Morgan Foundation Partners with the Barker Center for Economics Education and Foundation for Teaching Economics on Free Enterprise Programming
As part of Burton D. Morgan Foundation's 2025 Free Enterprise Speaker Series, the Barker Center for Economics Education at The University of Akron will be holding five more interactive sessions this year and the Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship will be holding a session in September and a session in October. Details are available for four upcoming sessions:
Free Market Capitalism 101: Foundations - September 3, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Barker Center
This panel discussion brings together experienced educators to explore effective methods for teaching the concepts, principles, and critiques of free market capitalism in the classroom. Educators will share tools for fostering critical thinking, from analyzing current events to integrating diverse ideological perspectives such as Marxist critiques of Keynesian economics. This discussion aims to equip educators with strategies to present a balanced and comprehensive view of free market capitalism, ensuring that students understand both its theoretical implications and its real world applications.
An Economic History of Capitalism - September 17, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Barker Center
This session provides an overview of the economic history of capitalism, tracing its evolution from its early roots to its global dominance in the modern era.
Entrepreneurship & Creative Destruction - September 10, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Foundation for Teaching Economics
Joseph Schumpeter coined the term, creative destruction,to describe the process by which old products and processes give way to new ones. It is through this evolutionary process that economies progress and grow. In this session, participants will take part in an activity in which they will experience creative destruction as they create inventions and then change, modify and improve others' inventions.
Entrepreneurship: Destination Start Up October 8, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Foundation for Teaching Economics
This session will focus on institutions of economic freedom that are necessary for entrepreneurship, particularly property rights, voluntary trade, and the rule of law.
All programs are open to the public, as well as educators.
A complete schedule of free enterprise programming can be found HERE. Registration details will be posted to the foundation's Events page as they become available.
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