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THE CENTER FOR
COMMERCE & FREEDOM


ADVANCING A FLOURISHING SOCIETY THROUGH BUSINESS


PURSUING OUR MISSION WITH VIRTUE & VIGOR


PERPETUATING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY


ADVANCING THE STUDY OF COMMERCE IN HUMAN FLOURISHING

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THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND FREEDOM: PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES

The object of the Center for Commerce and Freedom will be to advance the study
of the crucial role of commerce in human flourishing. Any study of commerce that
does not consider freedom a prerequisite to its success is inaccurate and
incomplete.

At Hillsdale, the study of business is presented within the context of the
liberal arts. It is not merely job training. At the Center, students will be
able to examine commerce not only in economic but also in historical,
philosophical, cultural, and political contexts. This will allow them to knit
together the elements of a free society: commerce, property rights, education,
and self-government.   


> “I want the people of America to be able to work less for the Government … to
> have the rewards of their own industry. That is the chief meaning of freedom.”

-Calvin Coolidge, The Mind of the President


THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND FREEDOM

Since its founding, the object of Hillsdale College has always been to
perpetuate the blessings of liberty in America by means of sound learning. 

The College’s Department of Economics, Business, and Accounting has pursued
Hillsdale’s mission with virtue, vigor, and distinction for more than 50 years.
In recent times, the Department has grown rapidly. Its economics component,
heavily influenced by the Austrian School, has an excellent record of sending
students to top graduate schools. Because of Hillsdale College’s liberal arts
core curriculum, its graduates are uniquely equipped to relate the principles of
the free market to the institutions of free government, especially as they exist
in America. 

The business component of the Department has also grown. Like Ronald Reagan,
Hillsdale faculty and students understand that “unleashing the energy and
individual genius of man” is the only path to freedom and prosperity. There are
two alternatives in the modern world: the commercial society and the despotic
society. Hillsdale College has always been committed to the free and commercial
society. To animate its pursuit of these high aims, Hillsdale College will
expand its Department of Economics, Business, and Accounting by establishing the
Center for Commerce and Freedom.

Best Regards, 
Larry P. Arnn
Hillsdale College President


President Larry P. Arnn



> “One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who
> produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who
> complain.”

-Thomas Sowell, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for
Social Policy


SUPPORT THE DEFENSE OF AMERICAN COMMERCE AND FREEDOM

Winston Churchill considered “government interference in trade matters” to be
“nearly always a crime, and invariably a blunder.” Hillsdale College, being of
similar opinion, does not accept one penny of taxpayer-financed government aid.
As such, the Center for Commerce and Freedom will, like the College itself, rely
entirely on the generosity of Hillsdale’s friends and supporters for its
funding. To provide for the program in perpetuity, its operations will be
endowed at a total cost of just under $16 million. Naming opportunities are
available for the following:

Endowed Operations to Name Center:
$6,800,000
Endowed Annual Conference:
$1,000,000
Endowed Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
$1,500,000
Endowed Benjamin Franklin Fellowship Program:
$1,200,000
Endowed Faculty Chair (2):
$4,500,000

Please consider supporting the Center for Commerce and Freedom with a gift
toward one of these areas. Hillsdale College’s business curriculum stands as a
model of the role of commerce in human flourishing. Through the efforts of the
Center, Hillsdale students, as well as citizens, will be equipped to understand
the proper role of commerce and equipped to defend freedom and commerce in
America.

Support the Center Today

TO AID US IN THIS WORK, CONTACT:
DAVID DANFORD
DDANFORD@HILLSDALE.EDU | (517) 607-2682


LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT THE MISSION


CHARLES N. STEELE
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE & FREEDOM
csteele@hillsdale.edu


Charles Steele has taught economics at the graduate and undergraduate levels in
China, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, and has also worked in private
consulting. At Hillsdale College, he teaches a variety of upper division
economics courses, among them a two-semester sequence in History of Economic
Thought, Environmental and Resource Economics, Mathematical Economics, and
Austrian Economics II. His research interests include environmental and resource
economics, economics of space development, and economics of institutions and
institutional change. Outside of economics, his interests include trail running
and running ultramarathons, mountaineering, and other outdoor activities.

Questions on the Center:
DAVID DANFORD
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
ddanford@hillsdale.edu
(517) 607-2682

David Danford served for over 15 years in the U.S. military and, along the way,
was blessed to attend Hillsdale College for graduate school. David and his wife
fell in love with the place and the College, and wanted to return and raise
their family and help Hillsdale in any way they could. David now works to build
up Hillsdale’s network in the world of business and industry to advance the
mission of the College.

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