Restoring American Prosperity

April 1-3, 2016

Charlotte, North Carolina

Program

Friday, April 1

4:00 - 6:00 Registration

5:30 - 6:00 Fellowship Orientation

6:00 - 7:00 Reception

7:00 - 9:00 Dinner

Dinner Chair: Ingrid A. Greeg, President The Philadelphia Society

Keynote Address: George Gilder, Founding Fellow, Discovery Institute

Saturday, April 2

8:30 - 9:30 Annual Breakfast Meeting of the Membership (Members only)

10:00 - 11:30 The American Tradition and Political Economy

Chairman: Samuel Gregg, The Acton Institute

Ryan Hanley, Marquette University

Gordon Lloyd, The Ashbrook Center

David Walsh, Catholic University

12:00 - 1:40 Luncheon

Chairman: David Whalen, Hillsdale College

Amity Shlaes, Chair, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

2:00 - 3:30 Reconsidering the Culture of Free Markets

Michael Miller, The Acton Institute

Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University New Orleans

3:30 - 4:00 Coffee Break

4:00 - 5:30 Can We Restore Fiscal Prudence and National Solvency?

Chairman: Harry Veryser, Mises Institute

Brian Domitrovic, Sam Houston State University

Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Warren Coats, International Monetary Fund (retired)

Sunday, April 3

8:00 Breakfast Buffet

8:45 - 10:30 Can America Still Be a Land of Opportunity, Entrepreneurship, and Prosperity?

Chair, Terry Anker, The Anker Consulting Group

John Hood, The John William Pope Foundation

Frank Buckley, George Mason School of Law

Michael Maibach, European-American Business Council (CEO 2003-2012)