OSU Free Enterprise Society

Tonight's we will be watching the rebroadcast of Matt Ridley's lecture on how Innovation Flourishes in Freedom. Refreshments provided. See you at 7:30 in Student Union 280! Pre-register here: https://okstatebusiness.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vxT8nTHvlprc5T

Don't miss tomorrow night's showing of Invalidated and a conversation with inventor Josh Malone at 7:30pm in Student Union 280. Reserve your spot here: https://linktr.ee/okstateFES

Join our lecture via livestream, starts at 7:30!

LIVE Monday 9/21@7:30pm: The Science, Economics, & Ethics of Climate Change & Environmental Alarmism Michael Shellenberger is a Time magazine "Hero of the Environment"; the winner of the 2008 Green Book Award from the Stevens Institute of Technology's Center for Science Writings; and an invited expert reviewer of the next Assessment Report for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). H...

Tonight's lecture is about the science, economics and ethics of climate change, presented by environmental activist and policy writer, Michael Shellenberger. Don't miss it! Pre-register here: https://linktr.ee/okstateFES

If you missed our last lecture "The Cure That Works -- How to Have the World's Best Healthcare -- at a Quarter of the Price" by Dr. Sean Flynn, you can watch it here!

REBROADCAST: The Cure That Works--How to Have the World's Best Healthcare--at a Quarter of the Price Dr. Sean Masaki Flynn is an entrepreneur, economist, and educator dedicated to bringing affordable, high-quality healthcare to the United States. Sean is the author of the international bestseller Economics for Dummies as well as the coauthor of one of the world's bestselling economics textbooks. An...

Our first meeting of the Fall semester is in Monday (08/24). We will be discussing plans for the semester & scholarship opportunities, as well as holding elections for some additional officer positions. If you have not already done so, pre-register for the event through the following link: https://linktr.ee/okstateFES

Had a great discussion last night about the effects of regulation on our everyday lives!

Garrett Rothstein (Bird Co.) made a great point about how motorized scooters (e.g. Birds) increase the radius of every student's immediate 'walking distance' by a factor of 4x, 5x, or more; this greatly increases the ability of surrounding businesses in the community to offer and provide value (i.e. goods and services) to OSU students. This creates a positive economic effect that extends beyond campus and beyond the value and enjoyment the scooters provide to the riders themselves.

Garrett's comment exemplified Dr. Per Bylund's earlier point about how regulation creates ripple effects throughout the economy -- i.e. a ban on scooters indirectly damages local businesses by denying them would-be consumers who never come because their access to motorized scooters was denied to them by the regulation.

Jadan Terrazas gave an update regarding the University's plans to allow motorized scooters back on campus. According to Jadan, the University will be allowing scooters back on campus (hopefully by January) with the scooters being restricted to specified parking zones (to be designated and constructed by the University over the winter break) and a max travel speed of 10 mph while on campus.

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