frequent lecturer on economics and politics for various groups and associations as well as at colleges and universities. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, a member of the Washington University Law School’s Board of Advisors, a Director at The Job Creators Network, on the Advisory Board at Prager University.
In 2010 Puzder co-authored the book titled, Job Creation: How It Really Works and Why Government Doesn’t Understand It and in 2018, he authored The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left's Plot to Stop It.
