Former Cleveland Federal Reserve President to Speak at Manhattanville College

The following announcement is from Manhattanville College:

The former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Dr. Jerry Jordan, will be the keynote speaker at the first annual conference of Manhattanville College’s Economic Freedom Institute on October 10th and 11th. Dr. William Poole, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will also be attending.

The focus of the free conference is the 70th anniversary of the publication of Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom and the relationship between economic and political freedom. “I think that this conference is very relevant because Hayek’s book discusses the relationship between liberty and economic freedom and this relationship is as important today as it was in 1944,” said Anna Sachko Gandolfi Ph.D., Director of The Economic Freedom Institute and Ryan/Bacardi Professor of Economics Emerita at Manhattanville College.

Papers and presentations by prominent scholars during the two-day conference will address whether Hayek’s critique of political freedom in a planned economy also applies to the modern regulatory, welfare and surveillance state.

For details about the conference visit the institute’s website at http://economicfreedom.institute or please contact Carolyn Greaige at 914.323.5182 or Carolyn.greaige@mville.edu.

About Manhattanville College:

Manhattanville College (www.mville.edu) is an independent, co-educational liberal arts institution dedicated to academic excellence and social and civic action. Manhattanville prepares students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community. Located just 30 minutes from New York City, Manhattanville serves 1,700 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students from more than 50 countries and 30 states. Founded in 1841, the College offers more than 50 undergraduate areas of study in the arts and sciences, and offers graduate programs in Education, Business, Creative Writing, as well as Continuing and Executive Education programs.