Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:00 PM to 5:45 PM EDT
Buchanan Hall, D180
Invisible Hand Seminar
Led and organized by Daniel Klein (dklein@gmu.edu)
This seminar serves the Adam Smith program community, and gives a forum for graduate students to develop and present their work. Contact me to receive the paper. It is OK to attend without having read the paper. We go to dinner afterward.
Select Saturdays 4:00 - 5:45, Buchanan Hall D180
Spring 2012
Saturday March 24:
Pavel Kuchar, Fulbright Scholar from Prague visiting GMU:
“Surrogate Motherhood Contracts in the United States: The Moral and Economic Effects of Legal Enforcement”
In attendance: Dan Klein, Steve Kunath, Austin Middleton, Pavel Kuchar, Tony Quain, Mary Clare Peate.
Saturday April 28:
Anthony Quain, GMU doctoral student:
“Positional Externalities as an Argument for Tax Progressivity: A Critical Analysis”
Saturday May 5:
Daniel Klein, Austin Middleton, GMU PhD student:
“Adam Smith and Four Justices: Commutative, Distributive, Esteem, and Platonic”
Klein will present a classification; Middleton will present results of a comprehensive content analysis
