Junto Speakers, Past and Future

Underlined names
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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."			
			 	


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