Get involved with the Forum
Participating in the Menard Family George Washington Forum comes with many benefits. We offer fellowships and awards to students. Fellows participate in a rigorous reading group, engage with our guest speakers, and are eligible for research support.
Read along with us!
This year we’ve been studying political economy and economic development, with an emphasis on the intersection of ethics and economics. Here’s a list of what we’re reading:
Humanomics: Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations for the 21st Century, by Vernon L. Smith and Bart J. Wilson
Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals? by Virgil H. Storr and Ginny Seung Choi
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor, by William Easterly
How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth, by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin
Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli
Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
Fable of the Bees, Bernard Mandeville
The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Lectures on Jurisprudence, Adam Smith
Awards
George Washington Forum Undergraduate Fellowship
This award is open to Ohio University undergraduates in all colleges and majors for the 2024 – 2025 academic year.
Award amount: $2,500Application Deadline is 29 February 2024.Apply
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