Past Hayek Programme Online Webinar Series

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This page shows all past events for Hayek Programme Online Webinar Series

Past

Thursday 09 April 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Defending Technological Dynamism & the Freedom to Innovate in the Age of AI

Despite the fact that technological innovation has been the fundamental driver of economic growth and improvements in human well-being throughout history, the freedom to innovate is constantly coming under attack....Read more...

Adam Thierer

ONLINE

Tuesday 24 March 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Are Banking Systems Inherently Unstable?

George Selgin will present research on understanding why financial instability in economies occur....Read more...

George Selgin (Cato Institute and University of Georgia)

ONLINE

Thursday 26 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Shrinking Capitalism: Economics, Ethics, and the Governance Triangle

Since the 1970s, economic research has undergone a profound but largely unrecognized shift toward "civil society" themes—interactions governed by social norms, identity, and private power rather than complete contracts...Read more...

Wendy Carlin (UCL)

ONLINE

Wednesday 04 February 2026 18:30 - 20:00

Market Reform, Democratization, and Economic Performance

Economists Robin Grier and Kevin Grier (2021) showed that neoliberal "Washington Consensus" economic reform raises national incomes by 15% over a decade....Read more...

Robin Grier, Kevin Grier

ONLINE

Wednesday 23 April 2025 18:00 - 19:30

Is Socialism Feasible?

The word “socialism” emerged in 1827 to describe the communities with common ownership that were promoted by Robert Owen. From the 1840s, Karl Marx and Frederic Engels used the terms “socialism” and “communism” to descri...Read more...

Geoffrey Hodgson (Loughborough University London)

This event is both online and in person

ONLINE

Thursday 27 March 2025 18:00 - 19:30

Progressive Myths

Do women really get paid 30% less than men for the same work? Do American police regularly murder unarmed black men just for being black? Is global warming really going to destroy human civilization? This webinar, based ...Read more...

Michael Huemer (University of Colorado)

ONLINE

Wednesday 05 February 2025 18:00 - 19:30

Evaluating Contemporary Inequality Trends and Statistics

Dr Magness will critically examine the widely accepted U-curve narrative of inequality popularized by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman. This narrative depicts a high level of inequality during the late G...Read more...

Phil Magness (AEIR)

ONLINE

Wednesday 22 January 2025 18:00 - 19:30

Climate Change and Militarized Planning

Some academics and commentators argue that societies should engage in centralized planning to avoid climate change impacts, similar to war-time economic planning from the past. This talk critiques militarized climate pla...Read more...

Nathan Goodman (George Mason University)

ONLINE

Tuesday 29 October 2024 18:30 - 20:00

Evaluating Rent Control and Housing Regulations

Rent control is a highly debated social policy with a long history that has been omnipresent since World War I. Since the 2010s, it is experiencing a true renaissance, for many cities and countries worldwide facing chron...Read more...

Konstantin A. Kholodilin (DIW Berlin)

ONLINE

Tuesday 03 September 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Protecting liberal democracy from populism

This talk will explore the problem of populism and explore strategies to fight back against it, protecting liberal democracy....Read more...

Nils Karlson (Ratio Institute)

ONLINE

Tuesday 30 July 2024 15:00 - 17:00

The case against nationalism

In this talk, Alex Nowrasteh will define common strains of nationalism and what they mean for economic policy, personal and political liberty, and the future of classical liberalism....Read more...

Alex Nowrasteh (Cato Institute)

ONLINE

Wednesday 10 July 2024 16:00 - 18:00

Dealing with complexity in macroeconomics

This presentation will explore the theme of complexity in macroeconomic thought....Read more...

Pablo Paniagua (King's College London)

ONLINE

Monday 20 May 2024 18:00 - 19:30

Gender as a discovery process

Gender is a dyanmic and fluid social category. As such, understanding gender requires an appreciation of human discovery processes of expression, experimentation, and evolution, interwoven in culture, politics, and the e...Read more...

Mikayla Novak (George Mason University)

ONLINE

Monday 01 April 2024 19:00 - 20:30

Black Entrepreneurship: Building the Foundation for Freedom

In the talk, the speakers will discuss the efforts of black businessmen and women, entrepreneurs, mutual aid societies, and voluntary organizations in creating networks of black Americans that contributed to the success ...Read more...

Marcus Witcher (Huntingdon College), Rachel Ferguson (University of Chicago)

ONLINE

Thursday 07 March 2024 18:00 - 19:30

Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a tool of adaptation and discovery

Many of its proponents argue that UBI gives recipients "real freedom" (Van Parijs), consumer sovereignty (Friedman, Hayek), or increased protection against domination and exploitation in the labour market (Pettit, Standi...Read more...

Otto Lehto (NYU)

ONLINE

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