To promote the study of freedom in commerce, the Center will hold an annual conference on topics of interest to students, academics, business practitioners, and the general public.
The talks will cover areas such as business leadership and ethics, finance, monetary standards, and government economic policy.
These presentations will be both published and made freely available online in order to offer an informed discourse on freedom in commerce to a national and international audience.
IMPRIMIS MARCH 2005 | VOLUME 34, ISSUE 3
The Entrepreneur As American Hero
Walter Williams
George Mason University
Over 300friends and students joined us for our inaugural business conference under Hillsdale College’s Center for Commerce and Freedom. We hope you can join us next year on April 4th, 2025.
DDownload 2024 Conference ProgramTwo additional faculty chairs in economics or business will be needed to support the activities of the Center for Commerce and Freedom, assist in the annual conference, and teach students on campus.
These professors will help lead several new courses and seminars which were recently added to the business curriculum to help students relate their training in the classical liberal arts to their future roles as members and leaders of commercial institutions. Possible names include Chair in American Commerce and Freedom and Chair in Ethics and Business.
Charles Steele has taught economics at the graduate and undergraduate levels in China, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, and has also worked in private consulting.
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CHARLES N. STEELE
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE & FREEDOM
csteele@hillsdale.edu
Charles Steele has taught economics at the graduate and undergraduate levels in China, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, and has also worked in private consulting. At Hillsdale College, he teaches a variety of upper division economics courses, among them a two-semester sequence in History of Economic Thought, Environmental and Resource Economics, Mathematical Economics, and Austrian Economics II. His research interests include environmental and resource economics, economics of space development, and economics of institutions and institutional change. Outside of economics, his interests include trail running and running ultramarathons, mountaineering, and other outdoor activities.
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DAVID DANFORD
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
ddanford@hillsdale.edu
(517) 607-2682
David Danford served for over 15 years in the U.S. military and, along the way, was blessed to attend Hillsdale College for graduate school. David and his wife fell in love with the place and the College, and wanted to return and raise their family and help Hillsdale in any way they could. David now works to build up Hillsdale’s network in the world of business and industry to advance the mission of the College.