POLITICAL ECONOMY READING PROGRAM — SPRING 2023
The Free Market Institute is now accepting applications for an invitation to participate in the Spring 2023 Political Economy Reading Program, a one semester, non-credit, extra-curricular, weekly undergraduate student reading group. Program participants read and discuss selections from classic works and contemporary scholars that address important questions in political economy. A $1,000 scholarship is awarded to all participants who successfully complete the program.
The Political Economy Reading Program is sponsored by the Free Market Institute (FMI) at Texas Tech University (TTU) and Angelo State University (ASU). The TTU Participants will meet in person on Tuesdays throughout the spring 2023 semester for Socratic-style discussions that are facilitated by a university faculty member and focused on topics that address the broader themes of the program.
PROGRAM THEME
The theme for the spring 2023 semester is Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Participants will explore debates about the stability of market economies, the government's role in recessions and depressions, and the tension between democracy and technocracy. Is capitalism inherently crisis prone? What, if anything, can governments do to prevent business cycles? Should economic experts be subject to democratic oversight and constitutional constraints?
The Free Market Institute will provide each participant with a set of readings to establish a foundation for the discussions that will address these questions and others of importance to the program theme assigned for the semester.
PROGRAM SUMMIT
Participants will also attend a summit hosted at Texas Tech University with program participants from Angelo State University, on February 17-18, 2023. The summit will feature formal remarks from Lawrence H. White, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, who's work will be included in the program reading materials. Participants will engage in interactive discussion groups on issues related to the program theme.
Further details about the program schedule, including meeting dates, times, theme, and schedule of readings will be provided to applicants who are invited to participate in the program.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
All undergraduate students from any field of study who will have a full-time enrollment status at Texas Tech University or Angelo State University during the spring 2023 semester, are eligible and encouraged to apply.
APPLICATION PROCESS
DEADLINE to Apply is Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
Interested students may apply at the link below:
APPLY HERE (Political Economy Reading Program)
Please contact the Free Market Institute with any questions at 806.742.7138 or free.market@ttu.edu.
