Upcoming Epstein lecture
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Subject: REMINDER: The Promised Land of the Free--Upcoming Event
Date: March 4, 2004 9:16:08 PM EST
To: crasch@openknowledge.org
Dear Chris:
In case you have not already replied, I am writing to remind you of our upcoming event, "The Promised Land of the Free," on Tuesday, March 9th, at our conference center in Oakland. http://WWW.INDEPENDENT.ORG/tii/forums/040309ipf.html
Government has grown and individual liberty has diminished in recent decades. This trend is due largely to political favor-seeking by special-interest groups (including politicians and bureaucrats), as many of the programs and publications of The Independent Institute have shown.
Special-interest groups do not operate in a vacuum, however. They rely upon (and help create) an intellectual climate predisposed toward policies that enhance government power at the expense of liberty. In recent years, they have advanced a host of novel arguments in favor of restricting human freedom and enhancing the government's power to over-tax, over-regulate, and meddle in the lives of law-abiding Americans.
I am pleased to invite you to an important program on strengthening the case for liberty. One of the country's leading legal scholars and political theorists, Richard A. Epstein, will present and refute these new, anti-freedom arguments -- while presenting an important, new defense of liberty -- at the upcoming Independent Policy Forum, "The Promised Land of the Free," to be held Tuesday, March 9th, at our conference center in Oakland, Calif.
Joining him will be historian and economist Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, whose writings have also contributed to our understanding of how best to defend liberty.
With limited seating, I encourage you to make your reservation without delay. Please contact me or the Institute's Events Coordinator, Ms. Nichelle Beardsley, at 510-632-1366 x118 (NBeardsley@independent.org).
We hope to see you on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 6:30 PM!
Sincerely,
David J. Theroux
Founder and President
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 95621-1428
510-632-1366 Phone
510-568-6040 Fax
DTheroux@independent.org
http://www.independent.org
*****************************************
THE PROMISED LAND OF THE FREE -- Next Independent Policy Forum, with Richard A. Epstein and Jeffrey Rogers Hummel (3/9/04)
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/040309ipf.html
Throughout the world, America has been known as the "land of the free." Today, however, real life in the United States is quite different from the famous promise. Over the past century, the U.S. government has grown astronomically as the average citizen's life is increasingly taxed, regulated, and spied upon. In the last few years alone, federal spending has skyrocketed by almost 30 percent, creating the largest federal deficit in U.S. history, explosive corporate welfare, and abuses of civil and economic liberties.
In his writings, noted legal scholar Richard Epstein goes to the root of the problem, addressing the moral and conceptual foundations of liberty and how they have been systematically undermined. Should individuals be free to make their own peaceful choices or should decisions by special interests, in the name of the "public good," be imposed by force? What about property rights, taxes, regulation, civil rights, and the welfare state? At this Independent Policy Forum, Richard Epstein and historian and economist Jeffrey Rogers Hummel will discuss why the time has come for a bold new defense of the free society.
SPEAKERS:
Richard Epstein is Professor of Law, University of Chicago, and author of SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism (University of Chicago Press).
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel is Professor of Economics, San Jose State University, and author of EMANCIPATING SLAVES, ENSLAVING FREE MEN (Open Court Publishers)
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Reception and book signing: 6:30 p.m.
Program: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
The Independent Institute Conference Center
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 94621-1428
For a map and directions, see
http://www.independent.org/tii/tii_info/about.html#map
TICKETS: $15 per person ($10 for Independent Institute Members), or $45 for admission and a copy of SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM. (25% off cover price!) Reserve tickets by calling (510) 632-1366 or ordering online at
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/040309ipf.html.
Praise for SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism, by Richard A. Epstein (University of Chicago Press):
"Epstein's new book, SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM, belongs on the same shelf with [Adam] Smith's THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS. It is a book of enormous erudition lightly worn, working its way through the great issues of public policy conversationally, sensibly, and humanely."
-- Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute
"SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM is a signal, comprehensive, clear statement by a preeminent legal thinker. In the tradition of Hume, Hayek, and Friedman: Richard Epstein is radical without being unreasonable, practical without being compromised."
-- Charles Fried, Harvard Law School
"This is an elegantly written and powerful defense of classical liberalism -- of belief in a system with great economic and political freedoms and with only a limited role for government. Of particular interest is Epstein's argument that the proper scope of government is not made any greater on account of modern views holding that individuals do not have stable preferences, behave irrationally, and are subject to cognitive biases."
-- Steven M. Shavell, Harvard Law School
"Epstein has to be taken seriously, and not only because of the power of his reasoning and his authoritative command of the common law and political philosophy. . . His reasoning is strong, the knowledge of specific areas of policies is deep, and behind them stands his basic commitment to a more productive and efficient society."
