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News Release
EVENT NEWS RELEASE / September 24, 2008
Economist Robert Higgs to Deliver Free Lecture Sept. 29 at
Boise State
Nationally acclaimed economist Robert Higgs will discuss “The Perilous Path
to Unlimited Government” at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in the Student Union
Jordan Ballroom on the Boise State University campus. His talk is free and
open to the public.
Higgs is the 2008-09 Brandt Foundation Lecturer, presented by the John and
Orah Brandt Foundation and Boise State’s College of Business and Economics.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and no tickets are required. Free reserved parking will
be provided near the Student Union Building in the new parking structure at
Lincoln Avenue and University Drive.
Higgs is Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute
and editor of The Independent Review. He received his Ph.D. in economics
from Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught at the University of
Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University and the University of
Economics in Prague. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and
Stanford University, and a fellow for the Hoover Institution and the
National Science Foundation.
The recipient of numerous awards, Higgs has written a number of books,
including “Crisis and Leviathan,” “Competition and Coercion,” “Against
Leviathan,” “Resurgence of the Warfare State” and “Neither Liberty Nor
Safety.” His popular articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Los
Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco
Chronicle and many other publications. He also has appeared on NPR, NBC,
ABC, C-SPAN, Radio Free Europe, Talk Radio Network, Voice of America, the
Organization of American Historians’ public radio program, and scores of
local radio and television stations.
In 2004, the Brandt Foundation pledged a $40,000 annual donation to the
Boise State College of Business and Economics that created a named
professorship and secured funding for an annual lecture series. Guest
lecturers have included Nobel Prize-winning economist James Buchanan, ABC
News correspondent John Stossel, Cato Institute chairman William Niskanen
and Judge Andrew Napolitano.
For further information, visit
www.boisestate.edu/brandtfoundation or call (208) 426-1335.
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Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563,
ssquires@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is “The New U Rising” with record student
enrollment, new academic buildings, additional degree programs and a growing
research agenda. Learn more at
www.boisestate.edu.
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