About this Event
Join AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Dallas for an event with Dr. William Ruger, President of the American Institute for Economic Research, and Dr. Jason Sorens, Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research.
Freedom is the cornerstone of America, so how free is Texas?
Answering this question empirically is challenging, but the “Freedom in the 50 States” report evaluates 230 state and local policies to create overall rankings for each state’s level of freedom. Join us as Ruger and Sorens for a conversation on where Texas ranks on critical issues like taxes, guns, housing, and health, along with reform recommendations and achievements to celebrate.
This event is free and open to the public. Buffet-style lunch will be provided. Registration required.
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More about the speakers:
Dr. serves as the President of the American Institute for Economic Research. He was previously the Vice President for Research and Policy at the Charles Koch Institute and the Vice President, Foreign Policy at Stand Together. Before that, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin. Ruger served in the Afghanistan War and was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, among other decorations. He remains an officer in the U.S. Navy (Reserve Component). He was nominated to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and was a prominent advocate for ending America’s participation in the Afghanistan War. His Ph.D. is in Politics from Brandeis University and an A.B. from the College of William and Mary. His scholarship has appeared in a number of academic journals including International Studies Quarterly, Review of Political Economy, and several others. Ruger is the author of the biography Milton Friedman and co-author of two books on state politics, including Freedom in the 50 States (now in its 6th edition). His op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and he has been interviewed frequently for television and radio, appearing on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. He can be found on Twitter @WillRuger.
Dr. , is Senior Research Faculty at AIER. He is also Principal Investigator on the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas. Jason was formerly the director of the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College. He has researched and written more than 20 peer‐reviewed journal articles, a book for McGill‐Queens University Press titled Secessionism, and a biennially revised book for the Cato Institute, Freedom in the 50 States (with William Ruger).His research is focused on housing policy and land-use regulation, U.S. state politics, fiscal federalism, and movements for regional autonomy and independence around the world. He has taught at Yale, Dartmouth, and the University at Buffalo and twice won awards for best teaching in his department. He lives in Amherst, New Hampshire.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Lane, Dallas, United States
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