Understanding Liberty and Choice: Free Trade and Globalization

Featured speaker:
Russell Roberts, author of The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity and The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protection.

Co-sponsored by Liberty Fund, Inc.

When: May 14-16, 2009

Where: Washington D.C., Hotel TBD

What: Working conference, including:

* Keynote address and extended Q and A with Russell Roberts.
* Required pre-conference readings (298 pages) and 2.5 hours of podcasts.
* Small group Socratic seminars.

Who: PTA members only, by application (limited to 30 participants)

* Deadline: Applications must be received by February 25, 2009.
* Selected attendees notified via email February 27, 2009.
* $200 deposit due with application. (Deposit refunded after the program or upon notification of non-acceptance to the program.)
* Participants responsible for their own travel.

2 nights single occupancy lodging and meals plus $500 travel stipend.
(Attendance at all sessions required to receive stipend.)

Selection from the applicant pool will reflect the FTE's desire to assemble a conference group with the following characteristics:

* commitment to excellence in teaching economic reasoning;
* diversity of teaching experience, background, current economics-related teaching assignment, and school type; and
* geographic/demographic diversity (regional, rural/urban, etc.).

Apply on-line Here

Questions: Ken Leonard, kleonard@fte.org
206-910-9374



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