It is entirely free for the participating students (full board), though transport costs to and from Cambridge will not be refunded.
Because this seminar is funded by private donations, we require participants to be present for the whole period of the seminar (from Monday 13 July lunchtime until Friday 17 July after lunch) and to take part in all the lectures. There is ample free time in between and after lectures to meet socially.
Mark Pennington is currently finalising the timetable - which will broadly be based on the 2008 Programme. Dr. Tom Palmer, Professor Chandran Kukathas, Dr. Anthony Evans, Dr. Mark Pennington, Dr. Craig Smith and Professor Stephen Davies have agreed to lecture at Freedom Week 2009.
Draft Timetable:
Monday 13 July:
Arrival by midday
Buiffet lunch
Welcome
Why spontaneity beats planning - Dr. Madsen Pirie
Hayek and the spontaneanous order tradition - Dr. Mark Pennington
Dinner Great Hall
Tuesday 14 July:
Classical liberalism and social justice - Dr. Craig Smith
Classical liberalism and globalisation - Professor Steve Davies
Lunch Great Hall
The financial crisis - Dr. Anthony Evans
Public choice and the politics of government failure - Dr. Mark Pennington
Dinner Old Library (with guest speakers)
Wednesday 15 July:
Competition and monopolies - Dr. Anthony Evans
[Problems of egalitarianism] - Professor Chandran Kukathas
Lunch Great Hall
Punting
History of Liberty I - Dr. Tom Palmer
Classical liberalism and the welfare state - Professor Steve Davies
BBQ on Jesus Green organised by the Adam Smith Institute
Thursday 16 July:
Private provision of collective goods - Professor Steve Davies
Free market environmentalism - Dr. Mark Pennington
Lunch Great Hall
History of Liberty II - Dr. Tom Palmer
[Liberty and Multiculturalism] - Professor Chandran Kukathas
Drinks reception offered by the Institute of Economic Affairs
Dinner Great Hall (with guest speakers and guest of honour)
Friday 17 July:
Adam Smith and political economy
The next 50 years of freedom, markets and opportunities - by Dr. Madsen Pirie
Human rights - JP Floru
Lunch Great Hall
Departure delegates
"I think it a tragedy that in a country which has inspired many others to adopt market-oriented reforms, so few of our young people have any awareness of the basic principles that inform the case for the free society. As a university lecturer, I despair at the ignorance of classical liberal principles that students exhibit though this ignorance is understandable given the continuing dominance of the far left in many of our higher educational institutions. Freedom Week will provide a superb opportunity to bring together some of the brightest and most open-minded students and to expose them to the underlying philosophical and economic principles that form the bedrock for a free society."
Dr. Mark Pennington
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy
Queen Mary, University of London
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