Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Health of Nations

Robert Lawson, Feb. 4, 2019

On Februrary 4th, 2019, Robert Lawson visited Duke University to present his talk, "Economic Freedom & the Wealth and Health of Nations." Robert Lawson is professor of practice and Jerome M. Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Economic Freedom and is director of the O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Cox School of Business. He previously taught at Auburn University, Capital University, and Shawnee State University. Dr. Lawson is a co-author of the widely-cited Economic Freedom of the World annual reports, which present an economic freedom index for over 150 countries.