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    Reverse Robin Hood – Corporate Welfare in North Carolina

    Featuring Donald Bryson: President and CEO, Civitas Institute
    on October 9, 2017
    In this presentation, Donald Bryson will discuss the rise of corporate tax giveaways in the Tar Heel State. He will detail the types of incentives and credits used by state…
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    Problems and Solutions in North Carolina’s Public Records Law

    Featuring Elliot Engstrom: Fellow, Elon University School of Law
    on September 25, 2017
    North Carolina’s Public Records Act provides for public access to government records. In pursuit of a general policy of openness, the Act lays out a process for requesting and, when necessary,…
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    Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange

    Featuring Barak Richman: Edgar P. and Elizabeth C. Bartlett Professor of Law and Business Administration, Duke University
    on September 11, 2017
    In this presentation, Professor Barak Richman will discuss his new book, Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange. The book uses the colorful case study of the…
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    Labor Day Break: September 4

    on September 4, 2017
    To Commemorate Labor Day, Shaftesbury Society Will Not Meet Monday, September 4 Shaftesbury Society Will Return Monday, September 11…
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    Was John Locke the First ‘Modern’ Economist?

    Featuring Michael Munger: Professor of Political Science, and Director of the PPE Certificate Program at Duke University
    on August 28, 2017
    Much of the attention of scholars has focused on two of Locke’s works–The Second Treatise and the Letter on Toleration. And these are indeed important. But an almost unknown work of…
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    Vacation Break: August 7 & 14

    on August 7, 2017
    Shaftesbury Society Will Not Meet Monday, August 7 and Monday, August 14 Shaftesbury Society Will Return Monday, August 21  …
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    Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World

    Featuring Mitch Prinstein: John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    on July 31, 2017
    The word “popularity” has the power to transport us back to our teenage years, but those same dynamics still affect our lives today.  We still encounter most and least popular…

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