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    Rebecca Allensworth, The Licensing Racket: Regulation, Prosperity and Justice

    April 28 at 7:30 in Rocky 1.

    Occupational licensing boards are designed to ensure standards of hygiene, competency, and professional ethics.Too often, they protect insiders from competition and give cronyistic treatment to unethical conduct. And, they have expanded enormously in recent decades, greatly enlarging their footprint on the American economy. What is the best way forward on occupational licensing? Free copies of her book for the first 20 students present!

  • Lindsay MacMillan, Life After Dartmouth: Career Pivots and Creative Entrepreneurship

    May 13 at 5 pm in Haldeman 041.

    MacMillan (’16, English and Econ) spent six years at Goldman, working her way up to vice president, before leaving it all and becoming a full-time writer after the success of her Wall Street romance novel The Heart of the Deal (2022), followed quickly by Double Decker Dreams (2023). Come hear her story! 

  • Kevin Erdmann, Housing Affordability in the Abundance Agenda

    May 19 at 7:30 pm in Rocky 1.

    The author of Shut Out: How the Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession (2019) returns to discuss the affordability issue today. Sponsored by the Political Economy Project. Erdmann, who also authored Building From the Ground Up: Reclaiming the American Housing Boom (2022), is one of our leading experts on the role of regulation in shaping the housing market. Can housing be made more affordable without significant regulatory reform that threatens powerful vested interests?

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