The Austin Symposium is America’s premier university-based ideas festival on dynamism, entrepreneurship, inventiveness, and creativity. It features top scholars and writers with ideas about increasing dynamism in America and reversing stagnation wherever we find it. Join us for a day filled with spirited conversations, the latest research on dynamism, and a hopeful take on the future.

Agenda

Symposium Recap

2024 Austin Symposium recap from Civitas Institute on YouTube.

Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago    

Lessons from the Great Enrichment

Deirdre McCloskey, “Lessons from the Great Enrichment” from Civitas Institute on YouTube.

Ryan Decker, Federal Reserve

Recent Patterns of New Business Creation

Ryan Decker, “Recent Patterns of New Business Creation” from Civitas Institute on YouTube.

Edmund Phelps, Nobel laureate, Columbia University

Reflections on Mass Flourishing, 10 Years Later

Edmund Phelps, “Reflections on Mass Flourishing, 10 Years Later” from Civitas Institute on YouTube.

Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law School

Sludge, Stagnation, and Dynamism

Cass Sunstein, “Sludge, Stagnation, and Dynamism” from Civitas Institute on YouTube.

Dan Shoag, Case Western Reserve University

The Housing and Migration Challenge

Daniel Shoag, “The Housing and Migration Challenge” from Civitas Institute on YouTube.

Ed Glaeser, Harvard University

Dynamism and Stagnation: An Outlook

Edward Glaeser, “Dynamism and Stagnation: An Outlook” from Civitas Institute on YouTube.