Dallas: “Economic Freedom: What It Is & Why It Matters” with Dean Stansel

5956 Sherry Lane,Dallas TX 75225

13 October, 2021

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Join AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Dallas for an in-person event with Dean Stansel of the Bridewell Institute for Economic Freedom. Join AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Dallas for an in-person event with Dean Stansel, Research Associate Professor at the Bridewell Institute for Economic Freedom. Economic policies vary widely across countries, states, and localities. Economists have developed numeric measures of the degree to which policies in those areas live up to Adam Smith’s idea of the “System of Natural Liberty.” Stansel will discuss those “economic freedom” indexes, three of which are produced by he and his SMU Bridwell Institute colleagues. He’ll also summarize the hundreds of independent research papers using those indexes, the vast majority of which have found that areas with higher economic freedom tend to have better economic outcomes. Registration required. Cost is $30 per guest. Pay in advance by registering at Eventbrite. If you prefer to pay at the door, please email [email protected]. _______________________ More About the Speaker: Dean Stansel is a Research Associate Professor at the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom. Before entering academia, Stansel worked for seven years at the Cato Institute, a public policy research organization in Washington, D.C., where he produced over 60 publications on fiscal policy issues. He is primary author of the Economic Freedom of North America annual report, which provides an economic freedom index for states and provinces in North America, and sole author of an economic freedom index for U.S. metropolitan areas. Stansel’s academic publications have appeared in the Journal of Urban Economics, Public Finance Review, Journal of Housing Research, Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Review of Law and Economics, and Cato Journal, among others, and has been cited in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His op-eds have appeared in Investor’s Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and many other local newspapers. Stansel earned his PhD and MA in economics from George Mason University and his BA in economics (with honors) and politics from Wake Forest University. See full bio. 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.