521841 news 1459869536 1475896877 <![CDATA[Besedes Appears on Radio to Discuss Disney Threat]]> Governor Nathan Deal recently rejected controversial ‘religious liberties’ legislation that created a nationwide uproar. Alongside outcry from social activists who say the bill legalized discrimination against LGBT people, production companies for TV and film vowed to end their association with Georgia if the bill became law. Many feel that Hollywood’s billions ultimately defeated the fledgling bill, but did social activism play an equal or greater role?

This morning, Associate Professor Tibor Besedes appeared alongside Salon writer Daniel Denvir and research Matthew Mitchell from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  Listen here to hear all that they said on Georgia Public Broadcasting's On Second Thought.

]]> 2016-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 Associate Professor Tibor Besedes spoke about Disney's threat to pull out of Georgia due to controversial legislation on GPB's On Second Thought.

]]> 427711 image <![CDATA[Tibor Besedes Speaking on On Second Thought]]> 202799 image/jpeg Jade Hill, Communications Coordinator, School of Economics
jade.hill@econ.gatech.edu

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