The presentation is free and open to the public; however, masks and social distancing will be required.
Credit: Angelo State University Published: 1:23 PM CDT April 23, 2021 Updated: 1:23 PM CDT April 23, 2021
SAN ANGELO, Texas The Texas Tech University Free Market Institute at Angelo State University is sponsoring a presentation by Yeonmi Park at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27 at the Houston Harte University Center, 1910 Rosemont Drive.
According to an ASU press release, Park is a North Korean defector and human rights, activist.
The presentation will be held in the University Center s C.J. Davidson Conference Center and will be open to the public at no cost.
The Texas Tech University Free Market Institute on Feb. 3 hosted a lecture on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in MCS 100 at ASU. Bryan Cutsinger, Ph.D. introduced the lecturer, William J. Luther, assistant professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University.
Roughly 80 attendees registered for the event online and came to the event. Attendance was only open to the ASU community due to ASU’s COVID-19 restrictions. Seats were limited and sold out by Sunday. Pens, koozies and pamphlets were available for attendees as they took their seats for the lecture.
The topic of the lecture was Bitcoin. What is Bitcoin? What is the fundamental value of Bitcoin? Is Bitcoin a bubble? Luther intended to answer these three questions over the course of the approximately 35 minute talk before opening the floor to questions. Introducing the topic, Luther highlighted the volatility of Bitcoin with a graph of its price, then went on to define a bubble.