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Junto Speakers, Past and Future
SCHEDULED 2004-2005:
June 3, 2004 David Kelley, The Objectivist Center July 1, 2004 Gabriella Megyesi, Foundation for Economic Education Aug. 5, 2004 Sept. 2, 2004 Oct. 7, 2004 Nov. 4, 2004 Dec. 2, 2004 Jan. 6, 2005 Feb. 3, 2005 Celebration of Ayn Rand's 100th birthday.
2004 (to date)
Jan. 8, 2004 Tyler Cowen, George Mason University - Civilization: The Case for a Free Society Feb. 5, 2004 James Bovard, author, "Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil." March 4, 2004 Robert Bidinotto, The Objectivist Center, "How to Win Ideological Battles." April 1, 2004 John Stossel, ABC News, "Does the Media Hate Capitalism?" May 6, 2004 Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania, "Why Universities Hate Liberty"
2003
Jan. 2, 2003 Victor Niederhoffer & Laurel Kenner - Practical Speculation in an Uncertain World Feb. 6, 2003 Donald J. Boudreaux, chairman, Department of Economics, George Mason University March 6, 2003 Henry Gifford - Fire Science & The World Trade Center's vulnerable architecture April 3, 2003 Thomas L. Knapp, Rational Review.com, "Deadly Confusions: Libertarianism + War" May 1, 2003 Jesse Walker, Reason magazine - Broadcasters and the State June 5, 2003 Jim Rogers, author, "Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Investor's Road Trip" July 2, 2003 Richard Kostelanetz, author, "Soho: The Rise and Fall of an Artists' Colony" Aug. 7, 2003 Fred Smith, Corporate Aftershock: Economic Liberty Before and After Enron" Sept. 4, 2003 Greg Rehmke, program director, E Pluribus Unum Films, Seattle, WA. Oct. 2, 2003 Alex Tabarrok - Terrorism Futures, Information Markets & a New Form of Democracy Nov. 6, 2003 Jim Powell - How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression Dec. 4, 2003 Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute, author of "Human Accomplishment."
2002
Jan. 3, 2002 David Kelley Feb. 7, 2002 Deroy Murdock - We’re too nice: What libertarians are doing wrong, what we can do better March 7, 2002 Steven Landsburg - More Sex is Safer Sex, and Other Surprises About the Way Markets Work April 4, 2002 Dennis Ainsworth - Capital Consumption 1965 to the present: its causes, consequences and cures May 2, 2002 Stephen Moore - It's Getting Better All the Time: The Greatest Trends of the Past 100 Years June 6, 2002 Jeffrey Friedman - Public Ignorance as a Reason for Libertarianism July 11, 2002 Tibor Machan - Is Free Will Mystical? Aug. 1, 2002 Sarah Lawrence - Parenting: The Philosophy and Practice of Taking Children Seriously Sept. 5, 2002 Ed Hudgins - Can Ayn Rand Conquer Washington? Oct. 3, 2002 Greg Rehmke - Promoting Free-Market Ideas Around the World Nov. 7, 2002 Todd Seavey - Libertarians, Smoking & Insanity: How ideology affects ideas about freedom & health Dec. 5,2002 Fred Smith - Heaven or Hell: The Hope and Threat of Globalization
2001
Jan. 4, 2001 Gregory F. Rehmke - How markets can deal with world emergencies Feb. 1, 2001 March 1, 2001 Jacob Hornberger - Libertarianism vs. The Moral Bankruptcy of the left and right April 5, 2001 Tim Slagle - Libertarian humor May 3, 2001 Michael Fumento - BioEvolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World June 7, 2001 Jeremy Hildreth - Cuba: A libertarian Perspective July 5, 2001 Dan Grossman - The perfect deal Aug. 2, 2001 Terry Blodgett - Tracing the lost tribes of the Israelites Sept. 6, 2001 Victor Niederhoffer - FDA delays -- how to profit from them Oct. 4, 2001 Memorial for John Perry, a NYC police officer & Junto attendee, lost on 9/11 Nov. 1, 2001 Robin Hanson, George Mason University Dec. 6, 2001 Victor Niederhoffer - Culture, Capitalism, American Game. Also: "Songs of Speculation"
2000
Jan. 6, 2000 Joan Kennedy Taylor - Sex, men and women in the market place. Feb. 3, 2000 Martin Gross - The Conspiracy of Ignorance March 2, 2000 Fred Smith - Electrical power crisis in California. April 6, 2000 John Fund - Why all the political Opinion Polls are wrong? May 4, 2000 Peter Ferrara - A battle plan for Social Security. June 1, 2000 Victor Niederhoffer - Approaches to understanding the financial market July 6, 2000 Brett Steenbarger - Psychological biases & weakness can be overcome. Aug. 3, 2000 David Ciocca - Investing in the Internet Era Sept. 7, 2000 Perry Metzger - The Future of Technology Oct. 5, 2000 Milo Hamilton - Rice -- the first grain Nov. 2, 2000 Arthur Robinson - Extending human lifespan. Dec. 7, 2000 Jim Powell - The Triumph of Liberty
1999
Jan. 7, 1999 Tom DiLorenzo - The Food and Drink Police Feb. 4, 1999 Virginia Postrel - The Future and Its Enemies March 4, 1999 Amity Shlaes - Taxation: The Greedy Hand April 1, 1999 James Bovard - The Rise of the State & the Demise of the Citizen May 6,1999 Ivan Eland - Dangerous Consequences of Clinton's war in the Balkans. June 3, 1999 George B.N. Ayittey - author of "Africa Betrayed" and "Africa in Chaos" July 8, 1999 Mike Godwin, Center for Democracy & Technology - The American Revolution. Aug. 5, 1999 Gregory F. Rehmke - Free Market Incentives Sept. 2, 1999 Bettina Bien Greaves - Human Action After 50 Years. Oct. 7, 1999 Tom Bethell - The Noblest Triumph,Property & Prosperity Through The Ages. Nov. 4, 1999 John R. Lott Jr. - More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Dec. 2, 1999 Tyler Cowen - How Capitalism Liberates The Arts (Cowen canceled ?)
