Charleston: “Can Property Rights Preserve the Environment?” with Brad Hobbs

27 Lockwood Drive,Charleston SC 29401

02 November, 2021

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Please join AIER's Bastiat Society program in Charleston for an in-person event with Bradley Hobbs, Clinical Professor at Clemson University Please join AIER's Bastiat Society program in Charleston for an in-person event with Bradley Hobbs, Clinical Professor at Clemson University. Property rights often receive scant attention in our discussions of the environment. Yet, property rights are crucial to addressing the environmental impacts of both commercial activity and government policy. How do violations of property rights occur? How can they hurt (or help) individuals and the rest of us? What negative environmental impacts occur when property rights are poorly defined or poorly defended? How do different property rights regimes affect “our” environment? Eventbrite registration required. This event is free and open to the public, but we suggest a donation of $20 to help sustain the chapter. _______________________ More about the speaker: Bradley K. Hobbs is a Clinical Professor at Clemson University. He was previously the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise at Florida Gulf Coast University for 19 years and was the sole founding faculty member of the economics department at that institution. He earned his undergraduate degree in history (1983) and then his PhD in economics from Florida State University (1991). Professor Hobbs has been active in undergraduate education having served as the founding Faculty Advisor for two undergraduate research journals. He earned the Bellarmine College Instructional Development Award (1993), the Florida Gulf Coast University - Senior Faculty Teaching Award (2003-2004), and an Acton Foundation Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Award (2008). He has taught or directed seminars for a number of national organizations including the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE), the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), and The Liberty Fund. His research work is wide in range, encompassing property rights, economic freedom, economic growth, financial markets, economic and intellectual history, the philosophical foundations of markets, and teaching. He has published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, The Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Journal of Real Estate Research, Laissez-Faire, Journal of Economics and Finance Education, Journal of Executive Education, Journal of Private Enterprise, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Financial Practice and Education, Research in Finance, and others. Current research projects include a stream of literature on relationships between economic freedom, economic growth, and entrepreneurial behavior; cost changes in higher education; and a book project promoting humanism through libertarianism. AIER’s Bastiat Society program is a global network of business professionals committed to advancing free trade, individual freedom, and responsible governance. Our chapters host over 200 lectures, discussions, seminars, workshops, and conferences in over 20 countries each year.