Programs & Events

The Center for Public Choice & Market Process hosts multiple events and programming opportunities throughout the year for students, faculty, and the greater Charleston community.

Programming Cornerstones

The events below are quintessential to the Center for Public Choice and reoccur annually.
  • Adam Smith Week

    Every spring semester we organize Adam Smith Week. By engaging students, faculty, and the community in the discussion on Adam Smith and his economic philosophy we seek to create awareness and explore important topics in political economy, entrepreneurship, and the role of government.

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  • Free Market Speaker Series

    Each semester we invite speakers from the business and academic world who address the underlying principles of a market economy. Students, faculty, alumni, and the Charleston business community are invited to attend our events.

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  • Economics Book

    Each semester we sponsors the Economics Book Colloquium, in which students and faculty meet to discuss interesting contemporary writing in economics and political science. We often invite the authors of the books we read for campus talks and quest lectures.

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  • Regional Reading Group

    We host discussion colloquiums for students interested in classical works on free society. These symposiums are typically a few days long and involve in-depth discussions in a Socratic style about the books read ahead of time. We collaborate with universities in the region and host 15-25 students from College of Charleston and other local universities.

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