The Bastiat Society presents, "Mind vs Money: Why intellectuals hate Capitalism and What to Do About It."

Mind vs. Money: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism, and What to Do About It When Monday, May 22, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM CDT Add to Calendar   Where ADS Security Nashville 3001 Armory Dr #100 Nashville, TN 37204 Driving Directions Dear Rod, We're only one week out from the May meeting of the Bastiat Society! The evening will feature food, drinks, great networking with like-minded individuals, and a talk by Alan Kahan on defending capitalism to intellectuals. We hope you can join us! *Events are free and open to the public, but registration is appreciated! *Be sure to note our new location!   Register Now! I can't make it   Sincerely,   Hannah Cox The Bastiat Society nashville@bastiatsociety.com 615-383-6431

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Bastiat Society will host an event with Bryan Caplan, New York Times Bestselling author. The Science and Ethics of Housing, Sept. 30th.

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Bryan Caplan, New York Times Bestselling author. 

About this event 

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Bryan Caplan, New York Times Bestselling author and Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Can one big policy change sharply improve living standards, inequality, social mobility, crime, birthrates, the environment, and much more? Yes, and the name of the big policy change is “housing deregulation”. In this talk, based on his forthcoming non-fiction graphic novel, Caplan argues that housing deregulation is a genuine policy panacea, able to simultaneously remedy a long list of seemingly intractable social ills. All government has to do is get out of the way, repealing regulations of building height, multi-family structures, lot sizes, parking, and more. Would deregulation create any new problems? Almost certainly, but they’re a rounding error compared to the gains. 

Eventbrite ticket required. 

The Bastiat Society of Nashville’s speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). This co-sponsorship does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the speakers’ positions on the issues discussed. 

Schedule: 6:00 - 6:30 PM: Networking 6:30 - 7:15 PM: Presentation 7:15 - 7:30 PM: Q&A 

Ticket Prices: $0 for Founding Members $10 for Annual Members $20 for Non-Members $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non- .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price.

More about the speaker: 

Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. Bryan wrote The Myth of the Rational Voter, named “the best political book of the year” by the New York Times, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, The Case Against Education, and Open Borders (co-authored with Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal's Zach Weinersmith). His latest project, Poverty: Who To Blame, is now well underway.

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Bastiat Society of Nashville presents Thomas L. Krannawitter lecturing on A Citizens's Guide to the Constitution

 

Thu Sep 7th 6:00pm - 8:00pm (CDT); Richland Country Club, 1 Club Dr, Nashville, TN 37215

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Thomas L. Krannawitter, President of Speakeasy Ideas.

There’s little left of our constitutional republic. If we are to save it and recover the virtues, habits, and lifestyles of self-governing, free citizens, we must create a constitutional culture in America. For that to happen, we are in need of a citizen’s guide to the Constitution. Not a guide for lawyers, judges, bureaucrats, or experts, but a guide for citizens who vote and make their voices heard.

The Constitution is ours, after all. We The People must understand it if we are to hold our government officials accountable to it. And we must hold government officials accountable to the Constitution, if we are to save what remains of our constitutional republic. Should we fail, self-government will fade away as we enter a terrible new age of submission and compliance under an utterly unconstitutional administrative state.

Eventbrite Ticket Required. Register here.

Schedule:
6:00 - 6:30 pm: Networking
6:30 - 7:15 pm: Presentation
7:15 - 7:30 pm: Q & A

Ticket Prices:
$0 for Founding Members
$10 for Annual Members
$20 for Non-Members$0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price.

More about the speaker:

Dr. Thomas L. Krannawitter is President of Speakeasy Ideas where he specializes in distilling the most important ideas—starting with the idea of human liberty—helping others to understand and use those ideas to improve their own lives.

