ASSC Schedule
Friday, October 30, 2009
5:00-5:30 Registration. HAL Atrium.
5:30-6:30 Dinner. STU Great Room.
“Somalia after State Collapse: Chaos or Improvement” Dr. Benjamin Powell
Assistant Professor of Economics – Suffolk University
Saturday, October 31, 2009
8:30-10:00 Sessions
▪ The Theory and Practice of the Firm. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. HAL 114.
• “The Theory of the Firm: Coasean Misconceptions and Austrian Solutions,”
Per Bylund (University of Missouri)
• “Uncertainty and the Role of Bureaucratic Management within the Firm,”
David Gernhard (Grove City College)
• “Toward an Austrian Economics of Discrimination,” Josh McCabe (State
University of New York, Albany)
▪ Revisiting the Great Depression. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “Revisiting the Monetary Theory of the Trade Cycle and the Great Depression,”
Will Luther (George Mason University)
• “Competing Theories of the Great Depression,” Aaron Talbott (Grove City
College)
• “Gold and the Great Depression,” Walter Melnik (Grove City College)
10:15-11:45 Sessions
▪ Christianity and Political Economy. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. HAL 114.
• “What Does the Bible Have to Say about the Key Tenets of Austrian
Economics,” Scott Dennis (Grove City College)
• “Can He Who Hates Justice Govern?,” Adam Gernhard (Grove City College)
• “The Just Price: Historical Summary and Use,” Anthony Oriti (Grove City
College)
▪ For and Against Private Law. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “A Critique and Adaptation of Hoppe’s Theory of Private Defense,” Mark
Warner (Grove City College)
• “Stateless Law in the Highlands of Guatemala,” Michelle Carrera (Universidad
Francisco Marroquin)
• “Democratic Radical—William Leggett and Jacksonian Political Economy,”
Anthony Comegna (Shippensburg State University)
1:45-3:15 Sessions
▪ Law, Economy, and State. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. HAL 114.
• “The Dynamic Intervention of Vested Interests: The National Civic Federation
and the Founding of the FTC,” Nick Snow (George Mason University)
• “A Misesian Reading of the Coase Theorem: A Calculation and Equilibrium
Problem,” Nicolas Cachanosky (Suffolk University)
• “Pennsylvania State Monopoly on Wine and Liquor: Public Resources for
Private Gain,” Joe Norton (Temple University)
• “The Real Shadow Economy: How Government Action Proliferates the
Knowledge Problem in a Capitalist Society,” Kristopher Musselman (Saint
Joseph University)
▪ Austrian Views of Cycles and Investing. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “An Austrian View of the Panic of 1797,” Nick Curott (George Mason
University)
• “An Austrian Approach to Investing,” David Hannibal (Grove City College)
• “On the Inter-temporal Misallocation of Capital Caused by Deviations from the
Natural Rate of Interest: A Retrospective Study of Argentina 1990-2002 with
Notes on Chile 1972-2000,” Alex Weller (Penn State University)
• “Critiques of the Rational Expectations Criticisms of the Austrian Business
Cycle Theory,” Liya Palagashvilli (George Mason University)
3:30-5:00 Sessions
▪ Money. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. HAL 114.
• “When Money is Meaningless,” Anna Hewitt (Shippensburg State University)
• “An Analysis of the Euro as a Common Currency,” Alyssa Yagoda (Grove City
College)
• “Fiat Money Systems and the International Structure of Production,” Simon
Bilo (George Mason University)
▪ Unresolved Problems in Theory and Policy. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “In Search of a Proper Apriori Basis for Economics,” Jacob Roundtree (Colby
College)
• “Why the Worst Get on Top: A Psychological Approach,” Phillip Gibson
(Grove City College)
• “Population Control: An Unnecessary Evil,” Brian Douglass (Tennessee
Technological University)
• “A Combinatorial and Praxeological Exploration of the Economic Calculation
Problem,” Abhi Mallick (University of Birmingham)
6:45-7:00 Richard E. Fox Prizes for Best Papers. HAL Sticht Lecture Hall.
“My 41 Years as an Austrian Economist” Dr. Walter Block
Professor of Economics – Loyola University, New Orleans