A 30th Anniversary Celebration of
PERC—Property and Environment Research Center
featuring guest speaker
Matt Ridley, author of
The Rational Optimist—How Prosperity Evolves
Friday, June 25, 2010
5 p.m.
Riverside Country Club
2500 Spring Hill Rd
Bozeman
PERC will celebrate its 30th anniversary with New York Times best-selling author and former editor of The Economist, Matt Ridley at the Riverside Country Club, beginning with drinks and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m. The talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. with ample time following the presentation to engage in discussion before adjourning at 6:30 p.m.
In his new book, The Rational Optimist—How Prosperity Evolves HarperCollins 2010), Ridley turns from exploring human nature to investigating human progress. His presentation will offer a counterblast to the prevailing pessimism of our age, and prove that life is getting better. As the mayor of London recently wrote, Matt Ridley offers "an elegant and devastating rejoinder to all gloom-merchants everywhere."
Cost: $50 per person—includes a complimentary copy of The Rational Optimist, list price $26.99. Registration deadline: Tuesday, June 22.
Online and mail-in reservations are closed.
For more informatin on registration, call the PERC office at 406-587-9591.
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
PERC’s publications, each designed to resonate with specific groups, move ideas generated at PERC to broader audiences.
Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
PERC's fellowships share a common goal of exposing new scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers to free market environmentalism, as well as enable scholars already familiar with FME to explore new applications.
PERC continues to publish and present a broad range of research and discussion through podcasts, videos, and other multimedia channels.