Freedom Seminar Schedule

An Agenda for Progress and Prosperity

The 2012 Northwood University Freedom Seminar

The Henry Hotel
300 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, MI 48126

May 17-20, 2012

Schedule for Thursday, May 17:

• Session 1 (7:00 pm): “The U.S., China, and India in the Global Economy of the Future”
  Dr. Michael Cox, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Schedule for Friday, May 18:

• Session 2 (8:30 am): “Philosophy in a Free Economy and the Role of Government”
  Dr. Richard Ebeling, Professor of Economics, Northwood University
• “Taking Back Our Economy”
  Mr. Dennis Bowersox, Founder, The Great American Movement
• Session 3 (1:30 pm):“Why Are There Rich States and Poor States in America?”
  Jonathan Williams, Director, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force, ALEC
• Session 4 (7:00 pm): “Lessons For America From New Zealand”
  Mr. Maurice McTigue, Vice President, Mercatus Center

Schedule for Saturday, May 19:

• Session 5 (8:30 am): “Can Capitalism and the American Dream Survive?”
  Dr. Timothy Nash, Vice President, Strategic and Corporate Alliances, Northwood University
• Session 6 (1:30 pm): “Restoring America’s Global Competitiveness”
  Dr. Richard Ebeling, Professor of Economics, Northwood University
• Session 7 (7:00 pm): “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon…?”
  John O'Leary, The Ash Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government

Schedule for Sunday, May 20:

• Session 8 (8:30 am): “The Middle Class in America: An Endangered Species?”
  Dr. Dale Matchek, Chairman, Economics Dept., Northwood University
• Session 9 (1:30 pm): “Ronald Reagan and the Rebirth of America”
  Dr. George Nash, Russell Kirk Center
• “Theology and the Rooms of American Capitalism”
  Rabbi Aryea Spero, President & CEO, Caucus for America