Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
On Saturday I went to the IKC Chicago Dog Show. I don’t really go to see the events or judging that they typically show on TV; I like walking around and looking at all the dogs and their owners while they are being groomed and resting before and after the performances. The dogs are all so well behaved and trained and the vast majority of the owners are happy to show off their prizes, although many of the owners are extremely busy grooming so I try not to bother them.
Speakers:
David Hale, Rockford Tea Party Organizer. David has successfully confronted the runaway Wisconsin State Senators on multiple occasions. Videos of the confrontations have gone viral and received national attention because David asked them questions the media is not asking.
Bruno Behrend, Director of the Center for School Reform with the Heartland Institute. Bruno will discuss education reform, pension reform, the situation in Madison, WI, and what the tea party movement in Illinois can do to bring reform here.
Brian Costin, Director of Outreach at the Illinois Policy Institute. Brian heads up IPI’s Liberty Leaders program. Brian helped organize the first Chicago Tax Day Tea Party and is now running for Mayor of Schaumburg in the April 5 election.
I plan to be there.
Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Catholic Lawyers Guild.
Thursday, March 3, 5:30 PM, Jenner & Block, 353 North Clark Street.
The speaker whom I am most interested in hearing is Luigi Zingales. I mentioned his essay Capitalism After the Crisis in this post. Zingales was one of the economists who urged Congress to hold hold hearings on the Paulson bailout plan, and as we know that did not happen. I just read his essay Learning to live with not-so-efficient markets, which I commend to your attention. A compendium of his recent writing, entitled “MY LOSING BATTLE AGAINST THE LEVIATHAN (Public interventions of a desperate free-market economist” can be found here.
The Chicago Tea Party meeting is tonight, February 9 at 7:00 PM at Blackie’s, 755 S. Clark, Chicago.
The discussion will focus on opposing the Illinois state tax increase. A worthy cause indeed.