He holds a Ph.D. from the School of Politics & Economics at the Claremont Graduate University. He has taught at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. He was Director of Academic Programs and Vice President at The Claremont Institute in California. Dr. Krannawitter has received numerous research fellowships throughout his career from institutions such as the Heritage Foundation and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

He’s one of the principal instructors for the Leadership Program of the Rockies, based in Colorado, and the Charter Oak Leadership Program in Connecticut. His 2008 book, Vindicating Lincoln, was featured by The History Book Club and endorsed by the United States Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. His most recent book, Save the Swamp: A Career Guidebook for Budding Bureaucrats, is a comical satire.

Rod's Comment: These monthly meetings of the Bastiat Society are excellent. The speakers are always engaging, informative, and thought provoking and are experts in their field. Many are published authors and highly credentialed scholars. Also, the people attending are intelligent, thoughtful and interesting people and the socializing is enjoyable. Also, the food is excellent! It is much better than the normal cheese and veggie tray one often encounters at fundraiser or political events and there is a full open bar. I highly recommend the Bastiat Society events. 

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"Teacher vs. Unions: One Woman's Courageous Fight to Free Her Profession" with Rebecca Friedrichs

 

From Hannah Cox of the Bastiat Society:

 

Dear Rod,

We're kicking off the 2018 year with a Bastiat Society event featuring Rebecca Friedrichs. Friedrichs is a former teacher who took her battle against forced unionization all the way up to the supreme court. You won't want to miss our kick-off event!

Events are free and open to the public, but we do ask that you register so we can provide adequate food and beverages for all of our guests. 

6:00 pm Happy Hour

6:30 pm Speaker

7:00 pm Q&A

The Bastiat Society of Nashville is a project of the Beacon Center of Tennessee in association with the Bastiat Society and AIER.

Rebecca Friedrichs, a twenty-eight year veteran elementary school teacher, is the face of a national

Rebecca Friedrichs

movement by teachers and other public employees to end forced unionism.

The Friedrichs case was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2016 and sought to bring "right to work" civil rights to all public employees in America.

The Court was poised to rule 5-4 for Rebecca and all public employees who want to be free from forced speech. But Justice Scalia died a month after oral arguments leaving our country stunned, and resulting in a 4-4 tied decision for the Friedrichs case.

Rebecca is currently building a national movement to restore proper authority to parents and teachers in our schools and to give voice to those abused by unions. Her network is supporting Mark Janus in his US Supreme Court case, Janus v AFSCME, which will be heard February 26, 2018, and also seeks to free workers from forced unionism.

Rebecca's editorials have been published around the country. She's the host of a successful Prager University video on the real reasons teachers unions attack school choice.

She's appeared on numerous radio, and television news outlets including CBS News, NBC, FOX News, FOX Business Network, and NPR.

Rebecca is happily married to Charles Friedrichs, Director of the School of Music and Dance at San Diego State University. She and Charles have two grown sons, Kyle and Ben.

When: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM CST

Where: ADS Security, 3001 Armory Dr #100, Nashville, TN 37204

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The Bastiat Society with Andy Puzder - The Capitalist Comeback. Thursday, May 10th

From The Bastiat Society:

We have an exciting event lined up for our May meeting of the Bastiat Society of Middle Tennessee! Former CEO of CKE Restaurants (think Hardee's and Carl's Jr.) and President Trump's nominee for Labor Secretary, Andy Puzder, will be joining us to launch his new book, "The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left's Plot to Stop It."

Andy Puzder

Puzder is a longtime and outspoken advocate of capitalism and even moved his company's business holdings to Tennessee when California's economic climate became too hostile. In his talk, Puzder will discuss his experience as a business leader as well as the topics in his book, which revolve around regulatory reform and economic growth.

The Bastiat Society of Middle Tennessee is a project of the Beacon Center that offers free, monthly events to the public. Our meetings include a networking time with light food and beverages, a speaker series, and a discussion. Join members of Tennessee's business community and further your understanding of intricate policy reforms that advance capitalism and free trade. Read more about our speaker here. 

For time location and registration information follow this link.

