Summary: The Ninth Annual John M. Templeton, Jr. Lecture on Economic Liberties and the Constitution considers how the Constitution addresses government regulation and relies on competition as a method of political organization. Keynote speaker Christopher DeMuth, D.C. Searle Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, explores the laws and regulations that can inhibit economic liberty and examine the boundaries between the Constitution’s explicit and implicit guarantees of competition, which have been contested throughout our political history. Michael L. Wachter, William B. Johnson Professor of Law and Economics and Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, provides the response to Mr. DeMuth's presentation. Daniel Gross, economics editor and columnist at Yahoo! Finance, facilitated the conversation. Program recorded on 6/16/11. Questions or comments? Write: programs@constitutioncenter.org