1998
Jan. 8, 1998 David Friedman (speaker unable to appear?) Feb. 5, 1998 David Kelley - The Epic Clash of Cultures ? Tibor Machan March 5, 1998 Steve Mariotti - Teaching Inner-City Kids to Start and Run a Business April 2, 1998 Lawrence Kudlow - American Abundance: The New Economic & Moral Prosperity May 7, 1998 Peter Huber - Law & disorder in CyberSpace: Abolish the FCC & Let Common Law Rule June 4, 1998 Thomas Fleming - Liberty! July 9, 1998 Pierre Lemieux - Liberty & Sex Aug. 6, 1998 Stanley Mason - Creative Spark of Invention Sept. 3, 1998 Scott Douglas Gerber - The Declaration of Independence & Constitutional Interpretation Oct. 1, 1998 Nov. 5, 1998 Randy E. Barnett - Liberty, Justice & The Rule Of Law Dec. 3, 1998 James DeLong - Property Matters
1997
Jan. 9, 1997 Frank Tipler - The Physics of Immortality: There is No Limit to Progress Feb. 6, 1997 Robert Bidinotto - How to Present the Ideas of Individualism to Ordinary People March 13, 1997 Charles Adams - Taxation ? Walter Olson -- “The Excuse Factory” April 3, 1997 David Ramsay Steele - Technophobism: The Anti-Technology Movement as the Radical Alternative to Capitalism April 24, 1997 Richard Epstein - Our Inalienable Right to Health Care May 1, 1997 (no May meeting ?) June 5, 1997 Sallie Baliunas - Global Warming: What the Facts Are July 18, 1997 George Reisman - Everyone's Stake in Capitalism Aug. 7, 1997 Jane Orient - Healthy Skepticism About National Health Care Sept. 4, 1997 Marshall Fritz - Separation of Schools and State Oct. 2, 1997 Wendy McElroy - How Politically Correct Feminism is Hurting Women Nov. 6, 1997 John McGinnis - Biology and Law Dec. 4, 1997 John Baden -
1996
Jan. 7, 1996 John L. McCormack - Conspiracy Theory Feb. 1, 1996 Pierre Lemieux - The Individualist Sentiment March 7, 1996 Larry Sechrest - Hayek April 4, 1996 Eugene R. Dattel - Japan's Failed Attempt at Global Financial Dominance May 2, 1996 Carl Liedhom, Michigan State University - Microenterprises in Developing Countries June 6, 1996 ? July 12, 1996 Dean Hazel - Aug. 1, 1996 Jim Powell - Heroes Who Defy Tyrants: Raul Wallenberg, Natan Sharansky, & Others Sept. 5, 1996 Victor Niederhoffer, with pianist Robert Schrade - Music & Speculation Oct. 3, 1996 Saul Kent - The Prospect of Living in Good Health to the Age of 150 and beyond Nov. 7, 1996 Fred Smith - Marketing the Virtues of Freedom in a World of Rational Ignorance Dec. 5, 1996 Jeff Hummel - Foundations of American Statism: The Economic Impact of the Civil War
1995
Jan. 5, 1995 Felix Livingston - Homo Oeconomicus: A Man for All Seasons Feb. 2, 1995 Robert Bidinotto - The Criminal Justice: The Legal System versus the Individual March 2, 1995 Roger Pilon - On the Demise and Rebirth of Constitutional Government April 6, 1995 Doug Rasmussen - "The Communitarian Challenge to Liberty May 4, 1995 Bill Bradford - The future of liberty and role the libertarians will play June 1, 1995 Victor Niederhoffer - Camouflage And Other Deceptions July 6, 1995 James Bovard - Government Waste and Abusive Taxation Aug. 3, 1995 Jack Schwartzman - Fragments Sept. 7, 1995 Jim Powell - Intriguing, instructive, stories about great heroes of liberty." Oct. 5, 1995 Tibor Machan - Some autobiographical reflections Nov. 2, 1995 Hans F. Sennholz - Pillars Of The Welfare State Dec. 7, 1995 Randy Barnett - The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment”
1994
Jan. 6, 1994 Victor Niederhoffer - What Can You Learn from Games and Hobbies. Feb. 3, 1994 Bill McCarthy - Current Issues of Gun Control March 3, 1994 Kenneth Rendell - How Human Nature Propels Bad Forgeries Into Major Literary Hoaxes. April 7, 1994 Jacob "Bumper" Hornberger - The Dangers of Socialized Medicine May 5, 1994 Caroline Baum - Analysis of Financial Markets. June 2, 1994 Gary Greenberg - Ancient Israel and Modern America: The Dangerous Parallels July 7, 1994 Michael Balboa - Economic and Political Trends in Certain Less-developed Countries Aug. 4, 1994 Arthur E. Gandolfi - Sex, Economics and the Meaning of Life. Sept. 8, 1994 Stephen Hicks - The Love of Money Oct. 6, 1994 Jim Rogers - Economic, Political, Investment and Social Observations from an around-the-world motorcycle trip". Nov. 3, 1994 John Baden - Progressive Era Reforms: The American Counter-Revolution Dec. 1, 1994 Harry Browne - Government doesn't work, and I want to get rid of as much of it as is practical.