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Bastiat Society to host a Nashville in-person event with Daniel J. Smith. Are Markets Moral?

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an in-person event with Daniel J. Smith

About this event

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an in-person event with Daniel J. Smith, Director of the Political Economy Research Institute and Professor of Economics in the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University.

Even the harshest critics of market societies begrudgingly recognize the efficiency of markets in generating unprecedented material abundance. Rather, modern critics argue that markets lead to unjust distributions of wealth by encouraging immoral behavior. In this talk, Smith argues that markets aren’t just more efficient; they are also moral and moralizing. The least-off in society are the primary beneficiaries of market institutions. By encouraging the adoption of commercial virtues, markets also foster morality and tolerance.

Daniel J. Smith is the Director of the Political Economy Research Institute and Professor of Economics in the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. He serves as the North American Co-editor of The Review of Austrian Economics and is the President of the Society for Development of Austrian Economics. His academic research and policy work uses Austrian and public choice economics to analyze private and public governance institutions. While his primary research areas are on monetary institutions and public pensions, he has also done fieldwork following natural disasters and even examined the governance institutions of brawling soccer hooligans, cyclists in the Tour de France, and the patricians of historic Venice. Other academic and policy research he has undertaken examines the effects of occupational licensing, payday lending regulation, and the morality of markets.

He is the co-author of Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions (Cambridge University Press), written with Peter J. Boettke and Alexander W. Salter, and The Political Economy of Public Pensions (Cambridge University Press), written with Eileen Norcross. His research is published in academic journals, such as Public Choice, Economics of Governance, Constitutional Political Economy, and The Review of Austrian Economics, and in chapters in books published by Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Wiley-Blackwell. Smith has published numerous op-eds in national and regional outlets, including in the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Investor's Business Daily, and CNBC.com. Daniel received his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University and a B.B.A. in economics and finance from Northwood University.

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Universal Basic Income Pro and Con, topic of The Bastiat Society of Nashville Monday March 7th meeting.

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Robert E. Wright and Aleksandra Przegalińska.

A balanced assessment of the potential benefits and costs of adopting a universal basic income policy, UBI Pro and Con explores arguments for and against Universal Basic Income (UBI) proposals. After defining UBI, providing historical examples, and describing recent UBI experiments, the speakers will summarize each argument in favor of UBI and immediately follow it with the best known rebuttal. Topics include UBI’s potential effects on educational attainment, the environment, family structures, democracy, government budgets, health outcomes, jobs, labor force participation rates, political party alignments, and poverty.

The Bastiat Society of Nashville’s speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University).

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More about the speakers:

Robert E. Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the (co)author or (co)editor of over two dozen major books, book series, and edited collections, including AIER’s The Best of Thomas Paine (2021) and Financial Exclusion (2019). He has also (co)authored numerous articles for important journals, including the American Economic Review, Business History Review, Independent Review, Journal of Private Enterprise, Review of Finance, and Southern Economic Review. Robert has taught business, economics, and policy courses at Augustana University, NYU’s Stern School of Business, Temple University, the University of Virginia, and elsewhere since taking his Ph.D. in History from SUNY Buffalo in 1997.

Aleksandra Przegalińska (Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Warsaw, 2013) is Vice Rector of a major business school in Warsaw, Poland called Kozminski University. Aleksandra is a prolific author with significant followings on LinkedIn (ca. 10,000 followers), Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Her podcast, Something Singular (“Cos Osobliego”) is sponsored by Microsoft and Dell. As Vice Rector of the best business school in Central and Eastern Europe, she is widely known in European academic circles, especially AI ones, and enjoys regular research residencies at MIT, AIER, and Harvard University. Previously, she co-authored Collaborative Society with Dariusz Jemielniak, published by the MIT Press.Register here.

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Join The Bastiat Society of Nashville on April 29th | "Where Have All the Capitalists Gone?" with Richard Salsman

Dear Rod,

AIER's Bastiat Society of Nashville invites you to join us on April 29th at 6:00pm for an in-person event with AIER Senior Fellow Richard Salsman. 

