PUBLICATIONS / ARTICLES

Search By Keyword:

(separate multiples with a comma)

Sort Results By:

Category Date Posted Alphabetical

Current Events for Homeschoolers

10-13-09 FEE in Barrington - Posted 10/6/09 FEE SEMINAR FOR HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS Entrepreneurs, Enterprises, and the Environment: Reforming Environmental Policy Gregory Rehmke, Guest speaker to be announced Tuesday, October 13, 9:00 am ? 4:00 pm ? Barrington Hills, IL The Chapel in Barrington Hills, 180 Hawthorne Rd. Barrington Hills Cost: $20.00 per student, sibling $10.00, $30.00 max., parents free. Register online: www.economicthinking.org/register/ TENTATIVE SCHEDULE 9:00 -9:10 About The Foundation for Economic Education 9:10 ? 10:00 The Prosperity Paradox and Environmental Regulation Wealth and technology enable a cleaner, safer environment. But if the environment is better, why do so many think it worse? 10:10 ? 11:00 Entrepreneurs, Enterprises and the Environment For-profit and nonprofit enterprises can solve environmental problems. Clear and enforceable property rights are essential. 11:10 ? 12:00 Alternatives to Government Environmental Policy Most environmental policy flows from state and federal agencies. The Common Law provides superior protection. 12:00 ? 1:00 Lunch 1:00? 1:50 Saving Fisheries and Forests the free-market way. 2:00 -2:50 Discordant Harmonies & Nature?s Keepers These two books explain that most federal environmental policy is based on outdated and flawed and ecological theories. 3:00 ? 4:00 Economic Freedom and Environmental Protection SPEAKERS Gregory Rehmke directs programs for Economic Thinking and the Foundation for Economic Education. He is co-author of The Complete Idiot?s Guide to Global Economics and has lectured widely on environmental topics. Guest Speaker to be announced.