The Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise is a research and education center that examines market-oriented approaches to economic and social issues.
The Hammond Institute has stayed busy during the pandemic and has been providing commentary and visual resources to help our communities stay up to date. Stop by regularly to see our new analyses and daily updates to our visual resources
NEWS AND HAPPENINGS
August 05, 2020
Along with the rest of the Lindenwood campus, the Hammond Institute is readying for a Roaring Return to a re-opened campus to start the FAll 2020 semester.
August 05, 2020
LEC Director Rachel Ferguson's expert commentary in The Bridge: "Many elites want to talk about racial justice but can’t comprehend the centrality of the church to the Black American experience."
August 05, 2020
Handy charts of trends in Missouri and the St. Louis metro area, updated daily as new data become available. The page includes maps of the distribution of the pandemic across Missouri, along with charts of the county-level progress within the St. Louis metro area.
August 05, 2020
Analysis from the Hammond Institute of the disproportionate toll of COVID-19 on older Missourians, especially those aged 80 and older.
July 24, 2020
The EEC's associate director, Grant Black, was interviewed for his views on "(w)hy many see the pandemic as the right time to start a business" in the St. Louis Business Journal (subscription required)
July 12, 2020
Op-Ed by CEE director Rik Hafer that appeared in the Charlotte Observer discussing the state of the economy during the pandemic. Our op-eds appear in publications across Missouri and elsewhere.
UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS
Nov 21, 2019
Business Ethics Panel
A Liberty & Ethics bi-annual event co-hosted with the Rotary Club of St. Charles.
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