The Danish Model — Don’t Try This at Home

Increasingly, one hears the claim that Denmark is somehow proof that a gentler socialism is preferable to free-market capitalism, promising more happiness, greater wealth, or both. Recently, Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton declared their admiration for Denmark.  In a new bulletin, Otto Brøns-Petersen suggests that the lesson of the Danish model should be “Don’t try this at home — at least until you understand what the Danish Model is about.”

Do Professionals Have First Amendment Rights?

Of all the rights the U.S. Constitution protects, courts are probably most vigilant about protecting free speech. Freedom of expression is not only a cornerstone of democratic government, but also central to the more ordinary choices citizens make in their daily lives. Yet one class of speech has been almost entirely ignored by the courts: speech by professionals engaged in their business.  In the new issue of Regulation, Cato scholar Timothy Sandefur argues that the Supreme Court should make it clear that censoring professionals is intolerable.

How Not to Use the International Trade Commission’s Economic Analysis of Trade Agreements

Whether the public and policymakers are supportive of trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will depend in part on the economic results they are expected to deliver. In a new bulletin, Cato scholar Daniel R. Pearson says that interested parties tend to cherry-pick the results that best support their own policy positions, which leads to conflicting claims and a great deal of public confusion and doubt about trade agreements.

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January 6

The Economics of Immigration: Market-Based Approaches, Social Science, and Public Policy

Featuring contributors Zac Gochenour, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Western Carolina University; and Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; with comments by Neil Ruiz, Executive Director of the Center for Law, Economics, and Finance, George Washington University; moderated by Benjamin Powell, Director, Free Market Institute, and Professor of Economics, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University; Senior Fellow, Independent Institute.

4:00PM to 5:30PM
Hayek Auditorium

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Perilous Partners

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