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THE SMITH CENTER | for Private Enterprise Studies |
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 |