Economics

Educating on Capital and Liberty

ABSTRACT

This colloquium explored the nature and relationship of all forms of capital as they relate to ethics, the university, corporate flourishing, and liberty in a free society.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Becker, Gary. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Edited by David R. Henderson. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007.

Becker, Gary . “Human Capital.” The Journal of Political Economy 101, no. 3 (2007): 460-643.

Becker, Gary S. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. Chicago: University Press, 2007.

Berger, Peter L. and Huntington, Samuel. Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World. Oxford: University Press, 2003.

Drucker, Peter F.. The Essential Drucker. New York: Harper Collins, 2001.

Fogel, Robert. The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism: The Political Realignment of the 1990s and the fate of Egalitarianism. Chicago: University Press, 2000.

Hayek, F.A.. The Works of F.A. Hayek, vol. 12. Chicago: University Press, 2007.

Malloch, Theodore. Spiritual Enterprise: Doing Virtuous Business. New York: Encounter Books, 2008.

Malloch, Theodore and Massey, Scott. Renewing American Culture: The Pursuit of Happiness. Beverly, MA: M & M Scrivener Press, 2006.

Porter, Michael E.. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Free Press: Indianapolis, 1998.

Putnam, Robert. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981.

Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Edited by Heffner, Richard. New York: Signet Classics, 2010.

Weber, Max. The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism and Other Writings. Edited by Peter Baehr and Gordon C. Wells. New York: Penguin Books, 2002.