"Is the Gulf Coast Open for Business?"

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast have been plagued by well-documented challenges. But left largely unexplored is the question of what?s working on the ground. In Louisiana and Mississippi, entrepreneurs and the commercial sector have been quietly playing a critical role in helping communities rebuild, create jobs, and re-establish a sense of normality.

The panel will answer the questions: What's working in the commercial sector in post-Katrina recovery? Why is it working? And, how can public policy better support the critical role that commercial actors, from small entrepreneurs to large companies, play in responding to disasters and rebuilding communities?

Foundations of Capitalism

The Economics Department at George Mason University is offering a one-credit course for the Spring 2008 term entitled “Foundations of Capitalism.”  It will be taught by University of Arizona, Professor of Economics and Philosophy David Schmidtz who is a visiting scholar to the Mercatus Center.

Fighting Poverty through Entrepreneurship in Africa

This panel presentation, sponsored by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and is part of a week of Enterprise Africa! events in New York and Washington, DC. 

Fighting Poverty through Entrepreneurship in Africa

This panel presentation, sponsored by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and New York University's Africa House and hosted by the Stern School of Business, kicks off a week of Enterprise Africa! events in New York and Washington, DC.

The Crisis in Public Safety Communications

This symposium brings together prominent scholars, policymakers, and industry officials to discuss solutions to the deadly serious interoperability problems facing emergency personnel across the country.

From the Beginning of History to the End of History: The Pursuit of Recognition and Democratization

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University invites you to an exciting Brown Bag lecture with Doron Shultziner, visiting scholar at the American Political Science Association, discussing his latest paper, "From the Beginning of History to the End of History."

Workshop on Austrian Economics

Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellows Peter Boettke and Frederic Sautet will be giving a one-day seminar for lawyers, economists, accountants, policy analysts, and others at Victoria University of Wellington Law School.  This is part of the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand.

Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: A Symposium

Mercatus Center at George Mason University, in collaboration with the George Mason University School of Law, is holding a day-long symposium to allow prominent legal and economic scholars to present papers on current issues in E-Commerce.

A Peculiar Path: The Rise of the West in a Global Context

This conference is latest installment in the series of workshops sponsored by the Mercatus Center's Social Change Project to provide input to important manuscripts that will enhance our understanding of social change.  A Peculiar Path: The Rise of the West in Global Context, 1500-1850 is Jack Goldstone's book on innovation and the rise of the West.

Criteria for Good Laws of Business Association

For the second year, the Mercatus Center partnered with the Berkeley Business Law Journal to host a symposium exploring fundamental questions of corporate governance.