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November 23, 1999 The American Economy, 1935-47 Assessing Robert Higgs’ Pioneering Analysis of Government Policy Robert Higgs
November 17, 1999 The Civil War Liberty and American Leviathan Henry E. Mayer, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
October 20, 1999 Virtual Money, Privacy, and the Internet Peter A. Thiel, Richard W. Rahn
September 21, 1999 Guns and Violent Crime Don B. Kates, Jr., Joyce Lee Malcolm
July 20, 1999 Liberty and the Failures of Government Walter E. Williams
June 16, 1999 Tiananmen Square Ten Years Later Timothy J. Brook, Danxuan Yi, Jing Chang
April 28, 1999 The New Path for Africa Establishing Free-Market Societies George B. N. Ayittey
April 13, 1999 What Should Be Done with America's Schools? Williamson M. Evers, Andrew J. Coulson, Myron Lieberman
April 6, 1999 Fixing America’s Cities Privatization and Community Empowerment Stephen Goldsmith
March 31, 1999 Why Freedom? Tibor R. Machan, Jan Narveson
March 18, 1999 Free Markets and the Economics of Life Gary S. Becker, Guity Nashat Becker
March 9, 1999 Justice, Natural Rights and the Rule of Law Randy E. Barnett
February 24, 1999 The New Betrayal of Black Freedom in America Shelby Steele
February 11, 1999 The Future of Freedom and High Technology Virginia I. Postrel
February 3, 1999 Private Solutions for the Social Security Crisis Alan J. Auerbach, Preston Martin, Michael Tanner
October 29, 1998 P.J.’s Economics 101 Open House with P.J. O'Rourke P. J. O’Rourke
October 1, 1998 Dinner to Honor Sir John Marks Templeton Sir John Marks Templeton, Michael J. Boskin, Charles H. Townes, Robert W. Galvin, George F. Gilder, Václav Klaus, Louis R. Rukeyser, John L. Schroeder, David J. Theroux
April 16, 1998 Technology Innovation Competitors, Predators and Antitrust Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stan J. Liebowitz, John E. Lopatka, Stephen E. Margolis, Janusz A. Ordover
February 4, 1998 Microsoft: Economic and Legal Perspectives on Antitrust and Monopoly Stephen E. Margolis, Stan J. Liebowitz, Robert A. Levy, Bruce H. Kobayashi
January 28, 1997 What It Means to Be a Libertarian Independent Policy Forum with Charles Murray Charles A. Murray
December 3, 1996 Stopping Violent Crime New Directions for Reduction and Prevention Arthur R. Miller, Bruce L. Benson, Erika Holzer, Wendy Kaminer, William I. Koch, Alan J. Lizotte, David B. Sentelle, Richard L. Thornburgh, Hubert Williams, Marvin E. Wolfgang
May 6, 1996 Simple Rules for Open Markets Richard A. Epstein
March 27, 1996 The Outlook for China, Human Rights and the Laogai Gulag Independent Policy Forum Luncheon Honoring Harry Wu Hongda Harry Wu
October 5, 1995 The End of Racism New Prospects for a Color-Blind Society Dinesh J. D’Souza
June 8, 1995 Entrepreneurship and the High Technology Revolution Independent Policy Forum Luncheon Honoring David Packard William R. Hewlett, David Packard, George P. Shultz, Edwin V. Zschau
January 19, 1995 What to Do About Crime Independent Policy Forum Luncheon Honoring James Q. Wilson Robert Higgs, Don B. Kates, Jr., Chris Killough, William I. Koch, Joseph D. McNamara
September 18, 1994 Health Choices For America Affordability vs. Bureaucracy
July 27, 1994 Freedom, Welfare and Dystopia Independent Policy Forum Luncheon Honoring Charles Murray Charles A. Murray
April 27, 1994 New Opportunities for Excellence in a Freer World Thomas J. Peters III
February 24, 1994 Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise George F. Gilder

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