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 […]
The Lost Art of Dying: A Doctor’s Notes on Policy and Practice
Join us in person at RRH 4.314 or via Zoom here. Register for event here. Address: 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705 Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR (ethics), is the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of […]
Socialism Sucks (Or does it?)
To start this new semester of Policy@McCombs, SMU economist Robert Lawson will discuss his most recent book “Socialism Sucks.” Socialism has a disastrous track record. Yet a growing number of Americans, especially younger ones, find it appealing. “How can so many Americans view socialism so favorably, when in practice it has led to misery and […]
Social Capital, Civic Health, and Quality of Life in the United States
Most of our everyday interactions happen in local communities, where we use our talents, time, and energy to pursue a better life while dealing with relevant social and economic problems. Interestingly, evidence suggests that individuals trust their local communities’ ability to handle these problems effectively, and they engage in this process with more optimism than […]
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 […]
Moral Foundations of Progress Studies
The progress studies community has had a lot of discussion about technology, economics, history, and politics. However, there is no consensus on the moral basis for valuing or pursuing “progress,” and there are key open questions about how progress is to be judged and measured, who should benefit from it, and what type of progress […]
Objectivism and Education, with guest Matt Bateman, Choose Your Issues Ep 14
The Podcast of the Objectivism Program at the Salem Center in the University of Texas at Austin. Gregory Salmieri and others discuss issues of the day in light of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, individualism, and capitalism. Join us live in CBA 3.202
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, […]
A Tale of Two Recoveries, 2009-2021
Join us in person at Rowling Hall, RRH 4.408 The 2020 pandemic recession was both the steepest economic contraction and rebound in U.S. history, and the shortest recession on record. In contrast, the recovery from the preceding recession of 2007-09 was the slowest in postwar U.S. history, with investment, productivity, and real incomes only exhibiting […]
The SARS2 Pandemic: Will Truth Prevail?
A Policy@McCombs Event with Scott Atlas. Scott W. Atlas, M.D. is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution. Dr. Atlas investigates the impact of government and the private sector on access, quality, pricing, and innovation in health care and is a frequent policy advisor to government and industry leaders […]