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The Challenge of Liberty
2008 Summer Seminars for Students
Explore Great Ideas & Make New Friends
2008 Summer Seminars for Students
Sponsored by The Independent Institute
Seminar A: June 16–20
Seminar B: August 11–15
9 am – 4 pm
100 Swan Way · Oakland, California
Enrollment Form: PDF version | HTML version
Few students have the opportunity to learn the basic ethical and economic principles of open markets and free societies. Yet these principles are essential for understanding, appreciating, and preparing them for the world they will soon enter. The Challenge of Liberty summer seminars help high-school and college students better understand real-world issues they will encounter throughout life.
Our five-day series of lectures, readings, films, multimedia presentations, and small group discussion teaches students what economics is, how it affects their lives, and how understanding it can help them achieve better lives for themselves, their communities, and the world at large. Informative, inspiring, and fun, The Challenge of Liberty is an ideal way to make summer vacation intellectually rewarding.
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| Seminar Leader |
 Brian Gothberg is a Fellow at The Independent Institute and Lecturer in the History of Western Civilization at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. A popular and enthusiastic lecturer, Mr. Gothberg has been the Seminar Leader since 2003. He credits the Seminar’s founder, the late Joseph Fuhrig, with inspiring him to become a teacher. |
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Seminar Schedule and Program for the Week
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| Monday |
WHAT IS A MARKET ECONOMY? What is liberty? What are natural rights and natural law? Where do they come from? Which ideas gave birth to freedom and progress? |
| Tuesday |
WHAT ROLE SHOULD GOVERNMENT PLAY IN THE ECONOMY? What is the “invisible hand” of the market economy? Why did central planning fail in Soviet bloc countries? How do poor nations become rich? |
| Wednesday |
WHAT ROLE DOES COMPETITION PLAY IN FREE SOCIETIES? What is an entrepreneur? What is a monopoly? Is competition wasteful? What causes monopoly? |
| Thursday |
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS LIKE BAD SCHOOLS AND POOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? Are pollution and traffic congestion caused by markets or by government failure? What about high housing costs, poor schools, health care, and crime? |
| Friday |
WHAT CAUSES THE BUSINESS CYCLE OF BOOM AND BUST? What is inflation? What’s a Bull or Bear Market? What causes recessions? Unemployment? |
Registration
Enrollment Form: PDF version | HTML version
The seminars are available to all High School and undergraduate College students.
To register, please call us at 510-632-1366 x117 or complete the Enrollment Form (pdf, html) and return it to The Independent Institute with all relevant enrollment fees. Because space is limited for each seminar, early reservations are highly recommended.
• The enrollment fee is $195 per student, including course materials. Tuition assistance is available.
All sessions are held at the Conference Center of The Independent Institute in Oakland, California. Each day’s seminar period runs from 9am – 4pm. Beverages, snacks and lunch will be provided. For more information about Eligibility, Tuition Assistance, the Summer Seminars, or our other Student Programs, please contact:
Mr. Carl P. Close
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Academic Affairs Director
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, California 94621-1428
510-632-1366 x117 (phone)
510-568-6040 (fax)
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