Join us for a great Italian lunch and provocative speakers on September 14 in Bellevue, at Maggiano's restaurant.
Space is limited!
Join us for a great Italian lunch and provocative speakers on September 14 in Bellevue, at Maggiano’s restaurant!
Our topic is mass democracy. Elites in America spent the 20th century lecturing us about the unquestioned virtue of democracy and voting. But they change their tune when the wrong guy wins. Donald Trump, Brexit, and the rise of right-populist movements in Europe all challenge the West’s great sacred cow.
Hans Hoppe famously reconsidered the cult of democracy in his 2001 book Democracy — The God that Failed. Democratic politicians and voters, with high time preference and no skin in the game, give us endless spending, debt, entitlements, and war — not liberty.
Our speakers will apply Hoppe’s critique to the upcoming 2020 presidential election, which promises to be brutal. What are the limits of democracy in a country of 320 million people? Have we reached the end of the myth of democratic consensus? What if democratic voting, so called, doesn’t yield any compromise between Left and Right — but only creates endless division and an entrenched political class? And what might the future of democracy look like? (hint: decentralized, smaller, local)
Saturday afternoon, join the speakers for an optional private buffet dinner on the patio of T-Mobile Baseball Stadium (4:00 – 6:00 p.m.) followed by a Mariners - White Sox Game. Speakers and attendees sit together at dinner and game.
You don’t want to miss this event!
Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant is at Lincoln Square in Bellevue: 10455 N.E. 8th Street, Bellevue, Washington. Phone 425.519.6476.
For accommodations at The Westin Bellevue near Maggiano’s, call 425.638.1000 before August 3 and mention Mises Institute for a special rate of $149 per night plus tax. Or reserve a room online here.
Register online at mises.org, or call us at 334.321.2100.
Student scholarships are available.
Special thanks to the Harvey Allison family for making this event possible.
