Organizers:

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Auburn University

Session Chairs:

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Auburn University

Papers:

"Child Abuse and Neglect: The Economic Effects of the United States Welfare System"
John Keith Watson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

"Binge Drinking and Designated Drivers: A Moral Hazard Dilemma"
Wesley A. Austin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Rand W. Ressler, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

"Can Corn-Based Ethanol Replace Gasoline? A Market-Based Analysis"
Shaun W. Tatum, BE&K (Contact Author)
Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
John D. Jackson, Auburn University

Discussants:

Mark R. Fratrik, BIA
Catherine England, Marymount University
Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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Organizers:

Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Session Chairs:

Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Papers:

"The Role of Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy in America’s Second Great Depression"
Jimmy T. LaBaume, Sul Ross State University (Contact Author)

"The Poverty of Modern Macroeconomic Theory and the Power of Austrian Business Cycle Theory"
Morgan O. Reynolds, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Bush and Hoover: Do-Nothing Cads or Drunken Krugmaniacs?"
Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University
John P. Cochran, Metropolitan State College of Denver
D.W. MacKenzie, The United States Coast Guard Academy

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Organizers:

Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Session Chairs:

Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Papers:

"The Spending Illusion: Macroeconomics from Beginning to End"
Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University (Contact Author)

"Capital in Disequilibrium: What Can Austrian Economics Contribute to Understanding Recession and Recovery"
John P. Cochran, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Contact Author)

"Hayek and Keynes on Self Reversing Booms"
D.W. MacKenzie, The United States Coast Guard Academy (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jimmy T. LaBaume, Sul Ross State University
Morgan O. Reynolds, Texas A&M University
Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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