FMI Public Speaker Series at ASU - Robert Lawson

2460 Dena Drive,San Angelo TX 76909

01 September, 2021

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Robert Lawson presents 'Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Health of Nations .' Free Market Institute Speaker Series – September 1 Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Health of NationsThe Free Market Institute (FMI) at Angelo State University welcomes Robert A. Lawson, Jerome Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Economic Freedom and Director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom. Dr. Lawson will present an FMI Public Speaker Series lecture based on his research from the Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, from 5:30 – 6:30 PM, in the Cavness Science Building – Room 100 (2460 Dena Dr., San Angelo, TX 76909), on the Angelo State University campus. This event is free and open to the Angelo State University community and the general public. About the ProgramThe Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index has been gathering data and rating countries’ level of economic freedom since 1996. The index measures the consistency of a nation’s policies and institutions with the ideals of economic freedom including secure private property, freedom to trade and enter markets, limited taxation and regulation, and monetary stability. Currently, the EFW index includes 165 countries and presents ratings as far back as 1970. The index allows scholars to study age-old questions about the consequences of economic freedom on our standard of living and a host of other socio-economic outcomes. Join us as EFW’s founding co-author, Dr. Robert Lawson, discusses the methodology and basic findings from the index. For more information about this and other upcoming events, visit www.events.fmi.ttu.edu or contact the Free Market Institute at [email protected] or 806.742.7138.