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Mary L. Rigdon’s National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture Provides Greater Understanding of Why There are Gender Competitiveness Differences and Offers Solutions to the Persistent Wage Gap EventResearch
February 12, 2024

Mary L. Rigdon’s National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture Provides Greater Understanding of Why There are Gender Competitiveness Differences and Offers Solutions to the Persistent Wage Gap

Economists have traditionally advanced the idea that women are less competitive than men, which can help…
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Supporting K-12 Teachers: Freedom Center Partners with Cato’s Sphere Education Initiatives to Host The Foundations of Civic Culture – The Importance of Free Speech, Civil Discourse, Economics and Public Policy  K-12Event
January 31, 2024

Supporting K-12 Teachers: Freedom Center Partners with Cato’s Sphere Education Initiatives to Host The Foundations of Civic Culture – The Importance of Free Speech, Civil Discourse, Economics and Public Policy 

The Freedom Center and Cato Institute’s Sphere Education Initiatives partnered to provide more than 100…
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Mary L. Rigdon to Present Latest Gender Competitiveness Research to National Science Foundation, Council for Economic Education Invest in Girls Program, and Arizona Department of Economic Security Team Research
January 2, 2024

Mary L. Rigdon to Present Latest Gender Competitiveness Research to National Science Foundation, Council for Economic Education Invest in Girls Program, and Arizona Department of Economic Security Team

In 2023, just 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs were women, and that was a record…
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Freedom Center Faculty, Hrishikesh Joshi, among authors of “Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) PublicationsResearch
December 1, 2023

Freedom Center Faculty, Hrishikesh Joshi, among authors of “Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Hrishikesh Joshi, Professor of Philosophy and Freedom Center Faculty, is one of the authors of…
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Visiting Fellow Spotlight: Bart Wilson – Professor, Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Economics and Law, and Director, Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy – Chapman University Visiting Fellows Program
November 13, 2023

Visiting Fellow Spotlight: Bart Wilson – Professor, Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Economics and Law, and Director, Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy – Chapman University

"For the science of economic betterment in the twenty-first century to be a study of…
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Ritwik Agrawal’s Symposium on Kevin Vallier’s Trust in a Polarized Age in a Special Edition of Cosmos + Taxis Demonstrates the Freedom Center’s Commitment to Viewpoint Diversity and Constructive Debate General News
October 10, 2023

Ritwik Agrawal’s Symposium on Kevin Vallier’s Trust in a Polarized Age in a Special Edition of Cosmos + Taxis Demonstrates the Freedom Center’s Commitment to Viewpoint Diversity and Constructive Debate

Ritwik Agrawal is a Freedom Center Research Assistant and Ph.D. researcher in the UArizona Department…
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A Decade in the Making: FC Visiting Fellow Sanford Ikeda’s Book Workshop Explores His New Book: A City Cannot Be a Work of Art: Learning Economics and Social Theory from Jane Jacobs PublicationsVisiting Fellows Program
September 27, 2023

A Decade in the Making: FC Visiting Fellow Sanford Ikeda’s Book Workshop Explores His New Book: A City Cannot Be a Work of Art: Learning Economics and Social Theory from Jane Jacobs

Freedom Center Visiting Fellow Sanford Ikeda is a professor emeritus of economics at Purchase College…
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