2012 Baxter Lecturer: Dr. Arthur C. Brooks
President, American Enterprise Institute
Arthur Brooks is the author of 10 books and hundreds of articles on topics ranging trom the economics of the arts to military operations research. His most recent book is the New York Times bestseller The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise.
Respondent: Dr. Kinch Hoekstra
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Kinch Hoekstra has written on ancient, renaissance, and early modern political thought. He specializes in the history of political, moral, and legal philosophy. Prior to his appointment at UC Berkeley, Hoekstra was a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Hoestra holds a joint appointment with the UC Berkeley School of Law.