What are natural rights and natural law? What is the rule of law? What is a free market? What caused the Great Depression? How can we best improve our schools, health care, environment, and transportation?
Few students have the opportunity to explore the basic ethical and economic principles of open markets and free societies-principles essential not only for understanding an ideal social order, but also for understanding, appreciating, and preparing young people for the world they will soon enter.
To help high-school and college-age students better understand these topics, the Independent Institute sponsors annual student seminars on The Challenge of Liberty. Two sessions will be held June 18-22 and August 6-10 at the Independent Institute Conference Center in Oakland, Calif. Scholarships available.
From the five-day series of lectures, readings, film and multimedia presentations, and small-group discussions, students learn what economics is, how it affects their lives, and how it can help them achieve better lives for themselves, their communities, and the world at large.
The Independent Institute Conference Center is located at 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621.