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» Property and Political Economy Conference

  • April 19: Workshop
  • April 20-21: Conference
  • Session Schedule

  • Participants:
    Ben Bryan, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Hannah Carnegie-Arbuthnott, Stanford University
    John Thrasher, Monash University

    Free and open to the public. RSVP required - Workshop Registration

  • Speakers:
    Doug Allen, Simon Fraser University
    Terry L. Anderson, Property and Environment Research Center and Hoover Institution
    William Edmundson, Georgia State University
    Harrison Frye, Princeton University
    Donald Kochan, Chapman University
    Dan Moller, Maryland University
    Jahel Queralt Lange, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
    Carol Rose, Yale University

    Commentators:
    Hannah Carnegie-Arbuthnott, Stanford University
    Donna Feir, University of Victoria
    Bryan Leonard, Arizona State University
    Doug Mackay, University North Carolina
    Julian F. Müller, Brown University
    Benjamin Ogden, Texas A&M University
    John Thrasher, Monash University
    Carson Young, University of Pennsylvania

    Free and open to the public. RSVP required - Conference Registration

  • April 20

    Session 1

    8:45-10:00 a.m.

    Speaker:  Carol Rose (Yale University)

    Title:  “Property’s Relation to Human Rights”

    Discussant: Hannah Carnegie-Arbuthnott (Stanford University)

     

    Session 2

    10:15-11:30 a.m.

    Speaker:  Dan Moller (University of Maryland College Park)

    Title:  “Redistribution and Self-ownership”

    Discussant: John Thrasher (Monash University/Chapman University)

     

    Session 3

    11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

    Speaker:  Donald Kochan (Chapman University)

    Title:  “The [Takings] Keepings Clause: An Analysis of Framing Effects from Labeling Constitutional Rights”

    Discussant: Julian F. Müller (Brown University)

     

    Session 4

    2:15-3:30 p.m.

    Speaker:  Harrison Frye (Princeton University)

    Title:  “Collective Ownership and Freedom”

    Discussant: Doug Mackay (UNC Chapel Hill)

     

    Session 5

    3:45-5:00 p.m.

    Speaker:  Terry Anderson, (Property and Environment Research Center & Hoover Institution)

    Title:  “Renewing Indigenous Economies: A Framework for Independence and Innovation”

    Discussant: Donna Feir (University of Victoria)

     

    April 21

    Session 1

    8:45-10:00 a.m.

    Speaker:  Jahel Queralt (Pompeu Fabra University)

    Title:  “Protecting the Entrepreneurial Poor: A Human-Rights Approach”

    Discussant: Carson Young (Wharton School of Business)

     

    Session 2

    10:15-11:30 a.m.

    Speaker:  Doug Allen (Simon Frasier University)

    Title:  “Giving Away an Empire: Establishing Property Rights Through Coordinated Land Grants”

    Discussant: Bryan Leonard (Arizona State University)

     

    Session 3

    11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

    Speaker:  William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University)

    Title:  “The Property Question”

    Discussant: Benjamin Ogden (Texas A&M University)

     

    Conference concludes