2012 Free Market Forum

Chair: Gary Wolfram Hillsdale College "The History of the Gold Standard" George Selgin, University of Georgia "The Argument for Returning to the Gold Standard" Brian Domitrovic, Sam Houston State University, Author, "Econoclasts" "The Argument Against Returning to the Gold Standard" Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Chair: Burton Folsom Hillsdale College "The State of the European Union" Eamonn Butler, Adam Smith Institute "The Debt Crisis in the U.S." Richard Rahn, Institute for Global Economic Growth "The Role of China in the Debt Crisis" James A. Dorn, Cato Institute and Towson University

Chair: Ron Mahurin, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities "The American Founders on Immigration" Kevin Portteus, Hillsdale College "The Economic Case for Open Boarders" Shikha Dalmia, Reason Foundation "The Economic Case for Limiting Immigration" Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies Hillsdale College Free Market Forum: "Markets, Government, and the Common Good" October 5, 2012