This series features distinguished lecturers on subjects of economic interest. The speaker at this event was Professor Tara Smith. Her subject: The Pursuit of Happiness – and Tools for Attaining It.

Tara Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism and is the Anthem Foundation Fellow.

Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T) is a proud supporter of this lecture series. BB&T Corporation, headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., is among the nation’s top financial-holding companies with $178.5 billion in assets. Its bank subsidiaries operate more than 1,800 financial centers in the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Texas, Nevada and Washington, D.C.