Events - 2017

Monday
Dec 11
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Republic of Virtue: How the Constitution Was Meant as an Anti-Corruption Covenant, and How that Turned Out

Raleigh
Monday
Dec 4
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

North Carolina Beyond the Connected Age: The Tar Heel State in 2050

Raleigh
Monday
Nov 27

Monday, Nov. 27: No Shaftesbury Meeting

Online
Monday
Nov 20
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

A Living History Event: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Debate The Future Of Our Nation

Online
Monday
Nov 20

Monday, Nov. 20: No Shaftesbury Meeting

Online
Monday
Nov 13
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Federal Farm Handout System: Anti-Market and Insulting to Farmers

Raleigh
Monday
Nov 6
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Gerry Who? Making Sense of North Carolina’s Ongoing Debate Over Election Redistricting

Raleigh
Monday
Oct 30
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Luther and the Struggle of Evangelicalism and Secularism in America

Raleigh
Monday
Oct 23
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

U.S. Trade Policy in the Trump Administration

Raleigh
Monday
Oct 16
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Taxpayers’ Watchdog: Who We Are, What We Do, and How it Affects You

Raleigh
Monday
Oct 9
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Reverse Robin Hood – Corporate Welfare in North Carolina

Raleigh
Monday
Oct 2
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

N.C. Certificate-of-Need Laws: One Doctor’s Firsthand Experience With the Health Care Regulatory Maze

Raleigh
Monday
Sep 25
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Problems and Solutions in North Carolina’s Public Records Law

Raleigh
Monday
Sep 18
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

An Informed Citizenry: Broadening the Campaign Finance ‘Media Exemption’ to Include Nonprofit Communications

Raleigh
Monday
Sep 11
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange

Raleigh
Monday
Sep 4

Labor Day Break: September 4

Raleigh
Monday
Aug 28
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Was John Locke the First ‘Modern’ Economist?

Raleigh
Monday
Aug 21
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

North Carolina’s Child Fatality Task Force: Advancing Public Policy To Save Children’s Lives

Raleigh
Monday
Jul 31
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World

Raleigh
Monday
Jul 24
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Geopolitics and American Oil and Gas First: The Coming of Self-Sufficiency, North American Continentalism vs. Globalism in Energy, End of OPEC

Raleigh
Monday
Jul 17
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Tea Party, Barack Obama, and the Limits of Research

Raleigh
Monday
Jul 10
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Keeping America Safe During These Times

Raleigh
Monday
Jul 3

No Shaftesbury Society Presentation Monday, July 3

Online
Monday
Jun 26
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

NC MedAssist: Dispensing Hope For the Uninsured

Raleigh
Monday
Jun 19
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Left is Hijacking the Sports Industry and Making It Their Weapon

Raleigh
Monday
Jun 12
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

A New Way Forward: Access, Fairness, and Equal Justice in the 21st Century

Raleigh
Monday
Jun 5
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Price of Promises

Raleigh
Monday
May 29

No Shaftesbury Society on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29

Online
Monday
May 22
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

“Still & Barrel: Craft Spirits in the Old North State”

Raleigh
Monday
May 15
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) – How it Affects Retailers and How it Affects You

Raleigh
Monday
May 8
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

BREXIT: Good For North Carolina, Good For World Trade, and Great For Global Prosperity.

Raleigh
Monday
May 1
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Should the General Assembly Get a Pay Raise?

Raleigh
Monday
Apr 24
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Urban Growth: Costs, Benefits – and Traffic

Raleigh
Monday
Apr 17
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

North Carolina: A Model For Tax Reform

Raleigh
Monday
Apr 10
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

One Diamond For One Potato?

Raleigh
Monday
Apr 3
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Campus Violence and the Free Speech Debate

Raleigh
Monday
Mar 27
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Do You Know What Your City and County are Doing With Your Money?

Raleigh
Monday
Mar 27
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm

John W. Pope Lecture Series Presents Legal Scholar Randy E. Barnett

Raleigh
Monday
Mar 20
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Shall We Wake the President? Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office

Raleigh
Monday
Mar 13
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Mens Rea Reform: Does Overregulation Turn Ordinary People Into Criminals?

Raleigh
Monday
Mar 6
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Bottleneckers: Gaming the Government for Power and Private Profit

Raleigh
Monday
Feb 27
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Drought and the Mighty Mississippi: Lessons for Managing the Financial Risks of Extreme Weather in a Changing World

Raleigh
Monday
Feb 20

No Shaftesbury Society Meeting On Monday, February 20

Online
Monday
Feb 13
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

North Carolina’s Juvenile Justice System: An Overview and Raising the Juvenile Age

Raleigh
Monday
Feb 6

No Shaftesbury Society Meeting On Monday, February 6

Online
Monday
Jan 30
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Past and Future of Higher Education Reform In North Carolina

Raleigh
Monday
Jan 23
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Competition – What’s Been Good For College Basketball In N.C. Is Also Good For K-12 Education

Raleigh
Monday
Jan 16
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity?

Raleigh
Monday
Jan 9
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

** CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER **

Raleigh