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VEM NEWS AND EVENTS

  • CURRENT NEWS & EVENTS
    • September 11, 2007: VEM co-hosted Dr. K. C. Johnson's speech, "Until Proven Innocent," about the Duke Lacrosse Case.
  • Current Publications
    • In progress: "Private Property: The Road to Liberty," tentative title. The book explains the true meaning of the right to property, and provides what this right has been sorely lacking: a moral foundation. It uses numerous examples of property rights violations -- including eminent domain, land-use regulations, concerted attacks on copyrights and patents -- to argue that the right to property is nearly extinct in America. Dr. Hull also shows how the Founders were right in their conviction that all rights -- the rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness -- are a unity.
  • Upcoming Events
  • Recent Events

  • The Abolition of Antitrust asserts that antitrust laws—on economic, legal, and moral grounds—are bad, and provides convincing evidence supporting arguments for their total abolition. Every year, new antitrust prosecutions arise in the U.S. courts, as in the cases against 3M and Visa/MasterCard, as well as a number of ongoing antitrust cases, such as those involving Microsoft and college football’s use of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Gary Hull and the contributing authors show that these cases—as well as the very Antitrust Act itself—are based on an erroneous interpretation of the history of American business, are premised on bad economics and equivocate between economic and political power—the power to produce versus the power to use physical force. They argue that antitrust prosecutions are based on a horrible moral inversion: that it is acceptable to sacrifice America’s best producers.

      • (Read a review at techcentralstation.com.)
      • Hailed as "a new classic in political science" by Transaction Publishers.
    • March 3-4, 2006: Dr. Daniels lectured on "Unenumerated Rights in American Constitutional History" in Denver, Colorado.
    • February 16, 2006: Dr. Hull was interviewed about teen employment and the minimum wage for the Richard Brown radio show.
    • January 5, 2006: Dr. Gary Hull was interviewed on WUNC radio about the fairness of government mandated minimum wages. An archive of the show is available at http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/
    • December 3, 2005: Dr. Daniels lectured in Chicago on "The Commercial Revolution in American Business" and "Financial Capitalism in American History."
    • November 17, 2005: Dr. Hull lectured on "Multiculturalism" at the University of Florida.
    • July 31, 2005: Dr. Hull's lecture, "Antitrust Is Immoral," was broadcast on C-SPAN2/Book TV.
    • July 18, 2005: Dr. Hull gave a lecture, "Antitrust Is Immoral," at the Shaftesbury Society Luncheon sponsored by the John Locke Foundation.
    • May 25, 2005: Dr. Hull was interviewed on The Thom Hartmann Radio Program.
    • May 24, 2005: Dr. Hull gave a lecture, "Antitrust Is Immoral," at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, California. The event was taped by BookTV on C-SPAN2, to be broadcast at a later date.
    • May 21, 2005: Dr. Daniels give a lecture, "The Commercial Revolution in Amercian Business," in Denver, Colorado.
    • April 21, 2005: Dr. Hull gave a lecture, "Antitrust Is Immoral," at New York University.
    • April 13-15, 2005: Dr. Hull gave his seminar, Leadership Through Values and Virtues, to Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
    • April 5, 2005: Dr. Hull participated in a panel discussion on business ethics as part of Honor Week, sponsored by the Honor Council.
    • September 17, 2004: Dr. Hull gave a seminar, Leadership Through Values and Virtues, to Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
    • We are pleased to announce that Professor Eric Daniels has been nominated for the 2003-2004 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.
    • March 11 & 12, 2004: Dr. Hull gave a seminar, Leadership Through Values and Virtues, to Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
    • February 6, 2004: Dr. Hull gave a talk, "The Neo-Puritan Assault on Sex and Pleasure," at the University of Chicago.
    • February 4 & 5, 2004: Dr. Hull gave a seminar, Leadership Through Values and Virtues, to Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
    • The BB&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic division of BB&T Corp.—a major financial institution—donates $1 million to VEM.

