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.

Engaging China: Seeking Equity and Balance in Bilateral and Regional Trade (A Round-Table Discussion)

The Third World Studies Center (TWSC), along with Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade), is organizing a Round-Table Discussion (RTD) with the academe to present the results of FairTrade’s RP-China Research-Advocacy Project. The RTD will be on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 2:00 p.m. at the TWSC, Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall, University of the Philippines–Diliman. Below is a background on this research-advocacy project:

From a miniscule amount in the early 1980s, Philippine trade with China has grown rapidly. However, there is a huge imbalance in the evolving trade and investment relations between the Philippines and China. This imbalance is likely to deepen and cause more dislocations and instabilities, both economic and social, for the Philippines—if there are no serious efforts to make the relations equitable between the two countries.

Hence, FairTrade undertook a Philippines-China (RP-China) Research-Advocacy Project entitled “Engaging China: Seeking Equity and Balance in Bilateral and Regional Trade with Asia’s Biggest Dragon.” The research project engaged policy makers and stakeholders from both the Philippines and China on the importance of ensuring that economic relations between the two countries shall be equitable, mutually beneficial and supportive of the long-term development interests of the Philippines.

To gather inputs and views from the academic sector, TWSC and FairTrade would like to invite academics with backgrounds on China, Policy Trade, etc. Click here to view the draft program. See you there!