Join us in Nashville for an event with Daniel Smith, Director of the Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU.
There is growing interest, especially among American youth, in socialism. Daniel J. Smith revives Friedrich Hayek’s 1944 warning in The Road to Serfdom that socialism—defined as state ownership of the economy—inevitably erodes democracy and leads to authoritarianism. Drawing on historical insights, modern critiques, and empirical evidence from Venezuela’s collapse to Nordic prosperity, Smith demonstrates how capitalism fosters civil liberties, academic freedom, and social capital. Countering claims that Hayek was “wrong,” he debunks common myths about socialism and calls for robust economic education to safeguard freedom.
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Agenda
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Networking
6:30 PM – 7:15 PM – Presentation by Dr. Daniel Smith
7:15 PM – 7:30 PM – Q&A