The past two decades have seen a widening, intensifying hostility toward capitalism, even though few people can even define it. Capitalism has become a scapegoat for a range of personal displeasures and societal ills. Not long ago, in the 1980s and 1990s, respect for capitalism was increasing and spreading; in the middle of those decades (1989-1991), the U.S.S.R. collapsed and the Cold War ended peacefully, with freer systems (U.S. and U.K.) the obvious winners. Yet this victory for liberty has been derided by so-called intellectuals as "neo-liberalism." 

The last two decades have seen a tragic revival of anti-capitalist ideologies and practices, including Marxism, Keynesianism protectionism, nationalism, and racism. What explains this? How can it be fixed? Who were the pro-capitalist champions that created the 1980s and 1990s? Do they exist today? Where have they gone? Dr. Salsman answers these important questions. The key point: capitalism requires a moral defense, not merely an economic one. 

The Bastiat Society of Nashville's speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). This co-sponsorship does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the speakers' positions on the issues discussed. 

Ticket Prices: 

$0 for Founding Members 

$10 for Annual Members 

$20 for Non-Members $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non- .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price. 

Registration Required. Let us know if you're coming.

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More about the speaker: 

Dr. Richard M. Salsman is an assistant professor of political economy at Duke University, founder and president of InterMarket Forecasting, Inc., a senior fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and a senior scholar at The Atlas Society. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a banker at the Bank of New York and Citibank and an economist at Wainwright Economics, Inc. Dr. Salsman has authored three books: Breaking the Banks: Central Banking Problems and Free Banking Solutions (1990), Gold and Liberty (1995), and The Political Economy of Public Debt: Three Centuries of Theory and Evidence (2017). His next book, Where Have all the Capitalists Gone? (2021) will be published by the American Institute for Economic Research. Dr. Salsman has authored a dozen chapters and scores of articles. His work has appeared in the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, Reason Papers, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, the Economist, the Financial Post, the Intellectual Activist, and The Objective Standard. Dr. Salsman earned his B.A. in economics from Bowdoin College (1981), his M.A. in economics from New York University (1988), and his Ph.D. in political economy from Duke University (2012).

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Bastiat Society presents, "Teaching Free Market Ideas to the Rising Generation."

 

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville invites you to join us on July 30th, at 6:00pm for an event with Connor Boyack and Elijah Stanfield. College campuses are increasingly hostile to the ideas of a free society, and social media is full of socialist, statist messaging encouraging children to see themselves as oppressed victims suffering under so-called “late-stage capitalism.” How can we turn the tide and encourage the rising generation to embrace our values and understand our ideas? Connor Boyack and Elijah Stanfield are creators of the Tuttle Twins book series which has sold over five million copies. Come learn how to share free market messaging in a simple, fun way. The Bastiat Society of Nashville's speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). Our financial sponsor who makes it possible for us to meet at the Richland Country Club is Richard Ina, AAMS® - NewEdge Wealth. These sponsorships do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the speakers' positions on the issues discussed. Ticket Prices: $0 for Founding Members $10 for Annual Members $20 for Non-Members $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non- .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price. Registration required.

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Bastiat Society presents Phil Magness, author of “The 1619 Project: A Critique,” November 2nd

About this event 

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Phil Magness, Senior Research Faculty and Interim Research and Education Director at the American Institute for Economic Research. The New York Times’s 1619 Project has received accolades including a Pulitzer Prize for its attempt to refocus the history of the United States upon the horrific legacy of slavery. In doing so however, the Times came under intense scrutiny for misrepresenting historical evidence and adapting its analysis to advance anti-capitalist political objectives in the present day. 

Phil Magness, author of “The 1619 Project: A Critique,” will evaluate the merits and problems with the 1619 Project’s narrative. 

The Bastiat Society of Nashville’s speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). This co-sponsorship does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the speakers’ positions on the issues discussed. 

