Please join the political science and global affairs department on Thursday, October 24, at 5 p.m. in the Brian Doyle Lecture Hall (Dundon-Berchtold 004) for the inaugural Helen Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture. The speaker is Michael Munger of Duke University, who will discuss his new book, Is Capitalism Sustainable? (American Institute for Economic Research, 2019).
Munger is professor of political science, economics, and public policy at Duke University, and directs its Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program. He has worked as an economist at the Federal Trade Commission and served as president of the Public Choice Society. He has taught at Dartmouth College, University of Texas-Austin, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His other books include Tomorrow 3.0: Transaction Costs and the Sharing Economy (Cambridge 2018) and Choosing in Groups with Kevin M. Munger (Cambridge 2015). His research interests include regulation, political institutions, and political economy.
For more information contact Bill Curtis, political science, at curtisw@up.edu.