Reminder Alert - The Real Adam Smith Screening in Chicago is TONIGHT!!!

****REMINDER - EVENT IS TONIGHT****

We hope you can join us this evening for a sneak peek at the new documentary The Real Adam Smith, which will be airing on WTTW July 7 and 14.  The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about Adam Smith and the relevancy of his ideas today.

Speakers include:

• Kevin M. Murphy, the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

• Johan Norberg, Executive Editor and host of The Real Adam Smith, Senior Fellow at Cato Institute, Author, Columnist and Commentator.

• Alison Mangiero, Senior Director of the Manhattan Institute's Adam Smith Society.

• Jim Taylor, Director of The Real Adam Smith, and other documentaries for public television.

• Bob Chitester, President and CEO of Free To Choose Network and Executive Producer of The Real Adam Smith.

To learn more about this new documentary, click here.

To explore Adam Smith's concepts, click here.

To RSVP for our Facebook Event Page, click here.

Calendar Alert for The Real Adam Smith Screening in Chicago - Monday, May 16th

 CALENDAR ALERT 

WHEN: Monday, May 16, 2016 | 6:30 p.m.

WHAT: Screening of the new public television documentary:  
The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg
How relevant can an 18th century moral philosopher and economist be in today’s world? If the man is Adam Smith, “the father of modern economics,” the answer is: very.  Just ask eBay, Whole Foods, Airbus and many other companies that have built businesses based on Smith’s ideas.
Those ideas, and the man behind them, are the subject of a new two-part documentary that will be airing on WTTW on July 7 (part 1) and July 14 (part 2) at 8:00 p.m.

Screening (30 minutes) is followed by discussion and Q&A with the film’s Executive Producer Bob Chitester, Director Jim Taylor, Executive Editor and Host Johan Norberg and Adam Smith Society Senior Director Alison Mangerio.

WHERE: International House | 1414 E 59th St. • Chicago

COST: Free

Chicago Residents - Join Us for a Reception and Screening of The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg

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  Monday, May 16th at 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM in CDT

  
  

  International House 1414 E 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

  
  

  
  

  Reception begins at 5:30 CDT and Screening begins at 6:30 CDT.

  
  

  How relevant can an 18th century moral philosopher and economist be in today’s world? If the man is Adam Smith, “the father of modern economics,” the answer is: very. Just ask eBay, Whole Foods, Airbus and many other companies that have built businesses based on Smith’s ideas. Join us in Chicago for a screening of "The Real Adam Smith" and discussion with the filmmakers afterward.

  
  

  Persons with disabilities who may need assistance

  should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274 or mdestefa@uchicago.edu.

  
  

  This event is free and open to the public. 

  
  

  Limited seating is available. Click here to RVSP on our Facebook Event Page.

  
  

  Chicago Residents please join us!