Invitation to Individual Rights and the Free Market: A Round Table Discussion with Dr. Tom G. Palmer

The Third World Studies Center (TWSC), in cooperation with the UP Department of Political Science, would like to invite faculty and graduate students to "Individual Rights and the Free Market," a round table discussion (RTD) with Dr. Tom G. Palmer. The RTD will be on July 15, 2010 (Thursday) 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the TWSC, Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

PROGRAM

3:45 – 4:00 REGISTRATION

4:00 – 4:05 OPENING REMARKS
Maria Lourdes G. Rebullida
Chairperson, Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

4:05 – 4:10 MESSAGES
Bienvenido S. Oplas Jr.
President, Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.

Jude D. Blanchette
Manager, Institute Relations for Asia
Atlas Economic Research Foundation

4:10 – 4:35 SPEAKER
Tom G. Palmer
Vice President, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Senior Fellow and Former Vice President, Cato Institute

4:35 – 4:55 REACTORS
Temario C. Rivera
Professor, International Christian University of Tokyo

Alexander R. Magno
Professor, Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

4:55 – 5:30 OPEN FORUM

5:30 – 6:00 MERIENDA CENA

MODERATOR
Amado M. Mendoza Jr.
Professor, Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

ORGANIZERS
Third World Studies Center
UP Department of Political Science

About the Speaker
Dr. Tom G. Palmer is a libertarian intellectual and his passion is promoting individual liberty, free market and free trade, and individualism. He just came from speaking engagements in Central Asia—Kyrgyztan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. He is interested in engaging faculty and graduate students to talk on topics such as individual rights and liberty, rule of law, and free trade. For more information, please see his brief bio:http://tomgpalmer.com/about/.

For Dr. Palmer's presentation, please click this link to obtain a copy.