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Ethan Allen Institute
I d e a s  f o r V e r m o n t’s  F u t u r e

Special Event

Tom Palmer, Ph.D.

General Director, Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace and Prosperity
Senior Fellow & Vice President Center for Promotion of Human Rights, CATO Institute
Vice President for International Programs, Atlas Economic Research Foundation

Topic:

“Greatest Myths about Free Markets”

“I’d walk across a bed of hot coals to hear Tom Palmer speak” John McClaughry, President EA
“I heard Tom a few years ago. He is extremely knowledgeable. Exceptional.” Dr. Art Woolf, UVM Economics Dept.
“Author, scholar, speaker, advocate; Palmer is a crusader for liberty.” Dr. Robert Letovsky, Chair, Business Dept, SMC

Tom Palmer, Oxford University PhD, is an internationally known advocate for the advancement of liberty and free markets throughout the world. Seen on national television programs, read in prestigious journals, and sought after around the world as a speaker, Palmer is among the most knowledgeable experts on classical liberal/libertarian thought, Constitutional history, globalization, and economic studies. He was also a plaintiff in District of Columbia v. Heller in which the Supreme Court recently overturned the D.C. ban on handguns. Much of Tom’s time is spent meeting with and supporting groups and individuals in countries where individual and economic liberty are threatened or non-existent. Within the past few years, Tom has traveled to China, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Viet Nam, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, India, Russia and The Philippines to work with lovers of freedom. He will come to Vermont in December shortly after returning from a planned five day visit to North Korea.

For Tom Palmer’s full bio and Curriculum Vitae go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_G._Palmer.

Mark Your Calendars Now!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 7:00 PM
McCarthy Arts Center
Saint Michael’s College – Colchester
(Book signing after talk)

This presentation is free and open to the public.

The Ethan Allen Institute presents -
Sheraton Economic Series 2010

The Prospects for Liberty

featuring Edward Crane III
President of the Cato Institute
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Sheraton Burlington Conference Center
University Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 7:00pm

Ed Crane is the founder and president of the Cato Institute.

Under his leadership, Cato has grown to become one of the nation’s most prominent public policy research organizations. Crane has been a pioneer in framing the political debate as one, not between liberal and conservative, but rather between civil society (the voluntary sector) and political society (government power).

Crane was at the forefront of promoting personal accounts for Social Security reform and was one of the first national leaders of the term limits movement. He is the coeditor of several books, publisher of Regulation magazine, and is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society.

He is a chartered financial analyst and former vice president at Alliance Capital Management Corp. Crane’s writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times and Forbes. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and other national media. Crane holds a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

“I have known Ed Crane for thirty years, and every time I hear or read him, I learn something new and important.” – John McClaughry (Vice President, EAI)

The Sheraton Economic Series is sponsored by the Ethan Allen Institute, hosted by the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center, and cosponsored by the Vermont Economy Newsletter, Vermont Business Magazine, Vermont Tiger, True North Radio, and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Reservations not necessary – no admission charge

Contact For More Information:

Ethan Allen Institute
4836 Kirby Mountain Road
Concord VT 05824

www.ethanallen.org
eai@ethanallen.org
802 695 1448

“Freedom and Choice” is the theme of the fourth annual Milton Friedman Day observance to be held Friday, July 30, from 5-7pm at the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center.

The speaker is Bill Sayre of Bristol, a former student of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago. Sayre, an economist and businessman, is the former chair of Associated Industries of Vermont and a regular commentator on True North Radio.

The event, part of the Sheraton Economic Series, honors what would be the 98th birthday of Prof. Friedman, a one time resident of Ely, Vermont. It is hosted by the Sheraton Burlington, sponsored by the Ethan Allen Institute, and cosponsored by the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Economy Newsletter, Vermont Business Magazine, and Vermont Tiger.

“In an era when we seem to be afflicted with ever more government mandating ever more choices for citizens, it’s useful – and indeed inspirational – to review the life and thought of Milton Friedman, a true apostle of liberty”, said EAI vice president John McClaughry.

The Sheraton Economic Series is open to the public and no admission charge or reservation is required,

For more information contact:

John McClaughry
4836 Kirby Mountain Road
Concord VT 05824
Voice 802 695 1448
fax 802 695 1436
eai@ethanallen.org
www.ethanallen.org

Dr Mier G. Kohn

The Ethan Allen Institute presents
Sheraton Economic Series 2010

Regulating the Banks:
Lessons from the Recent Crisis

featuring Dr. Meir G. Kohn
Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

Sheraton Burlington – Emerald Ballroom
Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:00-7:00 pm

An internationally known expert in finance, markets, banking and regulation, Prof. Kohn will autopsy the bodies left from the “Crash of 2008” and answer questions from the audience. His presentation is part of the ongoing Sheraton Economic Series.

Prof. Kohn will also address the regulatory proposals currently before Congress, and look ahead to what those changes are likely to mean for financial markets, banks, brokerages, and the economy as a whole.

Prof. Kohn is the author of three textbooks on financial economics and has taught at Dartmouth College since 1979. He serves on the Academic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and has been a consultant to the World Bank, Hebrew University, Bell Communications Research, and the RAND Corporation.

Prof. Kohn was born in the present Czech Republic, raised in the United Kingdom, and educated in Israel and the United States. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and his PhD at MIT.

“An excellent speaker on a crucial economic issue.” – Dr. James F. Gatti, Professor of Finance, UVM College of Business

The Sheraton Economic Series is sponsored by the Ethan Allen Institute, hoisted by the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center, and cosponsored by the Vermont Economy Newsletter, Vermont Business Magazine, Vermont Tiger, and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Reservations not necessary – no admission charge

Five knowledgeable Vermonters will headline
Rx for Healthcare Reform
a program at the
Williston Central School Auditorium on
Tuesday, November 17th from 6:30-8:30pm.
The general public is invited.

At a time when national and state health care reform efforts have become the top item on the domestic policy agenda, the speakers will zero in on what these plans mean for our liberty, the quality of our health care, and the enormous costs.

The keynote speaker will be John McClaughry of the Ethan Allen Institute. He was a state senator at the time of Gov. Deans reforms in the 1990s, and before that a senior policy advisor in the Reagan White House. McClaughry will explain how the proposed national ?reforms? will steadily convert the health care sector of the economy into a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal government.

Other speakers will include EAI Director, William Sayre, a past board member of Porter Medical Center and a member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors, Rutland attorney,  Steven James Howard, interim coordinator for the Vermont Campaign for Liberty, Dr. Robert S. Emmons, Burlington psychiatrist and adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont, and Jane Combs RN, of the Burlington Health and Rehabilitation Center. The moderator is Paul Beaudry of True North Radio.

This forum will include overviews of the various Federal and State healthcare reform bills, their economic impact, their constitutionality and legal implications, insurance reforms, ethical considerations, the impact of government regulations on health care providers, and preserving the quality of medical care and the doctor-patient relationship.

Speakers will provide valuable information followed by an hour long question/answer period. Citizens who attend this forum will leave with a better understanding of how proposed healthcare reforms will affect their lives.

The forum is cosponsored by the Ethan Allen Institute and Vermonters for Choice in Health Care. VCHC is a coalition of Vermont organizations created to educate the public on the key issues involved in health care policy. (vermonters4choiceinhealthcare@gmail.com)