2022 Forum on American Enterprise

Join the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) on Thursday, October 6, 2022 to celebrate Economic Education month with a keynote from Antony Davies & James R Harrigan, co-hosts of the Words & Numbers podcast and authors of "Cooperation & Coercion".

Antony Davies is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow at FEE, associate professor of economics at Duquesne University, and co-host of the podcast, Words & Numbers. Dr. Davies authors monthly columns on economics and public policy for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He has written a book on understanding statistics, published by the Cato Institute, and has co-authored hundreds of op-eds for, among others, the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post.  His YouTube videos on economics, government, and policy have garnered millions of views. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Davies was Associate Producer at the Moving Pictures Institute, Chief Financial Officer at Parabon Computation, founded several technology companies, and is co-founder and Chief Academic Officer at FreedomTrust, where he lectures on economics for high school students across the country.

James R. Harrigan is the F.A. Hayek Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and Senior Editor at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is also co-host of the Words & Numbers podcast. Dr. Harrigan was previously Dean of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, and later served as Director of Academic Programs at the Institute for Humane Studies and Strata, where he was also Senior Research Fellow. He was also Managing Director of the Center for Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona. He has written extensively for the popular press, with articles appearing in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and a host of other outlets. His current work focuses on the intersections between political economy, public policy, and political philosophy.

The mission of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is to increase economic and financial literacy in Mississippi by providing resources and training to K-12 educators, empowering students to create a more prosperous future for themselves and Mississippi.  The annual Forum on American Enterprise allows us to raise funds to be used statewide to achieve this mission.  MCEE is the only Mississippi organization that provides high quality professional development to Mississippi teachers in the areas of economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship, that allows them to teach quality content in their classrooms.  The MCEE is ranked in the top 5 state councils for economic education nationally for its work with economic education.  Be a part of the solution to teach students how to make sound economic and financial decisions as they grow into adults.