CCA II: U.S Economic Policy: Great Society to the Present

November 2-5, 2025

American economic policy has shifted significantly several times over the past 60 years, both in terms of a free market versus a command-and-control orientation as well as a globalist versus a nationalist perspective. This second CCA of the 2025-2026 academic year, co-sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, will examine American economic policy from the Great Society to today.

The Goals and Failures of the Great Society


Amity Shlaes
Author, Great Society: A New History
Nov 2, 2025