Henderson at Troy University

David Henderson

By David Henderson, Mar 16 2018

I’ll be giving a speech at Troy University in Alabama on Tuesday, March 20.

Topic: How Economists Helped End the Draft
Location: Troy University, 129 Bibb Graves Hall
Date: March 20
Time: 5:00 p.m.

If you’re an EconLog reader and want to attend, please come up and say hi before or after.

If you want to see a version of the talk–I’ve tweaked it only a little since then–see this one I gave at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN.

Dan Sutter of Troy University’s Johnson Center posted this short piece on the talk.

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I'll be giving a speech at Troy University in Alabama on Tuesday, March 20. Topic: How Economists Helped End the Draft Location: Troy University, 129 Bibb Graves Hall Date: March 20 Time: 5:00 p.m. If you're an EconLog reader and want to attend, please come up and say hi before or after. If you want to see a version...

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