Dr. Timur Kuran of Duke University joined the CEC for lunch at The Palmetto Club on September 30th, 2014 to speak about “The Political Consequences of Islam’s Economic Legacy”. Dr. Kuran is a professor of Economics and Political Science & Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University.
On 12.13.14, Dr. Alex Padilla joined the CEC at the Palmetto Club to talk about his topic, “Insider Trading, What is Seen and What is Not Seen”. Dr. Padilla is the Associate Professor of Economics at the Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Dr. Carrie Kerekes visited the CEC on 9.18.13 at the Palmetto Club. Her topic, “The ABC’s of the Business Cycle”, revolved around the Austrian business cycle.
Below is the Hayek vs. Keynes rap that she had played for us!
Dr. Bradley K. Hobbs, the Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise at Florida Gulf Coast University, spoke to the CEC on 4.3.13 at the Palmetto Club. His topic was “What’s to Love About Capitalism?”.
The CEC got an oppurtunity to meet with Edward Lopez at the Palmetto Club on 2.6.13. Ed is an economics professor at Western Carolina University and also the president of the Public Choice Society and a regional editor for the Americas of the Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy. He is a former staff economist for the U.S. Congress and the Institute for Humane Studies. His topic was, “Two Madmen, an Intellectual, and an Academic Scribbler Walk into a Bar…”
On 12.3.12, the CEC met with Hyperion Knight at the Palmetto Club. Hyperion is an internatonal concert pianist and his topic was “Music & Economics: Part II”.
Mark Vitner, a Senior Economist at Wells Fargo, met with the CEC at the Palmetto Club on 11.13.12 to discuss his topic, “Looking Over the Fiscal Cliff into 2013”.
The CEC welcomed Dr. Bernard Weinstein, who is an economist and the Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, on 8.23.12 at the Summit Club. He presented on “The New Era of U.S. Energy Abundance”.