Multimedia

Welcome to the various forms of media produced by the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity at KSU! Our media features lectures, workshops and symposiums that provide a platform for interdisciplinary study of the importance of markets and economic institutions. Specifically, the Bagwell Center looks at resource allocation, entrepreneurial activity, economic prosperity, and human welfare. 

Check out the various podcast, workshop, symposium and lecture topics below!

Podcast

  • October 7, 2024

    September 16,2024

    June 19, 2024

    June 5, 2024

    May 22. 2024

    May 15, 2024

    March 27,2024


    March 13, 2024

  • December 19, 2023


    December 6, 2023


    November 29,2023


    November 1, 2023


    October 25, 2023


    October 11, 2023


    September 12, 2023


    May 12, 2023


    May 12, 2023


    May 12, 2023


    February 28, 2023


    February 27, 2023


    February 20, 2023


    February 14, 2023


    February 6, 2023


    January 27, 2023

  • July 19, 2022


    July 12, 2022


    June 28,2022


    June 14, 2022


    May 12, 2022


    April 12, 2022


    March 14, 2022


    February 21, 2022

  • November 9, 2021


    October 26,2021


    September 27, 2021


    July 23, 2021


    July 19, 2021


    July 5, 2021


    June 21, 2021


    June 7, 2021


    May 17, 2021


    April 19, 2021


    April 6, 2021


    March 24,2021


    March 3, 2021


    February 15, 2021


    February 2, 2021


    January 15, 2021


    January 4, 2021

  • December 21, 2020


    November 30, 2020


    November 16, 2020


    November 2, 2020


    October 27, 2020


    October 19, 2020


    October 8, 2020


    September 23, 2020

 

Workshops & Symposia

  • Does Sweden Have a Socialist Economy

    November 19, 2021

    Andreas Bergh
    Associate Professor of Economics, Lund University

    Per Bylund
    Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Records-Johnson Professor of Free Enterprise in the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Josh Hendrickson
    Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Mississippi

  • Symposium on the Economics of the Affordable Care Act

    January 13, 2020

    Charles Courtemanche
    Measuring the ACA's Impacts on Coverage, Utilization, and Health

  • The Boundaries of Economics

    October 23, 2019

    Steven Landsburg
    Rochester University

    Scott Cunningham
    Baylor University

    Emily Owens
    UC Irvine

    Paola Suarez
    SUNY Purchase


    Symposium on the Foundations and Applications of Game Theory

    March 26, 2019

    Kennesaw State University

    James Boudreau
    Kennesaw State University


    Kennesaw State University


    Kennesaw State University

    Stanford University


    Symposium on the Economic Impact of the Super Bowl

    January 25, 2019


    Kennesaw State University

    College of Holy Cross

     and 
    Berry College


    University of North Carolina-Charlotte

  • Symposium on Accountability in K-12 Education

    October 12, 2018

     on "The Economics of Testing and Accountability in K-12 Public Schools"

    on 鈥淭esting and Accountability in K-12 Public Schools鈥擲tay the Course, End It, or Mend It?鈥

    Panelists:

    Shepard Barbash
    (writer and former education advisor to Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue)

    Alisha Thomas Cromartie
    (former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, D-Austell)

    Neal McCluskey(Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute)

    Eric Wearne(Provost, Holy Spirit College and former State of Georgia Accountability Official)

    Moderator:

    (Kennesaw State University and worked on accountability issues for Georgia Governors Roy Barnes and Sonny Perdue)


    Symposium on Criminal Justice and Inmate Reform

    March 2, 2018


    Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University


    Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University


    Vice President of Public Policy, Georgia Center for Opportunity


    Authors, Death on Hold


    Executive Director, Center for Advancing Opportunity

  • Symposium on Voting and Election Reforms

    November 15, 2017

     
    Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University

    James Boudreau 
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University


    Professor of Political Science

    Krist Novoselic
    Chair, FairVote

    Rob Richie
    Executive Director, FairVote

 

Lectures

  • Jeremy Horpedahl
    Assistant Professor of Economics,University of Central Arkansas

    March 23, 2021


    Matthew Mitchell
    Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Equity Initiative at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University

    March 2, 2021


    Phillip W. Magness
    Senior Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research

    February 23, 2021


    David Skarbek
    Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University

    February 9, 2021


    Christopher Coyne
    Professor of Economics, George Mason University

    October 20, 2020


    Peter Calcagno
    Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for Public Choice and Market Process, College of Charleston

    October 13, 2020


    Dr. Laura Grube
    Assistant Professor of Economics, Beloit College

    October 6, 2020

  • William Trumbull
    Dean of the School of Business, The Citadel

    January 24, 2020



    Abigail R. Hall
    Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Tampa

    October 28, 2019



    Archibald Ritter
    Distinguished Research Professor, Carleton University

    October 24, 2019



    Stergios Skaperdas
    Professor of Economics, UC San Diego

    October 11, 2019


    Bryan Riley
    Director, Free Trade Initiative, National Tax Payers Union Foundation

    September 18, 2019



    Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek
    Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    September 5, 2019



  • Professor of Law, Yale University

    March 22, 2019



     Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut

    March 18, 2019



    Alex Maslov
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University

    February 7, 2019



    President, Foundation for Economic Education

    August 23, 2018

     


    John Dove
    Associate Professor of Economics, Troy University

    August 16, 2018

     


  • Professor of Economics and Political Science, Binghamton University

    October 13, 2017

     


     
    Associate Professor of Economics, West Virginia University

    June 27, 2018




    Director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization & Senior Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    January 30, 2018



    Associate Professor of Economics, Troy University

    October 19, 2017

     



    Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

    October 30, 2017

     


  • Research Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University

    February 9 & 10, 2017 


    Kaitlyn Harger 
    Assistant Professor of Economics, Florida Gulf Coast University

    September 9, 2016



    Chairman, Ayn Rand Institute

    April 19, 2017


    University of Toronto

    March 30, 2017


    University Professor of Economics & Philosophy, George Mason University

    November 29, 2016

     


  • Distinguished Professor and Head of Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas

    June 6, 2016

     



    John H. Schnatter Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, Ball State University

    January 13, 2016


    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

    October 29, 2015



  • Professor Emeritus, Hillsdale College

    March 4, 2015



    Crime Prevention Research Center

    February 11, 2015

     



    Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University

    March 27, 2015



    Resident Fellow, Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom, Fraser Institute

    March 5, 2015

    "Institutions and Economic, Political, and Civil Liberty in the Arab World"



    Professor of Economics & Political Science, Duke University

    November 18, 2014



    Professor of Economics, Winston-Salem State University

    September 25, 2014



  • BB&T Professor of Free Enterprise, University of Louisville

    January 28, 2014



    Vice President of Outreach, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    November 12, 2013



    Associate Professor of Economics, West Virginia University

    November 7, 2013



    Director, Free Market Institute, and Professor of Economics, Texas Tech University

    February 4, 2014

  • Donald F. McHenry Chair in Global Human Development, Distinguished Professor of the Practice, and Director of the GHD Program, Georgetown University

    February 21, 2013

    "The Great Era of Development"