The Anti-Economics Trend in Technology Regulation: Lessons for Economists and Legal Scholars
During a half-day seminar, scholars and policy experts will discuss how the backlash against the use of economics in policymaking is increasing. A keynote address and two mixed panels of academics and policy analysts will discuss how this anti-economics trend affects the commercialization of technology and what, if anything, academics and other scholars can do about it. This event is co-sponsored with the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) and immediately precedes the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) Annual Conference Meeting in Montréal, Canada.
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Speakers

University of Maryland – Baltimore County

Charles Koch Institute

Duke University

George Washington University

Clemson University
ICLE Academic Affiliate

Institute for Humane Studies

University of Nebraska College of Law
ICLE Director of Law & Economics Programs

University of Missouri Law School
ICLE Academic Affiliate

International Center for Law & Economics

Ohio State University
This event is made possible through the co-sponsorship of
2:30 pm
Registration
3:00 pm
Welcome and Seminar Introduction
Jeanne Hoffman, Geoffrey Manne
3:15 pm
Keynote Address
Tom Hazlett
4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:15 pm
Panel I: The Campaign against Economics in Antitrust, Telecom, and Beyond
Geoffrey Manne, Tim Brennan, Thom Lambert, and Michelle Connolly
5:30 pm
Coffee Break
5:45 pm
Panel II: The Judiciary’s Role in Suborning the Campaign against Economics
Guz Hurwitz, Chris Walker, Neil Chilson, and Susan Dudley
7:00 pm
Dinner
7:45 pm
Opportunities at the Institute for Humane Studies
Jeanne Hoffman
8:00 pm
Reception
