Capitalism & Morality 2017

Saturday, 29th July 2017

7:30 to 7:55am: Registration and coffee

7:55 to 8am: Introduction by Jayant Bhandari

8 to 8:30am: “Why Punishments and Rewards Model a Hypocritical Morality to Children, and What to do Instead,” by Dayna Martin

8:30 to 9:30am: “Climate-change Activism: an Attack on Western Civilization,” by Prof. Ian Plimer

9:30 to 10:30am: “A Search for a Moral Theory,” by Jan Narveson

10:30 to 11am: Coffee

11 to 12noon: “My Experiences of Establishing and Losing Significant Businesses in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan: Why do these Countries Stay Perennially Poor?” by Rakesh Wadhwa

12 to 12:20am: “Drain the Swamp? You Bet!” by Bob Hoye

12:20 to 12:40pm: “Why I Don’t Recycle: the Economics of Guilt,” by Albert Lu

12:40 to 1pm: “My Search for How to Resolve Conflicts,” by Rajni Bala

1 to 1:45pm: Lunch

1:45 to 2:15pm: “How Images Manipulate People,” Jennifer Shanse

2:15 to 2:35 pm: “Robin Hood:  Libertarian Hero or Socialist Thug?” by Adrian Day

2:35 to 3:25pm: “Migrants, and the Future of the West,” by Doug Casey

3:25 to 3:45pm: “Epistemological Anarchy,” by Butler Shaffer

3:45 to 4:00pm: Coffee

4:00 to 4:30pm: “America’s Unwinnable and Never-Ending Wars,” by Mickey Fulp

4:30 to 5:00pm: “How Emerging Really are Emerging Markets?” by Jayant Bhandari

5:00 to 5:50pm: “Water, the Coming Collective Catastrophe,” by Rick Rule

5:50 to 6pm: Closing

Venue:
Event Rooms 1300-1500
Segal Graduate School of Business
500 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1W6
(This is an independent event, not affiliated with the School)

Host:
Jayant Bhandari

Linked here are video recordings of earlier year seminars.