Eventbrite ticket required. 

Schedule: 

6:00 - 6:30 PM: Networking 

6:30 - 7:15 PM: Presentation 

7:15 - 7:30 PM: Q&A 

Ticket Prices: $0 for Founding Members $10 for Annual Members $20 for Non-Members $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. 

More about the speaker: 

Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Interim Research and Education Director at the American Institute for Economic Research. He holds a PhD and MPP from George Mason University’s School of Public Policy, and a BA from the University of St. Thomas (Houston). Prior to joining AIER, Dr. Magness spent over a decade teaching public policy, economics, and international trade at institutions including American University, George Mason University, and Berry College. Magness’s work encompasses the economic history of the United States and Atlantic world, with specializations in the economic dimensions of slavery and racial discrimination, the history of taxation, and measurements of economic inequality over time. He also maintains active research interest in higher education policy and the history of economic thought. In addition to his scholarship, Magness’s popular writings have appeared in numerous venues including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Newsweek, Politico, Reason, National Review, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Bastiat Society of Nashville event: “If You Think Markets Corrupt Politics, You've Got it Backwards!”

Thu Sep 2nd 6:00pm - 7:30pm (CDT)

Richland Country Club, 1 Club Dr, Nashville, TN 37215, USA 

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Stephen C. Miller, the Adams Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise, Troy University. 

Political pundits and watch dog lists often bemoan corporate influence on politics. However, the way the standard story is told, big businesses lobby government to reduce or eliminate regulation that harms their bottom line, eroding the consumer, safety, and environmental protections government otherwise would provide. However, it is far more often the case that regulations are actually supported by business interests, i.e. firms with political influence seek to be more regulated. Public Choice economists call this phenomenon “regulatory capture”, where the political process serves not to protect consumers, workers, and citizens, but instead protects large corporations from its smaller competitors.

The Bastiat Society of Nashville’s speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University).

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Schedule: 

6:00 - 6:30 PM: Networking 

6:30 - 7:15 PM: Presentation 

7:15 - 7:30 PM: Q&A 

Ticket Prices: $0 for Founding Members $10 for Annual Members $20 for Non-Members $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. 

More about the speaker: 

Stephen C. Miller is the Adams-Bibby Chair in Free Enterprise at the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University, in Troy, Alabama, where he is also an Associate Professor of Economics in the Sorrell College of Business. He also serves as the Corporate Secretary for the American Institute for Economic Research. His academic research has been published in several journals including Public Choice, Public Opinion Quarterly, and the Review of Political Economy, and he has also written for Reason Magazine, AIER, and the Wall Street Journal. His most recent research has been focused on the relationship between political cronyism and income inequality.

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The Bastiat Society meets Monday, Jan.9th. "Unintended consequences of eduction policy" is topic.

The Bastiat Society

Unintended Consequences of Education Policy 

Adam Peshek

Join us for our first meeting of the Nashville Bastiat Society in 2017!
We will examine the unintended consequences of our education policy over the past several decades and discuss needed reforms to get our country back on track in this area.

Joining us this month will be guest speaker Adam Peshek from the Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE). Adam Peshek is the Director of Education Choice for FEE. Previously, Adam was legislative director for the Foundation for Florida’s Future and a research associate at the Reason Foundation. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University and is currently a graduate student at Johns Hopkins.


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Where: Scarlett Leadership Institute 840 Crescent Centre Drive #120 Franklin, TN 37067

When: Monday January 9, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM CST

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Professor Brian Fitzpatrick guest speak of the Bastiat Society of Nashville, Wednesday, October 14th

AIER's Bastiat Society of Nashville invites you to join us tomorrow, October 14th, at 6:00pm for an in-person event with Professor Brian Fitzpatrick. The unexpected opportunity for President Trump to nominate a third judge - Amy Coney Barrett - to the Supreme Court brings to the forefront differing judicial interpretation approaches (e.g. originalism, textualism) and other key issues impacting the confirmation process, not the least of which is the impact of a nominee's religion. 