--Nathan Glazer, The New York Times Book Review
For more information about this event, see http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/040309ipf.html
Subject: REMINDER: The Promised Land of the Free--Upcoming Event
Date: March 4, 2004 9:16:08 PM EST
To: crasch@openknowledge.org
Dear Chris:
In case you have not already replied, I am writing to remind you of our upcoming event, "The Promised Land of the Free," on Tuesday, March 9th, at our conference center in Oakland. http://WWW.INDEPENDENT.ORG/tii/forums/040309ipf.html
Government has grown and individual liberty has diminished in recent decades. This trend is due largely to political favor-seeking by special-interest groups (including politicians and bureaucrats), as many of the programs and publications of The Independent Institute have shown.
Special-interest groups do not operate in a vacuum, however. They rely upon (and help create) an intellectual climate predisposed toward policies that enhance government power at the expense of liberty. In recent years, they have advanced a host of novel arguments in favor of restricting human freedom and enhancing the government's power to over-tax, over-regulate, and meddle in the lives of law-abiding Americans.
I am pleased to invite you to an important program on strengthening the case for liberty. One of the country's leading legal scholars and political theorists, Richard A. Epstein, will present and refute these new, anti-freedom arguments -- while presenting an important, new defense of liberty -- at the upcoming Independent Policy Forum, "The Promised Land of the Free," to be held Tuesday, March 9th, at our conference center in Oakland, Calif.
Joining him will be historian and economist Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, whose writings have also contributed to our understanding of how best to defend liberty.
With limited seating, I encourage you to make your reservation without delay. Please contact me or the Institute's Events Coordinator, Ms. Nichelle Beardsley, at 510-632-1366 x118 (NBeardsley@independent.org).
We hope to see you on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 6:30 PM!
Sincerely,
David J. Theroux
Founder and President
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 95621-1428
510-632-1366 Phone
510-568-6040 Fax
DTheroux@independent.org
http://www.independent.org
*****************************************
THE PROMISED LAND OF THE FREE -- Next Independent Policy Forum, with Richard A. Epstein and Jeffrey Rogers Hummel (3/9/04)
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/040309ipf.html
Throughout the world, America has been known as the "land of the free." Today, however, real life in the United States is quite different from the famous promise. Over the past century, the U.S. government has grown astronomically as the average citizen's life is increasingly taxed, regulated, and spied upon. In the last few years alone, federal spending has skyrocketed by almost 30 percent, creating the largest federal deficit in U.S. history, explosive corporate welfare, and abuses of civil and economic liberties.
In his writings, noted legal scholar Richard Epstein goes to the root of the problem, addressing the moral and conceptual foundations of liberty and how they have been systematically undermined. Should individuals be free to make their own peaceful choices or should decisions by special interests, in the name of the "public good," be imposed by force? What about property rights, taxes, regulation, civil rights, and the welfare state? At this Independent Policy Forum, Richard Epstein and historian and economist Jeffrey Rogers Hummel will discuss why the time has come for a bold new defense of the free society.
SPEAKERS:
Richard Epstein is Professor of Law, University of Chicago, and author of SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism (University of Chicago Press).
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel is Professor of Economics, San Jose State University, and author of EMANCIPATING SLAVES, ENSLAVING FREE MEN (Open Court Publishers)
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Reception and book signing: 6:30 p.m.
Program: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
The Independent Institute Conference Center
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 94621-1428
For a map and directions, see
http://www.independent.org/tii/tii_info/about.html#map
TICKETS: $15 per person ($10 for Independent Institute Members), or $45 for admission and a copy of SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM. (25% off cover price!) Reserve tickets by calling (510) 632-1366 or ordering online at
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/040309ipf.html.
Praise for SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism, by Richard A. Epstein (University of Chicago Press):
"Epstein's new book, SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM, belongs on the same shelf with [Adam] Smith's THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS. It is a book of enormous erudition lightly worn, working its way through the great issues of public policy conversationally, sensibly, and humanely."
-- Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute
"SKEPTICISM AND FREEDOM is a signal, comprehensive, clear statement by a preeminent legal thinker. In the tradition of Hume, Hayek, and Friedman: Richard Epstein is radical without being unreasonable, practical without being compromised."
-- Charles Fried, Harvard Law School
"This is an elegantly written and powerful defense of classical liberalism -- of belief in a system with great economic and political freedoms and with only a limited role for government. Of particular interest is Epstein's argument that the proper scope of government is not made any greater on account of modern views holding that individuals do not have stable preferences, behave irrationally, and are subject to cognitive biases."
-- Steven M. Shavell, Harvard Law School
"Epstein has to be taken seriously, and not only because of the power of his reasoning and his authoritative command of the common law and political philosophy. . . His reasoning is strong, the knowledge of specific areas of policies is deep, and behind them stands his basic commitment to a more productive and efficient society."
--Nathan Glazer, The New York Times Book Review
For more information about this event, see http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/040309ipf.html
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