Impact Symposium: "American Capitalism in the World"

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney spoke March 31, 2010, as part of Vanderbilt's Impact Symposium.

The theme of this years lectures is The Future of Capitalism. Nader and Stossel spoke in a point-counterpoint discussion titled Business or the Consumer First?

This years Impact Symposium continues a long-standing tradition at Vanderbilt. Impact, one of the oldest university lecture series of its caliber in the nation, began in 1964 when a group of Vanderbilt students saw the need to increase the campuss exposure to current issues by providing a symposium in which intellectually challenging and sometimes controversial speakers could be heard.

In 1968, the series passed a milestone when Robert Kennedy drew a record attendance of 16,000 people from more than 100 college delegations across the United States. Over the years, successive Impact programs have brought speakers such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., George McGovern, Robert McNamara, Jesse Jackson, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to campus. Last years event featured Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Israeli legislator Natan Sharansky.

Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Programming Board.

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• vanderbilt
• politics
• economics

[EastCoastAvenger]

@bli54 Because he's flip-flopped on every major issue, and changes with the political winds for his own gain.

[JohnRhysMusician]

What a cool lecture? Vanderbilt is awesome!

[teemu21]

@tristramshandy3 Education doesn't always lead to intellectualism, in sense of blathering silly theories and hating USA, Israel and West in general. USA was the first to give degrees in highly practical fields like Engineering and Agriculture.

[salvelluto]

Great job, Mitt!

[tristramshandy3]

it's funny to hear him try to say education is a national value when anti-intellectualism is our defining national characteristic. This has been the case throughout our history.

[cureloms]

@bli54 Amen!

[bli54]

Why is this man not our president? Can we afford to not have him as our president? Wake up, America!!!