Interested in viewing past Brandt Foundation Lectures? Video recordings of previous Brandt Foundation Lectures are now available for viewing at Boise State University’s Albertsons Library or click the YouTube links.
2023 Speaker
John Cochrane “Free to Grow” – November 6, 2023
Watch the Cochrane lecture on YouTube.
2022 Speaker
Steven H. Hanke “Looking for Inflation in All the Wrong Places” – November 7, 2022
Watch the Hanke lecture on YouTube.
2021 Speaker
Tyler Cowen “Big Business Lessons from the Pandemic” – November 1, 2021
Watch the Cowen lecture on YouTube.
2019 Speaker
David R. Henderson “The Case for Free Trade” – November 4, 2019
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2018 Speaker
William J. Luther “Is Bitcoin a Bubble” – November 12, 2018
Watch the Luther lecture on YouTube.
2017 Speaker
Jason Brennan “Why Not Capitalism?” – November 6, 2017
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2016 Speaker
MATT RIDLEY, author, columnist
“How Prosperity Evolves” – November 14, 2016
Watch the Ridley lecture on YouTube.
2014 Speaker
JOHN A. ALLISON, Cato Institute President and CEO
“The Philosophic Fight for the Future of America.” – September 29, 2014
2013 Speaker
PROFESSOR RICHARD A. EPSTEIN, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
“Putting the Limits Back in Limited Government” – October 14, 2013
2012
Due to travel restrictions related to Hurricane Sandy, the Brandt Foundation Lecture planned for November 1, 2012, had to be canceled at the last minute. Constitutional law professor Richard A. Epstein was scheduled to speak but was unable to travel to Boise from his home in New York City. Fortunately, he agreed to reschedule his visit for 2013.
2011
DR. ROBERT A. LEVY, Cato Institute
“How the Supreme Court Has Subverted the Constitution” – October 3, 2011
2010
PROFESSOR RANDY E. BARNETT, Georgetown University Law Center
“Restoring The Lost Constitution” – October 28, 2010
2009
THE HONORABLE DAVID M. WALKER, Former U.S. Comptroller General
“Day of Reckoning: America’s Fiscal Future” – October 19, 2009
2008
DR. ROBERT HIGGS, Senior Fellow in Political Economy,
The Independent Institute
“The Perilous Path to Unlimited Government” – September 29, 2008
2007
JUDGE ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel
“The Constitution in Exile” – September 24, 2007
2006
DR. WILLLIAM A. NISKANEN, Chairman, Cato Institute
“Constitutional Anarchy in America” – October 16, 2006
2005
JOHN STOSSEL, ABC News 20/20 Co-Anchor/Correspondent
“Freedom and Its Enemies” – February 6, 2006
2004
PROFESSOR JAMES M. BUCHANAN, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Economics
“Afraid to be Free: Dependence as Desideratum” – November 10, 2004