Dr. Karen Vaughn will present a lecture titled, “Hayek as an
Enlightened Institutionalist.” This semester’s lecture series celebrates
the 60th anniversary of F. A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom. The fall FREE
Forum series is focused on the relevance of The Road to Serfdom in today’s
political and economic state of affairs. This second in a series of lectures
will be held Monday, October 25 at 4 p.m. in Room 124 of the Lundy-Fetterman
School of Business. Admission is free and open to the public. There will be an
open reception following the lecture.
Dr. Karen Vaughn is the former president of the Southern
Economics Association and the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics.
She is the author of several articles on Austrian economics and a book entitled
“Austrian Economics in America: the Migration of a Tradition.”
Karen I. Vaughn (B.A. Queens College, CUNY, 1966; M.A. and Ph.D.
Duke University, 1969 and 1971) is Professor Emeritus of Economics at George
Mason University, where she served as chair of the department from 1982-89. Her
fields of interest include the history of economic thought, economic
methodology, Austrian economics and political economy. A former editor of
the “History of Economics Society Bulletin” (1978-94), she has served on the
editorial boards of “History of Political Economy,” “Journal of the History of
Economic Thought,” and “Advances in Austrian Economics.” She has held the
offices of vice-president (1986-87) and president (1992-93) of the History of
Economics Society, member of the Board of Trustees, vice-president and president
of the Southern Economics Association (1994-1995). She is also the first
president and founding member of the Society for the Development of Austrian
Economics.
The FREE Forum is funded through the contributions of the
Campbell University Adam Smith Club’s Patrons and Supporters. The Adam
Smith Club is a student organization which promotes the principles of individual
liberty and personal responsibility, free enterprise, and minimal government.
For additional information, contact the Lundy Chair office at (910) 814-4354.
