The Smith Center  THE SMITH CENTER  for Private Enterprise Studies

Student Essay Contests

The Smith Center will award a $200 prize to the best student essay summarizing a Smith Center event.

Essays are to be 2 pages, double-spaced text and are to be submitted within one week of the event

by email to: stephen.shmanske@csueastbay.edu

Winners and links to their essays are listed below.

Congratulations to all!

Date Speaker Topic Student Winner Link
Dec. 1, 2010 Rich Stowell "A Well-Regulated Militia: The Power of the Volunteer American Military" Fu Ting (Michael) Hsieh Download Essay
Jan. 26, 2011 James E. MacDougald "Unsustainable: How Big Government, Taxes and Debt are Wrecking America" Edward Mei Download Essay
Feb. 23, 2011 Movie Night "Dr. Strangelove" Fu Ting (Michael) Hsieh Download Essay
April 13, 2011 Glen Whitman, CSU, Northridge "Behavioral Economics and the New Paternalism" Fu Ting (Michael) Hsieh Download Essay
November 9, 2011 Fred Foldvary
“How Geo-Austrian Cycle Theory Predicts the Next Great Economic Crash” Jon Emminizer Download Essay
Jan. 18, 2012 David R. Henderson
Seven Myths about Free Markets Rishi Khalsa Download Essay
Feb. 15, 2012 Gary Galles
Recognizing What Isn't There Jon Emminizer Download Essay
Mar. 7, 2012 Edward J. Lopez
The (Ab)use of Takings for Economic Development Peter Biaggi Download Essay
Apr. 25, 2012 Peter G. Klein
Entrepreneurship and the Firm Artika Prasad Download Essay