Freedom Week Lecture: Dr. Gary Wolfram

Topic: How capitalism is good for the poor

Defining capitalism, a discussion of why capitalism is particularly beneficial to the poor,  and a brief look at both historical and cross section evidence demonstrating the degree of benefits to the poor from a capitalist system.

Dr. Wolfram is the William E. Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy as well as the Director of Economics and Political Economy at Hillsdale College. As president of Hillsdale Policy Group, Dr. Wolfram is a consultant specializing in taxation and policy analysis.  His recent book is titled A Capitalist Manifesto: Understanding the Market Economy and Defending Liberty. He was a member and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lake Superior State University, served as a member of Michigan's State Board of Education from 1993 to 1999, and was Chairman of the Headlee Amendment Blue Ribbon Commission. He has been a member of the Michigan Enterprise Zone Authority, the Michigan Strategic Fund Board, and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority Board.  Dr. Wolfram's public policy experience includes serving as Congressman Nick Smith's Chief of Staff, Michigan’s Deputy State Treasurer for Taxation and Economic Policy under Governor John Engler, and Senior Economist to the Republican Senate in Michigan.  Professor Wolfram graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and has taught at several colleges and universities, including Mount Holyoke College, The University of Michigan, and Washington State University.  For several years he was a weekly columnist for the Detroit News’s political blog and appears regularly on radio programs throughout the country.  He has contributed to national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Human Events, American Spectator and National Review. He was named Hillsdale College’s Professor of the Year for 2004 and received the Emily Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011. In 2003, Michigan Runner Magazine also named him one of the top 25 runners in Michigan of the past 25 years.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:55pm to 1:20pm

Strosacker Library, S-1
43.628913, -84.276832

Event Type

Lectures & Presentations

Topic

Free-enterprise

Target Audience

Students

Tags

Freedom Week

Department
Academics
Hashtag

#nufw17

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