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Especialistas da Escola Austríaca encontram-se neste fim-de-semana para a Segunda Conferência Anual de Toronto, promovida pelo Instituto Mises do Canadá.

Para quem não pode ir, o Mises oferece a oportunidade de acompanhar o debate e até de contribuir com recentes trabalhos sobre os temas propostos.

O facilitador é o serviço eProf para você se conectar [live streaming TASC through eProf.], combinando o estilo profissional do encontro com a atração extra de ouvir e apresentar pesquisa nova e inovadora, tomando parte de um debate vibrante e interagindo com especialistas com afinidade de interesses na área de pesquisa.

Este segundo encontro anual (TASC) – Toronto Austrian Scholars Conference – coincidirá com o lançamento da publicação Journal of Prices & Markets, voltada para o discurso acadêmico de economia.

Veja o programa, a seguir, e o link para se inscrever, ao final.

SCHEDULE 

Saturday November 2

8:00-9:00 a.m. Coffee and refreshments

9:00-9:30 a.m. Kel Kelly, Corporate Economist, GROWMARK, Inc.: “The ‘Demand from China’ Fallacy”

9:30-9:45 a.m. Break

9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Session 1a: Behavioral Economics

Alex Malt, University of Durham, U.K.: “Psyche and Praxis: Extended Cognition and the Austrian School”

Francois Mottard, Independent Scholar: “The psychological forces that change businesses into bureaucracies”

Amanda Achtman, University of Calgary: “Human Action versus Behaviourialism: Can Praxeology and Experimental Economics be Reconciled?

11:15 -11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 – 12:15 p.m Nick Barisheff, BMG Bullion: “The Federal Reserve’s Centennial Birthday—the 100 Years’ War Against Gold and Economic Common Sense”

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Session 2: Law and Public Policy

Dr. Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto: “The Democracy Fallacy”

John Brätland, U.S. Department of the Interior: “Intractable Injustice in the Compensation for Public Takings of Property”

Dr. Calvin Hayes, Brock University: “Why Libertarians should be Strong Opponents of Intellectual Property Rights”

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Session 3: Applied Economics

Dr. Pierre Desrochers, University of Toronto: “Long Distance Trade and Food Security: (Re)Stating the Obvious”

Dr. William Corcoran, University of Nebraska, Omaha: “An Austrian Fantasy: Higher Education”

Dr. Grahame Booker, University of Waterloo: “The non-relevance of a right to food”

4:30 – 4:45 p.m. Break

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. Dr. David Howden, St. Louis University – Madrid Campus: “Iceland’s Collapse: It’s Wasn’t Inevitable, and It Could Happen Here”

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Redmond Weissenberger, Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada: Wrap up, final comments

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE STREAMCAST.

 

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