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2007 Chief of Staff Retreat - Williamsburg, VA

February 23, 2007

The Mercatus Center’s annual Chief of Staff Retreat is the leading non-partisan, off-the-Hill gathering for senior congressional staff. The Retreat offers participants a chance to explore pioneering economic ideas, and interact across party lines in a comfortable and educational setting away from Capitol Hill.

The Crisis of Katrina: Lessons for Preparedness and Response

August 23, 2006

Scholars from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University released preliminary findings of a five-year research project analyzing these issues with commentary provided by journalists from the National Journal and Pulitzer Prize winning New Orleans Times-Picayune.

The Battle of Ideas: Economics and the Struggle for a Better World

August 8, 2006

In the continuing debate about how to end poverty and build prosperity, economists have put forward powerful, often conflicting and sometimes ultimately destructive ideas. In his address, Professor Boettke will focus on the history of recent economic thought, the winners and losers in the battle of ideas, and the role of institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic freedom in creating the conditions for free and prosperous societies.

Trade and Aid: Searching for Solutions to Global Poverty

May 17, 2005

Recently, efforts at alleviating global poverty have focused on lending to governments of developing countries in exchange for fiscal discipline and stable monetary policy.  The effectiveness of this policy, however, is limited by domestic cultural institutions, corruption, and a lack of local knowledge. To help policymakers address these concerns, the Mercatus Center will present a three-day course that will identify policies that would encourage prosperity in the developing world.

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

April 7, 2005

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.

Peter Boettke named Hayek Visiting Fellow at London School of Economics

October 1, 2004

In October 2004, Global Prosperity Research Director, Professor Peter Boettke was named the 2004 Hayek Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics.   

War, Wine and Taxes

June 24, 2004

This two-day, invitation-only conference will bring together a small group of leading scholars to participate in roundtable discussions arranged around portions of Dr. John Nye's new manuscript, War, Wine and Taxes.

Perspectives on Russia

May 12, 2004

Dr. Boettke shares his insights into Russia’s prospects for continued growth, increased participation in the world economy, and further contribution to international stability and prosperity.

The Constitution of Development

March 19, 2004

The Social Change Project offers manuscript review conferences to scholars to discuss their work with colleagues across many dosciplines.  This conference was held for Dr. Sujai Shivakumar at the National Research Council, the National Academies.

USAID Forum Series 8

September 17, 2003

Forum Series Eight focused on the role of institutions in promoting economic growth and brought leading scholars together to discuss how New Institutional Economics can inform discussions on developent through case study analysis.  

Understanding Developing Countries: An Economic and Cultural Approach

August 19, 2003

Given the complex mix of politics, economics, and culture, how can Congress develop policies that improve the welfare of developing nations? To help policymakers sort through these concerns, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University presents a four-day course that will develop a framework for analyzing these problems.

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

June 26, 2003

This Manuscript Review Conference was held to assist Avner Greif with his forthcoming book, Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy.

USAID Forum Series 7

June 24, 2003

Forum Series Seven focused institutional barriers to entrepreneurship in developing countries.  The unique GPI perspective and methodology was shared with USAID in a series of three day-long forums and field studies in three countries.

USAID Forum Series 6

April 4, 2003

Forum Series Six lays out an analytic framework for evaluating development policy, emphasizing the interaction between the informal and formal rules that govern the economic reform process, and the difficulties dissonance between formal and informal rules create for policymakers.  By augmenting the existing New Institutional Economics with insights from market process, public choice, and constitutional political economy, we will provide a richer account of incentive alignment and the importance of country-specific norms and tradition when considering development projects.

Understanding the Process of Economic Change

November 14, 2002

This conference was the third in a three-part series on “Liberty, Responsibility, and Economic Change,” led by Douglass North and Paul Edwards.  The purpose of this conference was to assemble an interdisciplinary group of scholars to discuss and suggest improvements to Nobel Laureate Douglass North’s manuscript for his book, Understanding the Process of Economic Change.

Real World Economic Analysis: Foundations for Policy I

January 16, 2001

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University put together a four day course to explore real-world economics.