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The Second Annual Conference of the Academy on Capitalism & Limited Government, billed The Schumpeter Symposium this year, was hosted by Champaign's new I Hotel over Foundation Weekend.
A packed ballroom of 350 or so students, faculty and Academy friends heard Carl Schramm deliver the keynote (view the keynote address) followed by a round-table discussion led by moderator/economist J. Fred Giertz. Panelists included four distinguished UIUC faculty members - Professors Rajshree Agarwal (John Georges Professor of Technology Management and Strategy), Jude C. Hays (assistant professor of political science), Stephen C. Parente (associate professor of economics) and Thomas S. Ulen (Swanlund Chair and Director of the Program in Law and Economics.
Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, is a Batten Fellow in the Darden School, University of Virginia and co-author of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, now available in seven languages and recently named one of the "Top Ten Books That Drive Debate" by the National Chamber Foundation.
The ACLG Board is pleased and proud to announce White House recognition of one of its Board members and two Advisory Council members within a three month period.
In a White House ceremony last Nov. 15th, President Bush awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal to Dr. Stephen Balch, “for leadership and advocacy upholding the noblest traditions of higher education,” and Prof. Victor Davis Hanson, military historian and author, “for recounting the history of our nation's struggle for liberty,” and “ongoing quest for justice for all.” Three months later, Feb. 12, 2008, the White House announced that President Bush intends to nominate Dr. Jeffrey Brown, William G. Karnes Professor of FinanceÊon this UIUC campus, one of two public trustees of the Social Security and Medicare programs.
Foundation Weekend Inaugural Conference
Check out our video clips of the September 27, 2007 event
Steve Forbes introducing Robert Novak
- Steve Forbes - Five Basic Principles Economic Growth
- Robert Novak - Introductory Speech