By Lubbock Chronicle Staff
Economist Vance Ginn will examine the policy choices shaping Texas' future in a free public talk at Texas Tech University on Monday, Nov. 16. The Free Market Institute at Texas Tech is hosting the program, titled "Can Texas Remain the Freedom State?"
According to the institute, Ginn will look at government spending, taxes, property rights, education freedom, housing, energy and emerging technologies, and whether the state can keep the economic advantages it has drawn from limited government, low taxes and entrepreneurship.
Ginn is founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting and has hosted the Let People Prosper Show podcast since 2022. The institute says he works with more than 20 free-market organizations nationwide on economic policy.
Dates: Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Red Raider Ballroom, Texas Tech Student Union Building, 15th Street and Akron Avenue
Cost: Free and open to the Texas Tech community and the general public
Pro Tip: Event parking is available in TTU Visitor Lot R11, south of the Student Union Building, with overflow in Visitor Lot R13 to the east. Drivers without a valid TTU parking permit should register their vehicle for the event in advance.
For more information, contact the Free Market Institute at [email protected] or (806) 742-7138.
From: Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University