Professor Fitzpatrick, who has clerked for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (a Justice who was known for strong opinions on these issues), will highlight the issues impacting the confirmation process that is currently underway. The Bastiat Society of Nashville's speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). This co-sponsorship does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the speakers' positions on the issues discussed. 

 Registration Required. Let us know if you're coming.

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Bastiat Society, Nov. 2nd, "Property Rights, Economic Liberty, and the Constitution" with Wen Fa

 AIER's Bastiat Society of Nashville invites you to join us next week on Thursday at 6:00pm for an event with Wen Fa, Director of Legal Affairs at the Beacon Center of Tennessee.

The famous words etched in the declaration of independence recognize that individuals have the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Today, however, many government barriers prevent individuals from earning a living and using their property how they see fit. Wen has represented numerous Americans free-of-charge in courts across the country. He will discuss the importance of economic liberty and property rights, government barriers that stand in the way, and how Americans can fight back.

The Bastiat Society of Nashville's speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). Our financial sponsor who makes it possible for us to meet at the Richland Country Club is Richard Ina, AAMS® - NewEdge Wealth. These sponsorships do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the speakers' positions on the issues discussed.

Ticket Prices:

$0 for Founding Members

$10 for Annual Members

$20 for Non-Members

$0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non- .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price.

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Bastiat Society of Nashville meets Tue, Oct. 8. Supporting The Freedom Movement Around the World.

 

Dear Rod, AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville invites you to join us next week on Tuesday at 6:00pm for an event with Brad Lips, CEO of Atlas Network.  The Atlas Network partners with over 500 think tanks worldwide to drive change in ideas, culture, and policy; remove barriers to opportunities; and empower individuals to live a life of choice. Highlights of recent efforts will be presented. The Bastiat Society of Nashville's speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). Our financial sponsor who makes it possible for us to meet at the Richland Country Club is Richard Ina, AAMS® - NewEdge Wealth. These sponsorships do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the speakers' positions on the issues discussed. Ticket Prices: $0 for Founding Members $10 for Annual Members $20 for Non-Members $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non- .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price. Nashville | "Supporting the Freedom Movement Around the World" Tickets, Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite Registration required.

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AIER's Bastiat Society of Nashville presents, "Is Inflation Coming?"

Dear Rod, 

AIER's Bastiat Society of Nashville invites you to join us on June 23rd at 6:00pm for an in-person event with Thomas Hogan, Senior Research Fellow at AIER. Since the start of 2020, the Federal Reserve has increased the money supply by more than 30%. In April, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by an annualized rate of 4.2%. 

Is this a sign of major inflation to come? How will recent changes in Fed policy affect the economy? 

Join us as Thomas Hogan discusses the Fed's recent actions and what they could mean for inflation and the economy. 

The Bastiat Society of Nashville's speaker series is co-sponsored by The Beacon Center of Tennessee & The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University). This co-sponsorship does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the speakers' positions on the issues discussed. 

Ticket Prices: $0 for Founding Members, $10 for Annual Members, $20 for Non-Members, $0 for Actively enrolled university students who register with a .edu email address. Those who register with a non- .edu email address will be unregistered and asked to purchase tickets at full price. 

Registration Required. Let us know if you're coming.

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Bastiat Society Nashville will host Peter T. Calcagno, Aug. 15, "How Systematic Deficits Got Their Start and What to Do About It."

 

"How Systematic Deficits Got Their Start and What to Do About It" with Peter T. Calcagno

Tue Aug 15th 6:00pm - 8:00pm (CDT)

Richland Country Club, 1 Club Dr, Nashville, TN 37215, USA  

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Peter T. Calcagno, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Public Choice & Market Process at the College of Charleston.

