OAFEE SEMINARS
The Office for the Advancement of Free Enterprise Education offers seminars under three main programs:
Economics for Heroes: The goal of the Economics for Heroes (EFH) programs is to present a series of two-day, face-to-face, web-supported seminars on personal finance and free-market economics for Wisconsin’s heroes - military veterans, and police officers - as a way to improve their financial well-being and to increase their understanding of free enterprise.
Economics for Opinion Leaders: The goal of the Economics for Opinion Leaders (EFOL) programs is to present a series of two-day, face-to-face, web-supported seminars on free-market economics for Wisconsin opinion leaders - teachers, media professionals, elected officials and clergy members - to increase their understanding of free enterprise and enable them to responsibly share that knowledge with the groups they serve.
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Teaching Economics in American History: The goal of the Teaching Economics in American History (TEAH) program is to improve the economic understanding of Wisconsin and Midwest teachers and students by presenting a large-scale workshop to American history teachers, providing them with the instructional tools they need to teach basic economics. The curriculum provided is the award-winning text Economic Episodes in American History, 2nd Edition.
Programs - EFH, EFOL & TEAH
Click the program title to learn more about our seminars or to register for scheduled events.
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Teachers
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Media Professionals
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Elected Officials & Policy Makers
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Clergy & Nonprofit Leaders



Session Topics
The topics presented in each EFH, EFOL & TEAH seminar may include, but are not limited to:
Personal Finance
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Building Wealth for the Long Term
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You and Your Money
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Earning More Income
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Taking Control of Your Finances
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Managing Credit: Parts 1 & 2
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Saving and Investing for the Long Term
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Scams & Identity Theft
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How Can You Better Manage Risk?
Economics
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Why are Some Nations Rich:
Mystery Nations
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Economic Way of Thinking
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The Numbers Every Citizen Should Know
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The Economics of Education:​
Investing in Human Capital
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Property Rights:
The Most Fundamental Freedom?
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Be Nice to the Price
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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Federal Reserve System
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Debt, Deficits, & Entitlements
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Why Trade?
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Can Marginal Thinking Help You Make Better Decisions?
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What Caused the U.S. Economy to Melt Down?
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Why is Good Economics Bad Politics?
Economics in American History
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How the Economic Way of Thinking Can Improve the Teaching of History
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Why Would Free People Sell Themselves into Bondage?
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Why Did the Colonists Succeed Economically Without Finding Gold & Silver?
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Why Did the Colonists Fight When They Were Safe, Prosperous and Free?
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Economics of the Constitution
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The Homestead Act of 1862: Was Free Land a Good Deal?
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Hard Money or a Cross of Gold? Problems Down on the Farm
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Industrialization, Robber Barons and Monopolies
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Panics and the Beginning of the Fed
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Why Did a Mild Recession in 1929 Become the Great Depression of the 1930's?
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Who Desegregated Major League Baseball? Jackie Robinson or Adam Smith?
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Is Free Trade Out of Date?