Dr. Nick Capaldi asked, “Is America Facing Economic and Cultural Armageddeon?” at the CEC meeting at 300 Senate Street on 9.28.11. Dr. Capaldi is from Loyola University Business Ethics and serves as Director of the National Center for Business Ethics.
Category Archives: Speaker
Les and Tyler Watts
Jodie Beggs
Peter Calcagno
Peter Calcagno, an Associate Professor of Economics at the College of Charlston met with us at the Palmetto Club on 2.9.11 to discuss his topic: “Taking the Initiative: Public Choice Economics at the College of Charlston”
Dr. Frank Machovec
Alexei Marcoux
Business ethicist Alexei Marcoux of
Loyola University (Chicago) spoke to the club August 5th, 2009.
Richard Ebeling
Richard Ebeling, the Shelby C. Davis
Visiting Professor in Economics at Trinity
College in Hartford, CT, and formerly the president of the Foundation for Economic Education, spoke to the CEC on November 12, 2008. His topic was “The Bailout Boondoggle: Blaming Capitalism for Government Blunders”.
Russ S. Sobel
Russ Sobel is Professor of Economics and holder of the James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at West Virginia University. He has published numerous books and articles on economic policy, including a nationally-best-selling collegiate Principles of Economics textbook.
He visited on November 4th, 2008 and his topic was “Unleashing Capitalism”.
Matt Kibbe
Matt Kibbe, President of FreedomWorks spoke on July 1st, 2008. His topic was “The Mortgage Crisis and the Economy: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?”. FreedomWorks is a non-profit organization designed to fight for lower taxes. less government, and more economic freedom for Americans.
Dr. Bradley Thomson
C. Bradley Thomson, BB&T Research Professor at Clemson University and the Executive Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism, visited the CEC May 28th, 2008 to discuss his topic “Defending Businessmen and Saving America”.