Alex Epstein (author of the Moral Case for Fossil Fuels) and an advocate of the importance of “cheap, plentiful, reliable energy” and Salem Center senior Scholar Gregory Salmieri discuss how Texas’s blackouts illustrate the importance of reliability in an energy source, and respects in which Texas’s energy policies may under-value reliability.
PhD Symposium: Financial Market Research and Policy Developments
The Salem Center for Policy at the McCombs School of Business is pleased to host its second doctoral student symposium designed for Ph.D. candidates in finance, accounting, economics, and related disciplines, who are in the process of developing a financial markets research program. Students will engage researchers from leading universities, industry, and regulatory agencies to […]
Student Election Group Episode 3
As our mission statement says, “The Salem Center for Policy is dedicated to helping students and business leaders better understand the costs, benefits and consequences of policy decisions.” The weeks before a presidential election are when many Americans think most about policy, and discussions of the upcoming election often throw off more heat than light, […]
Student Election Group Episode 1
As our mission statement says, “The Salem Center for Policy is dedicated to helping students and business leaders better understand the costs, benefits and consequences of policy decisions.” The weeks before a presidential election are when many Americans think most about policy, and discussions of the upcoming election often throw off more heat than light, […]
The Economics of Cybersecurity
Tyler Moore will join The Salem Center and The Strauss Center for a virtual talk as part of its “Cybersecurity Speaker Series.” Tyler is the Tandy Associate Professor of Cyber Security and Information Assurance in the Tandy School of Computer Science at the University of Tulsa. His research focuses on the economics of information security, the […]
Megan Smith
Megan Smith is the Program Manager at the Salem Center for Policy. In her role, she participates in policy research, student program creation and recruitment, administers undergraduate scholarship awarding, coordinates events, and manages staff and student workers.
Aggie Longhorn Innovation Conference
Rowling Hall (RRH) 4.408 The Aggie Longhorn Innovation (ALI) Conference will be held at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin on November 12th, 2021. The ALI Conference is jointly held by the Salem Center for Policy and the Mays Innovation Research Center at Texas A&M. The conference aims to […]
Is Big Tech Too Big?
This panel will discuss antitrust implications for big US tech companies. As lawmakers increase scrutiny for these tech giants, panelists will discuss the variety of considerations for the future of technology. Panelists: Herbert Hovenkamp: James G Dinan University Professor of Law at The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and DOJ Sherman Award Recipient Joshua […]
Judge Glock on Political Polarization
Judge Glock, the Chief Policy Officer of the Cicero Institute joins Salem Center Scholars Greg Salmieri and Dima Shamoun and Executive Director Carlos Carvalho to discuss Judge Glock’s article “The Mismeasurement of Polarization”
Solving Texas’s Street Homelessness Problem
A discussion with Judge Glock, Senior Policy Analyst for the Cicero Institute. Before joining the Cicero Institute, Judge Glock was formerly a visiting professor at the Department of Economics at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. in History with a focus on economic history from Rutgers University. Among other places, Judge’s academic writing has […]