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"FreedomFest
is the new Mecca for all freedom lovers."
-- Mark Mullins, Executive Director, Fraser Institute
"So good I stayed all three days!" -- Steve Forbes
Dear friends of liberty,
FreedomFest is an annual
festival described in many ways: The world’s largest
gathering of free minds…..The Trade Show for Liberty….An
intellectual feast in a fun town…Three glorious days of
“great ideas, great books, and great thinkers.”
2009 is going to be an exciting
event with the theme "Imagine."
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Imagine
over 1000 freedom loving attendees coming
together to create “The World’s Largest Gathering of
Free Minds.”
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Imagine 9 great
debates on topics such as US foreign policy,
health care, the financial crisis, global
warming, immigration, and more
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Imagine a “Trade Show for Liberty”
featuring major think tanks and freedom
organizations
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Imagine over 120
speakers on topics such as investments,
politics, economics, philosophy, history, art &
literature, science & technology, and healthy
living
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Imagine
3 full days of speakers, panels, debates
and mingling with the “best and brightest” free
minds in the world.
Here's a
hint at just a few sessions you can expect -
Nine Great Debates, including. . . .
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"Wal-Mart: Good or Bad for
America?", with Professor
Richard Vedder (Ohio State) and
author of "The Wal-Mart
Revolution: How Big Box Stores
Benefit America" versus Bill
Quinn, author of "How Wal-Mart
is Destroying America and the
World: What You Can Do About
it."
- Prof. Thomas Krannawitter, prof of
political science at Hillsdale, author
of "Vindicating Lincoln," vs. Tom
DiLorenzo on "Was Abe Lincoln a Great
President?"
- Mark Skousen vs. Warren Coats,
"Vienna vs. Chicago: Austrian Economics
vs. Chicago Economics."
- "China, Friend or Foe?" TBA.
- "Should Drugs be Legalized?"
TBA
- "Should Corporations Engage
in Philanthropy?" John Mackey vs. TBA.
Other speakers and topics already confirmed
. . . .
- Lawrence McQuillan (Pacific
Research Institute) on "Tort Reform
Now: How to Fix the Legal System and
Save Nearly $1 Trillion."
- Mini-Festival on Science
Fiction/Fantasy: U of Michigan
Prof. Eric S. Rabkin, one of the
premier teachers on the subject of
science fiction, fantasy and the
imaginative mind, to speak on Tolkien
and Ray Bradbury, and
participate on a panel, "Libertarian
Science Fiction and Fantasy," with
Brian Doherty (Reason magazine),
David Friedman (Milton's son,
who has written a fantasy, "Harald,")
and others.
- Sacred Text Series: Hear
true believers talk about the Tulmad,
the Koran, the New Testament, the Book
of Mormon, Tao Te Ching, etc.
- Speakers returning by popular
demand: Charles Murray, Steve Moore,
John Mackey, etc.
- Socky O’Sullivan, professor
of English at Rollins College, Florida,
on “How to Write A Classic Novel.”
- Steven Watts, professor of
history at U of Missouri, on two
topics: "Fantasyland, Walt Disney, and
the American Dream", and the second on
"Playboy, Hugh Hefner, and the American
Dream." The first on juvenile fantasy
in post-war America, and the second on
adult fantasy in post-war America.
(Prof. Watts has written a biography of
Walt Disney, and more recently a
bestselling biography of Hugh Hefner
called "Mr. Playboy.")
- Matt Goodman, founder of
the Blue Man Group, on "How to
Discover Your Entrepreneurial
Genius."
- World Economic Summit and
comprehensive 3-day investment
conference with top experts from around
the world, including Rick Rule, Van
Simmons, Frank Holmes, and many
more. (We had Jeremy Siegel from the
Wharton School as our keynote speaker
this year.)
- "All-Star Prediction Panel: Gurus
who Predicted the 2008 Crisis -- What
are They Predicting Now?" with Peter
Schiff (EuroPacific Research), R.
E. McMaster ("The Reaper"), Prof.
Fred Foldvary (Santa Clara
University author of "The Depression of
2008"), and Alex Green (Chairman,
Investment U). Moderated by Mark
Skousen, editor of "Forecasts &
Strategies."
Plan to Join Us in Vegas!
The fee
for attending FreedomFest is only $495
per person/$795 per couple, but if you register
before March 15, you pay only $395 per
person/$595 per couple.
This fee includes all general sessions, breakout
sessions and roundtable discussions, welcome
cocktail party, unlimited admission to the
exhibit hall, and all conference materials and
handouts. (Luncheons and the gala Saturday
night banquet are extra.)
Call Tami Holland today at 1.866.266.5101
to reserve your place.
I hope you will join us
there. See you in Vegas in July 9 - 11, 2009
In liberty, AEIOU,
Mark Skousen
Producer
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