San Jose State University, Department of Economics
DAVID S. SAURMAN PROVOCATIVE LECTURE SERIES
presents:
Walter Block
"The Role of Freedom in Economic Well-Being:
A Look at the Evidence"
Thursday, September 25, 2003
5:15-6:45 P.M.
Morris Dailey Auditorium
STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND.
Some countries are dirt poor with large segments of the population
living
in abject poverty while an elite group lives in luxury. Why do these
conditions exist? More importantly, can they be changed? Professor
Block
is co-author of one of the first global studies to examine the impact
of
individual freedom on economic well-being. His conclusions about the
pivotal role of economic freedom in reducing poverty and fostering
income
equality may surprise you. These conclusions challenge many prevailing
views. Come and hear the evidence, and you be the judge.
Walter Block is Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and
Professor of Economics at the College of Business Administration,
Loyola
University, in New Orleans. Author of the controversial classic,
DEFENDING
THE UNDEFENDABLE, and contributor to the QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AUSTRIAN
ECONOMICS, the REVIEW OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS, and ADVANCES IN AUSTRIAN
ECONOMICS, he has written or edited several dozen other books and over
200
scholarly journal articles. Professor Block served as a Senior
Research
Fellow with the Fraser Institute, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His
lecture will be based on his renowned study (co-authored with James
Gwartney and Robert Lawson), ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN THE WORLD, 1975-1995.
ABOUT THE DAVID R. SAURMAN PROVOCATIVE LECTURE SERIES: The Department
of
Economics invites students, faculty, and the general public to
consider
intellectual arguments on controversial topics. Presenters in the
Provocative Lecture Series are noted for their outstanding scholarship
and
public speaking ability. This lecture series fosters the tradition of
higher education to challenge ideas and develop critical thinking in
an
environment of respect and intellectual discourse. Our goal is for you
to
develop the critical thinking skills necessary to reach your own
informed
position on controversial issues. We invite you to attend, to relax,
to
ponder, and to enjoy the thought process.