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News
- The Clemson Institute is proud
to announce our new mini-site, called
Capitalism Resources. Click the link above
or here to have a look.
- NEW! The Clemson Institute is proud to
announce the publication of the
U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008
Report. Learn more here.
- NEW! Click here to watch videos of
the 2007-2008 Pope Foundation Lecture
Series and our other multimedia content.
- The Clemson Institute is pleased to
welcome Dr. Peter McNamara as the Hayek
Visiting Scholar for the fall semester 2008.
- The Clemson Institute will host its third
annual summer conference for college
students, "Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
and the Moral Foundations of Capitalism"
from in early summer 2009 on Clemson
University's campus.
Click here to find out more.
Academic Advisory
Council
Gary S. Becker
University Professor of Economics and Sociology
University of Chicago
Winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economics
Robert B. Ekelund
Lowder Eminent Scholar Emeritus
Department of Economics
Auburn University
Richard A. Epstein
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor
University of Chicago Law School
Kenneth R. French
Carl E. and Catherine M. Heidt Professor of Finance
Dartmouth College
Robert P. George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence
Princeton University
Alan Charles Kors
Professor of History
University of Pennsylvania
Harvey C. Mansfield
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government
Harvard University
Tara Smith
Professor of Philosophy
The University of Texas
Vernon Smith
Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics
Gordon S. Wood
Alva O. Way University Professor of History
Brown University
Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for History
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Studying the Great Minds of
Moral & Economic Thought
Students & faculty associated with the Clemson Institute will study
those thinkers who have thought most deeply about the moral foundations of
capitalism. |
Exploring the Moral Foundations
of Capitalism
Founded in the fall of 2005 with a
generous grant from the BB&T Charitable Foundation, the Clemson
Institute for the Study of Capitalism is dedicated to exploring the
moral, legal, constitutional, political and economic foundations of
capitalism. The Clemson Institute is particularly devoted to
fostering a serious examination of a free society.
The Clemson Institute for the Study of
Capitalism will foster a world-class conversation on certain basic
questions:
- What are the moral foundations of a
free society?
- Are there objective principles of
morality and justice on which the institutions of governments must
rest and by which the decisions of public officials can be
evaluated?
- What role should government play in
a capitalist system?
- What is the proper relationship
between government and the individual?
- What structures of government are
most conducive to promoting the ideals of a free society?
- What is the relationship between
economic and intellectual freedom?
To advance its mission, the Clemson
Institute implements a number of programs. Currently, the Clemson
Institute is sponsoring a variety of conferences, lectures, seminars and
colloquia, a "Junior Fellows" program that provides Clemson
undergraduates with an opportunity to interact with some of the country's
leading scholars on capitalism, and two one-week seminars for high
school students on the moral foundations of capitalism. In the future,
the Clemson Institute will sponsor a visiting scholars program, summer
seminars for college students, and an undergraduate program that focuses
on the moral, legal, constitutional, political and economic foundations
of a free society.
The success of the Clemson Institute for
the Study of Capitalism depends on the support of foundations and
private individuals who share its commitment to advancing the
understanding and appreciation of the system of free minds and free
markets. We are deeply grateful to all who support our venture. |
