Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City
“The market economy is the only system that permits each man to attain his goals in the way he thinks best.” —Ludwig von Mises
In American politics, the only thing everyone seems to agree on is that our government isn’t working. Our politicians have never been dumber and more self-absorbed. The left has never been more tyrannical; the right has never been more disinterested in the virtues of capitalism and free markets.
Where, then, does the hope lie for America?
The answer is entrepreneurship. Despite the political chaos of the past decade, entrepreneurs have achieved significant victories against the state and are providing real solutions for the rest of us. Politicians don’t build prosperity. Entrepreneurs do.
Join the Mises Institute in Oklahoma City as we are joined by some of America’s greatest heroes who are overcoming our rigged, broken system.
Speakers
Dr. Keith Smith: founder of the Oklahoma Surgery Center and the Free Market Medical Association, undermining the disastrous insurance cartel that Obamacare further empowered. He has been a national leader in the direct-primary care model, which is revolutionizing American healthcare by removing the state and empowering both physicians and patients
Peter Klein: Carl Menger Research Fellow at the Mises Institute
Ryan McMaken: Editor in Chief of the Mises Institute
Per Bylund: Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and Oklahoma State University entrepreneurship professor
Timothy Terrell: Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and T.B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics at Wofford College
Schedule
We’ll meet at the Omni Oklahoma City on Saturday, February 21. Registration is $70 for Mises Members and $85 for nonmembers, and includes breakfast and all lectures.
Preliminary Schedule:
8:30 a.m. - Registration begins, breakfast and bookstore open
9:30 a.m. - Welcome and opening remarks
9:35 a.m. - Ryan McMaken, “The Decline of Small Business in America”
10:05 a.m. - Peter Klein
10:35 a.m. - Break, bookstore open
10:50 a.m. - Per Bylund, “How to Change the World: Entrepreneurship vs. Politics”
11:20 a.m. - Timothy Terrell, “’Nature-Al’ Entrepreneurship: Being Green without the State”
11:50 a.m. - Break, bookstore open
12:00 p.m. - Keith Smith, “Creative Destroyer: The Apolitical Story of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma”
12:30 p.m. - Adjourn
Nearby Hotels
While there are rooms available at the Omni Oklahoma City, there are several other hotel options within 10 minutes of the property.
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