1993
Jan. 7, 1993 Will Lewis - Music of Management Victor Niederhoffer - Education of a Speculator Feb. 4, 1993 Murray Franck & Tibor Machan - Who Has Which Rights? March 4, 1993 John Taylor Gatto - Confederacy of Dunces: The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling April 1, 1993 Joan Kennedy Taylor - Reclaiming the Mainstream May 6, 1993 David Kelley - Consequences of the Pursuit of Happiness Vs. Sacrifice During the 1980's. June 3, 1993 George Walsh - Rousseau, Egalitarism and Collectivism. Jim Wynne - Why Science Matters. July 1, 1993 Jim Powell - How Markets Generate Vital Knowledge for Human Progress. Aug. 4, 1993 (CT) Bill Bradford - Economics and Ecology, Sophisticated and Vulgar. Aug. 5, 1993 Bill Bradford - Rand, Paterson, Lane & the Origins of the Modern Libertarian Movement. Sept. 2, 1993 John McCormack - How Property Rights Can Be Used to Protect Wildlife and Wilderness Oct. 7, 1993 Adam Robinson - What Smart Students Know. Nov. 4, 1993 Edward Hudgins - The Role of Devotees of Freedom in Politics. Dec. 2, 1993 Herbert London - Current Problems in the US.
1992
Jan. 9, 1992 William Tucker - Running Schools As A Business Feb. 6, 1992 Bill McCarthy - "Vice Cop," a book about his years as head of NYPD's Morals Division March 12, 1992 Stephanie Winston - Personal and office organization Stephen Kagann - The Corporate Headquarters Complex - And The Future Of New York City April 2, 1992 Marisa Manley - Why Laws Backfire May 7, 1992 Jim Powell - Why the Morals of the Marketplace are Better than the Morals of Government Discussion: Qualities that make for success June 4, 1992 Judge Marvin Frankel - Adversary Justice Discussion: Practical Ideas That Make Life Better July 1, 1992 Marty Edelston - Battle plan for American Business Aug. 15, 1992 First Anniversary Party at the Niederhoffer's Sept. 3, 1992 Benjamin Franklin - A visitor from the 18th century Victor Niederhoffer - The Ecology of Public Government and the Market Oct. 1, 1992 Jacob "Bumper" Hornberger & Richard Ebeling - How the Principles of the Declaration of Independence have been Subverted Steve Keeley about his world travels Nov. 5, 1992 Stephen Stigler - How Statistics Can Lead to a Wrong Decision Tibor Machan - Economic versus Ethical Individualism Dec. 3, 1992 Murray Franck - Individual Rights Robert Schrade - Life with Music
1991
April 4, 1991 Mitchell Jones - Chlorinating: The Greatest Scandal In History May 2, 1991 Jim Powell - Capitalism & Civilization: How Peaceful Commerce Promotes Social Justice Discussion: Altruism versus selfishness June 6, 1991 Dan Grossman - Luck" & "Careers Discussion: The Future Of New York July 18, 1991 Victor Niederhoffer - Economic Ecology: The Home Life, Distribution, and Abundance of Commodity Players." Aug. 8, 1991 David Boaz - 400 Years Of Failure: The Lesson Of Drug Prohibition Discussion: Methods of Improving Longevity Sept. 5, 1991 Mitchell Jones & Susan Slyman - What Makes A Good Painting Oct. 10, 1991 Jules Leopold - What Is Predictable? Discussion: "How To Think About Good." Nov. 7, 1991 Michael Rothschild - Bionomics Dec. 12, 1991 Kenneth Rendell - The Criteria That Establishes Values In Different Collecting Areas: Some Thoughts On Their Validity And On Investing In Collectibles." Note: Our list of past Junto speakers is incomplete. Anyone with information on past speakers (name, date, affiliation, and topic) is asked to send it to JuntoWeb@aol.com |