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Up Next on AU Online
Oct 19, 2024 3:49 PM

Join us as we e Mr. Jeffrey Tucker for the AU Online presentation of his popular lecture, The Nature and Function of Money. The online session is scheduled for Monday April 16 at 6:30pm ET. In this lecture, Mr. Tucker explores the centrality of money to market economics, its origins, the history of its development, and its functions in modern economic life. Visit auonline.acton.org for more information or to register.

Mr. Tucker is a speaker, writer, organizer, and technology/cultural pundit of international renown. The former editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and current editorial consultant to Mises.org, he serves as the publisher and executive editor of Laissez-Faire Books. Mr. Tucker is the author of Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo and It’s a Jetsons World: Private Miracles and Public Crimes, among thousands of articles. A list of articles that he has written for Acton’s publications is found here.

Other ing AU Online lectures:

Tuesday April 24, 6:00- 6:30pm ET: Acton Q&A session led by Dr. Stephen Grabill, Director of Programs and International at Acton.Wednesday May 9, 6- 7:15pm ET: Fair Trade vs. Free Trade given by frequent Acton lecturer Victor Claar, Professor of Economics at Henderson State University.

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