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Events

Below is a listing of the Mercatus Center's upcoming and recent events. To search by type, research areas, or date, please use the tools in the menu to the left.

Upcoming Events:

	Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System Mercatus Event November 20, 2009 12:45 PM
	Join members of the Financial Markets Working Group in this open discussion with Robert Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management and senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. Robert will talk about the crisis, the policy implications, and prospects for reform.
	The Center Cannot Hold: Shifts in the Global Center of Gravity Mercatus Event December 2, 2009 12:30 PM
	The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presents a lecture by Jack Goldstone, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and Director of the Center for Global Policy. Professor Goldstone will discuss the implications of the coming shifts in global economic power.
	Mercatus Holiday Dinner FY10 Mercatus Event December 2, 2009
	You are invited to the 2009 Mercatus Center Holiday Dinner!

Recent Events:

	Federal Budgets and Spending: The Implications of Increased Deficits on Federal and State Budgets Capitol Hill Campus November 18, 2009 12:00 PM
	Dr. Roy T. Meyers and Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Eileen Norcross will discuss the implications of unsustainable federal spending and the continued distortion of state budgets.
	The Rise of Sublocal Governance Mercatus Event November 11, 2009 12:30 PM
	The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presented a lecture by Robert Nelson, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. Professor Nelson discussed the growing importance of sublocal forms of governance and what it means for city and urban governance and the provision of public goods at various levels of government.
	Chicago, IL Supporter and Friend Luncheon Mercatus Event November 10, 2009 12:0 PM

	Ronald Coase’s The Federal Communications Commission at 50 Conferences and Workshops October 29, 2009 09:00 AM
	This month marks the 50th anniversary of Ronald Coase’s seminal article, The Federal Communications Commission. Coase’s critique of the political allocation of radio spectrum, and his arguments for achieving efficient allocation by allowing the government to sell rights to the spectrum, has had a profound effect on the course of communications policy.
	New York, NY City Symposium: Advancing Liberty, Creating Change Mercatus Event October 23, 2009 11:30 AM

	Understanding the Entrepreneurial Process: Tracking New Firm Creation Mercatus Event October 21, 2009 12:30 PM
	The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presented a lecture by Paul D. Reynolds, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy at the George Mason University. Professor Reynolds provided an introduction and overview of the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) research program: a United States effort that tracks the business creation process based on a cohort of nascent enterprises identified at the earliest stages of business creation.
	Continuing Legal Education Course: Bankruptcy Made Easy: An Overview of Bankruptcy Theory, History & Practical Application to the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 Capitol Hill Campus October 15, 2009 2:30 PM
	Prof. Todd Zywicki and Prof. David Arthur Skeel will provide an overview of bankruptcy theory- its history & practical application to the financial crisis of the last two years.
	Constituting Development in Somaliland Mercatus Event October 7, 2009 12:30 PM
	The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presented a lecture by Sujai Shivakumar, Senior Program Officer at the National Academies. Dr. Shivakumar discussed the importance of crafting institutions for economic development and shared his experiences from advising the Somaliland government and civil society on developing a constitution. The presentation drew on Dr. Shivakumar's research at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University as well as fieldwork in fostering a constitutional framework in Somaliland.
	Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World Mercatus Event September 22, 2009 4:00 PM
	The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center presents Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World, a special guest lecture by Professor Deirdre McCloskey.
	Arlington, VA Supporter and Friend Luncheon Mercatus Event September 22, 2009 12:00 PM

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