The Mises Institute presents the 2006 Steven Berger Seminar: Thomas DiLorenzo on Liberty and American Civilization.
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The seminar will consist of two primary lectures per day for five days, June 5-9, 2006, and discussion time with the professor. Morning sessions are 10:00 - 11:30 Central Time, and afternoon sessions are 2:00 - 3:30, Monday through Friday, with a pizza party following Friday's closing session.
Lectures
1. Lincoln's Tariff War
2. Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Mercantilism in America
3. Lincoln vs. the Constitution
4. The Classical Liberal States' Rights Tradition
5. The Revolution of 1913
6. Protectionist Origins of Antitrust
7. The Myth of Natural Monopoly
8. Labor Market Superstitions
9. The Truth about the Great Depression
10. Is Voluntary Government Possible?
Special Guest Lecture
Free Speech and Dissent During Wartime by the Hon. John V. Denson
June 6, 4:00 PM
Suggested Readings
Thomas DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War- Thomas DiLorenzo, How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold Story of Our History, from the Pilgrims to the Present
- Charles Adams, When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession
- Jeffrey Hummel, Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men
- Murray Rothbard, "Two Just Wars: 1776 and 1861," in John Denson, ed., The Costs of War (Mises Institute)
- Felix Morley, Freedom and Federalism
- Dominick Armentano, Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure
- Murray Rothbard, "Monopoly and Competition," Chapter 10 of Man, Economy and State
- Ludwig von Mises, "Work and Wages," Chapter 21 of Human Action
- Murray Rothbard, America's Great Depression
- Walter Block and Thomas DiLorenzo, "Constitutional Economics and the Calculus of Consent," Journal of Libertarian Studies, Summer 2001, pp. 37-56.
- Morgan Reynolds, Labor and the Austrian School
- Thomas Woods, Forgotten Facts of American Labor History
The Seminar is open to full-time students (no charge for qualifying students). Registration is $125 for Mises Institute Members (click HEREto join, or to update your membership) and faculty, and $195 for non-Members. Registration includes daily boxed lunches, refreshment breaks, closing pizza party, transportation between the dorm and the Institute each day, and the use of Mises Institute research libraries and computers.
You may register online . Dormitory rooms are available for $35 per person per night double-occupancy or $45 per night single-occupancy.
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Students may apply for tuition scholarships by submitting the online application form along with a copy of student ID and an informal transcript copy. A limited number of travel scholarships are available. This information can be mailed to DiLorenzo Scholarship Committee, Mises Institute, 518 West Magnolia Avenue, Auburn, Alabama 36832, or faxed to 734-448-8148, or emailed to pat@mises.org.