Imperialism takes many forms, and is driven by many motivations, but it result has this in common with all forms of state interventions: it fails to achieve the overt aims of its proponents and it leaves the subjects touched by it less free.
It is now widely understood that the US in the post-Cold-War world acts as empire but few understand the inevitable results and costs. This conference will explore what the Austrians have said on the topic, and how that differs from what the critics and proponents of global imperialism have to say.
The speakers will include many senior faculty and adjunct scholars of the Mises Institute.
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Hans-Hermann Hoppe: The Origin and Nature of International Conflict
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Thomas DiLorenzo: In Defense of Foreign Sweat Shops
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David Gordon: The Confused Literature on Globalization
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Jeffrey Herbener: Small States, Global Economy
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Roderick Long: What Empire Does to a Culture
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Ralph Raico: The Classical Liberal Theory of Empire
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Mark Thornton: Financing the Empire
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Joseph Salerno: Taxation, Inflation, and War
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Robert Murphy: Five Most Common Myths about International Trade
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Thomas Woods: Must Democracies Be Warlike?
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Guido Hulsmann: Mises in 1919
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Robert Higgs: A Hundred Years of War Hysteria
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Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.: How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
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Jeffrey Tucker: The International Language of the Austrian School
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Sudah Shenoy: The New Global Marketplace
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James Fogal: Protecting Wealth in Age of Taxation and Inflation
The supporters summit is always an occasion of learning, fellowship, and fun. It provides an opportunity for scholars and Members to meet each others, exchange ideas, and to stategize for the future.
The price of the conference is $195 for sessions, breaks, and a large reception on Friday. An additional $45 covers the closing dinner on Saturday night at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center, where the Gary G. Schlarbaum Award will be presented to Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Hotel rate of $99 for the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center can be guaranteed until September 26. The conference will begin on Friday at 1:00pm Central Time, and close with a black-tie dinner on Saturday.
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refresh my memory, does black tie mean tux or can I get away with a black suit and tie?
happy l,
Strictly speaking: Tux.
If you buy one, you’ll use it more, it’s a +
Just the type of conference I’d like to attend… It’s in Aurburn, Alabama, isn’t it?
When are you guys going to have a conference in Illinois (btw, Chicago doesn’t count…
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I’ve never understood why men spend so much money on a tux. Really it should be the least expensive suit of clothes that you own. When you wear one, you look great no matter what, and you look like everyone else in some way too. So no one thinks, oh look at that Brookes Bros tux! Nope. It is just a dinner jacket and tie, and they can be had for $100 bucks or so at a discount retailer of the shoddiest type. You can even snag one in all wool for that price. So leave the $500-$700 versions to the suckers who think because it is fancy that you have to spend lots of money.
Not that anyone asked!
Is the No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service policy still in effect?
Thank you, Jeffrey. I shall visit my local discount retailer this week and find a nice, cheap tux.
I cant imagin the western world still checkmenting the affairs of the 3rd world countries, after the total autonomy granted.
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