VISITING SCHOLARS AND FACULTY
  • Current
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Graduate Fellowship
  • Future
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship
      • The Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace (VEM), an interdisciplinary program that applies ethics, political policy, and history to marketplace issues, seeks qualified applicants for a 1-2 year post-Doctoral Fellowship starting the fall semester 2008. Responsibilities include teaching 1 course/semester, participation in VEM’s activities (e.g., colloquia and conferences), light administrative duties. The position includes ample time for scholarly writing. Must have broad knowledge of history of ethics, an ability to bridge the theory of ethics and the practice of business, and an ability to teach undergraduates. Ph.D. by end of 2008-2009 school year. Salary $36,000-$40,000/year w/ full benefits. EO/AAE. Send letter of application and CV to: Search Committee, Director, Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace, Box 90088, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088. Review of applications begins Feb. 28 and continues until the position is filled.
    • Graduate Fellowship
  • Past
    • Research Associate for 2003-2006: Eric Daniels, Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Dr. Daniels has taught and lectured on American history at the University of Wisconsin and Duke University. He has lectured widely at public conferences on the history of invention, the Enlightenment, and the history of American moral thinking. His specialties included American business history, intellectual history, and political history. He contributed five articles to The Oxford Companion to United States History, and has given papers at professional conferences on his research.
    • Graduate Fellow: Richard Salsman, a political science graduate student, was the VEM Graduate Fellow during the fall 2006 semester.
    • Graduate Fellow for 2003-2004 academic year: Dennis Rasmussen, a third-year graduate student in Political Science.
    • Postdoctoral Fellow for 2001-2002 academic year: Awarded to Professor Eric Daniels.
    • Graduate Program Assistant for 2001-2002 academic year: Awarded to William M. Curtis, a fourth-year graduate student of political philosophy, for dissertation work and teaching.
GUEST SPEAKERS
  • Current
  • Future
  • Past
    • Fall 2005 - Power of Ideas Focus Program Speakers
      • "All We Need is Love. . . Or Is It?" Dr. Michael Munger
      • "Do Ideas Matter in Politics, or Is It All about the $$" Ms. Carol Bulter
      • "Monuments in Washington D.C." Mr. James Walsh
      • "The US Supreme Court and Constitutional Interpretation," Dr. Eric Daniels
      • "Rights and Wrongs in American Rights Theory," Dr. Eric Daniels\
      • "The Freedom of Thought," Mr. Alexander Glage
      • "Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans," Mr. David Hankla
      • "Creationism in Camouflage: The 'Intelligent Design' Deception," Dr. Keith Lockitch
      • "The Low Down on Student-Faculty Collaboration," Caroline Miranda and David Morgenstern
      • Mr. Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke Law Professor
      • "Intellectual Property and Piracy: The Recording Industry," Mr. Steve Marks
    • Fall 2004 - Power of Ideas Focus Program Speakers
      • "The Idea of Justice" - Dr. Michael Munger
      • "The Idea of Culture and Society" - Dr. Michael Munger
      • "Ideas in the Political Process: Possible? Desirable?" - Brendan Nyhan
      • "Neuroimaging: Uses, Abuses, and Ethical Implications" - Laura Thomas
      • "Ideas of Islam, Ideas of Democracy: Can They Be Reconciled?" - Prof. Jalil Roshandel
      • "The New Primitivism: Today's Attacks on Reason and Individualism" - Peter Schwartz
      • "The Founders' Views of Rights" - Dr. Eric Daniels
      • "Guarding the Gate" - Dr. Robert L. Park
      • "Equal Opportunity: Growing a Generation of Change" - Lt. Colonel Stan King
      • "Alternative Representations of Ideas" - Dr. Ruth Day
    • "Sweatshops or Sweet Deals?" panel discussion - September 27, 2002 (Learn more or listen to it here.)
    • Peter Schwartz, "Terrorism and the Morality of Self-Defense" - October 11, 2001
    • John A. Allison, Chairman and CEO of BB&T Bank, "What Caused America's Recent Prosperity?" February 6, 2001
    • Richard Salsman "The High-Tech Lynching of Microsoft," April 11, 2000
    • David Lamond and Chris Young "Entrepreneurs and their Values," March 30, 2000
    • Tony Brown "The Changing Role of Business," March 28, 2000
    • Dr. Ed Locke "Business Heroes and their Characteristics," March 2, 2000
LECTURE SERIES
  • Current
    • "Entrepreneurs and their Values" - An ongoing lecture series, with special events, focusing on the moral values of entrepreneurs.
  • Future
  • Past
    • "Justice: What is it and who needs it?" - Fall Semester 2000
      • Amy Hall (Duke), "The Justice of Jacob and Peter: Faith, Fairness, and God's Sense of Humor"
      • Dr. Tara Smith (University of Texas), "Justice: Its Rationale & Rewards"
      • Dr. Jeremy Waldron (Columbia), "Law's Concern With Justice
CONFERENCES
  • Current
  • Future
    • Antitrust Conference
    • "Values & Science" Conference
  • Past
    • 2002 VEM Summer Conference: This was VEM's first summer conference. The conference is designed for undergraduate and advanced high school students. This year's focus was the philosophy and economics of liberty, and how those ideas impact the marketplace.
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
  • Current
    • Graduate Grant (for graduating seniors) - Applications due May 23, 2008
  • Future
    • Faculty Research Grant
    • Course Development Grant
    • Summer Research Internship
  • Past
    • Faculty Research Grant
    • Summer Research Internship

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