The Association of Private Enterprise Education is a nonprofit organization founded by a philanthropic donation from Herman Lay, co-founder of Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo.The Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies It was created for the purpose of "studying and supporting the system of private enterprise" and aims "to put into action accurate and objective understandings of private enterprise".
It holds an annual conferenceArt Carden, The Association of Private Enterprise Education is Decadent and Depraved: 2012, Forbes, 4/05/2012 and publishes the Journal of Private Enterprise. It also recognizes, by means of a number of awards, persons of distinction who have helped to further its aims.
Former presidents Edward Stringham Benjamin Powell Jeff Ray Clark Bruce L. BensonBruce L. Benson Faculty webpage Michael Cox Bruce Yandle Jane Shaw Gordon Tullock
References
External links The Association of Private Enterprise Education Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)