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The speaker for the annual Brandt Foundation Lecture is Lawrence W. Reed. Reed will present, “Presidents and Economics: Two Who Got It Right,” on Monday, November 4, 2024 in the Jordan Ballroom at 7 p.m. Drawing from American presidential history, Reed will explain how the policies of two presidents, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, point the way for the next one to fix the country’s serious fiscal problems.
Reed is President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty for the Foundation for Economic Education.
Reed became president of FEE in 2008 after serving as chairman of its board of trustees in the 1990s and both writing and speaking for FEE since the late 1970s. Prior to becoming FEE’s president, he served for 21 years as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. He also taught economics full-time from 1977 to 1984 at Northwood University in Michigan and chaired its department of economics from 1982 to 1984.
A champion for liberty, Reed has authored nearly 2,000 newspaper columns and articles and dozens of articles in magazines and journals in the United States and abroad. He has authored or coauthored eight books, the most recent being Was Jesus a Socialist? He is frequently interviewed on radio talk shows and has appeared as a guest on numerous television programs. He has visited 87 countries.