The Austin Symposium
Dynamism and its Enemies
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.
More Upcoming Events
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September 17
Keeping the Republic: A Constitution Day Lecture with Marc Landy
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.)
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September 25
Freedom and Willing Servitude in Plato’s Laws with Susan Sauvé Meyer
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.)
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September 26
Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship, Then and Now with Lord Andrew Roberts
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Thompson Event Center 1.110