two-in-one INVITATION
A South Africa that will make our children and grandchildren proud
presented by Herman Mashaba, Chairman, Free Market Foundation
The morality of capitalism
presented by Tom Palmer, Executive Vice President for International Programs
at Atlas Economic Research Foundation & Senior Fellow at Cato Institute (USA)
Following the FMF’s AGM (see below)…
Herman Mashaba will present A South Africa that will make our children and grandchildren proud, touching on
- The road to real freedom
- Free to choose
- Jobs for all
- Colour-blind society
Tom Palmer (see full bio below) will present The morality of capitalism, touching on
- The paradox of morality
- Voluntary interaction and self-interest
- The culture of liberty
- The myth of greed
- Competition and cooperation
- The virtues of entrepreneurial capitalism
- For-profit medicine and the compassion motive
- The market economy and the distribution of wealth
- Global capitalism and justice
Date Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Cheese & Wine 17h30 – 18h00 (or AGM for members – see below)
Presentation & Discussion 18h00 – 19h30
(Herman Mashaba 1800-1830; Tom Palmer 1830-1930)
Venue Free Market Foundation, Prime Meridian House, Building 6, Bryanston Gate Office Park, 170 Curzon Road, Bryanston
Directions Bryanston Gate is on the corner of Homestead Avenue and Main Road opposite Sandton Clinic (cnr Peter Place and Main); you must enter Curzon from Main; then first gate on the left
Security Please bring this invitation with you as it will speed up the security process; without it you will need to complete the security form at the gate
If you wish to join us, RSVP via http://www.fmfevents.co.za/Event.aspx?ID=51 essential as seating limited
Agenda of the Annual General Meeting
to be held in the boardroom, Free Market Foundation,
on Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 17h30
PLEASE RSVP SEPARATELY TO JOAN EVANS je.fmf@mweb.co.za
Members only 1730-1800
1. Welcome & apologies
2. Approval of the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
3. Approval of the audited financial statements
4. Appointment of auditor
5. Discussion and Q&A on the work of the FMF
6. General
7. Closure
Biography
Libertarian scholar and activist Tom G. Palmer has carried the ideas of liberty to some of the most oppressed and dangerous parts of the planet. He smuggled books, photocopiers, and faxes into the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations and has taught and lectured in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other countries.
Tom is the executive vice president for international programs at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and director of Cato University. At Atlas, Dr. Palmer is responsible for establishing operating programs in 14 languages and managing programs for a worldwide network of think tanks.
Before joining Cato he was an H. B. Earhart Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford University, and a vice president of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. He frequently lectures in North America, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Latin America, India, China and throughout Asia, and the Middle East on political science, public choice, civil society, and the moral, legal, and historical foundations of individual rights.
He has published reviews and articles on politics and morality in scholarly journals such as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Ethics, Critical Review, and Constitutional Political Economy, as well as in publications such as Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Die Welt, Caixing,Al Hayat, the Washington Post, and The Spectator of London.
He is the author of Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice, published in 2009, and the editor of The Morality of Capitalism, published in 2011 and After the Welfare State in 2012.
Palmer received his B.A. in liberal arts from St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, his M.A. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and his doctorate in politics from Oxford University.