Why has the United States experienced steadily rising deficits in the modern budget era, despite nearly five decades of legislative attempts to achieve fiscal discipline? Much of what the economics profession has written about U.S. public debt misses the central problem. Traditional approaches argue that rising deficits and accumulating debt pose risks of financial, fiscal, and economic crises or that rising deficits and the accumulated debt are not major problems but are instead the preferred solution to economic instability and slow growth.

None of these approaches can explain the Modern Budget Era Problem, which consists of two contrasting facts. On the one hand, U.S. fiscal policy has experienced a half century of business-as-usual deficits and mounting debt, even during non-emergency periods. On the other hand, business-as-usual deficits have unfolded despite 50 years of Congressional attempts to legislate fiscal discipline.

We trace the roots of today’s fiscal policy problems to changes in informal institutions, or fiscal norms, during the 1880-1930 period. During this period, the prevailing informal institution changed from what has been called the Balanced Budget Norm (BBN) to what we call the Deficit-as-Policy Norm (DAP). In short, “informal norms trump formal constraints”.

More about the speaker:

Peter Calcagno is a Professor of Economics at the College of Charleston and Directs the Center for Public Choice & Market Process, an undergraduate free market center. A Public Choice and Public Policy Project Fellow with AIER. His areas of research are applied microeconomics, public choice, and political economy. He is the Treasurer of the Public Choice Society, a Voting Member of AIER, a Board Member of the Classical Liberals in the Carolinas and has served on the board of the APEE. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters, and the editor of Unleashing Capitalism: A Prescription for Economic Prosperity in South Carolina. He earned his B.S. in Economics and History from Hillsdale College and Ph.D. from Auburn University.

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Harwood Salon (formerly Bastiat Society) Meets Tuesday Jan. 23, 2025

by Rod Williams, Jan. 21, 2025- The Bastiat Society has changed its name to Harwood Salon. I have been attending Bastiat for several years and highly recommend it. The speakers are always stimulating. At these events one hears from intelligent, educated, thought-provoking speakers addressing serous topics. Often the speakers are authors and scholars. 

In addition to serious topics and stimulating speakers, these events are fun. They take place at the Richland Country Club with an open bar and great food. There is a time for socializing before and after the formal meeting. For more information, follow this link. 

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Change of location. "Wealth Taxation and Inequality in America" with Phil Magness; Bastiat Society, March 5.

Change of location: 

Where

Hampton Inn

5630 Franklin Pike Cir.
Brentwood, TN 37027
Join AIER's Bastiat Society program in Nashville for a talk with AIER's Phil Magness, Author and

Phil Magness

Senior Research Fellow.

Is inequality rising in the United States? Is wealth taxation, as desired by several presidential candidates, a viable solution? This talk will take a scrutinizing look at the underlying data of the inequality debate, including how politicians and their economic advisers have manipulated statistical measures of income and wealth to create the illusion of an inequality crisis.

Thu Mar 5th 6:00pm - 7:30pm (CST)
ADS Security, Suite 100, 3001 Armory Dr #100, Nashville, TN 37204
Phil Magness 
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More about the speaker: Phil Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. Echoing the warnings of Bastiat and Tocqueville, his research area encompasses the two great political problems of the 19th century United States: slavery and taxation. Magness is the coauthor of the critically acclaimed book Colonization after Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement (University of Missouri Press).

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“What Would A Free and Flourishing Society Look Like?" May 2nd,

AIER's Bastiat Society of Nashville invites you to join us on Tuesday, May 2nd at 6:00 pm for an event with William Ruger, President of the American Institute for Economic Research.

Freedom has been a touchstone word in America since well before our Revolutionary War. But what is freedom and what is the proper role of government in a free society? How is freedom connected to a flourishing world and are certain values and institutions required to sustain a free society? Is freedom part of the solution to what seems like a certain decay we see around us in our communities - and in America more broadly - or is freedom part of the problem? Dr. William Ruger, the President of the American Institute for Economic Research, will address these critical questions and others that reveal the foundations of a free and prosperous society.

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