Cato University Summer 2007
Daily Schedule
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Sunday, July 22 |
Afternoon
Registration and an opportunity to get-acquainted with faculty members and other participants – and to learn your way around the magnificent Rancho Bernardo Inn |
Reception, dinner, and evening presentation
Tom G. Palmer – “Why Liberty?” |
Monday, July 23 |
Breakfast |
Morning Sessions
Tom G. Palmer – “The Historical Struggle for Liberty: 2300 BC – 1776 AD” |
Lunch |
Afternoon Sessions Glen Whitman – “The Economic Way of Thinking” David T. Beito – “Libertarianism and the Struggle for Equal Rights” |
Free Time |
Dinner & Evening Presentation Glen Whitman – “The Economics of Politics” |
Tuesday, July 24 |
Breakfast |
Morning Sessions
Marcus Cole – “Property, Contract, and Freedom” |
Lunch |
Afternoon Sessions
Marcus Cole – “A Constitution of Enumerated Powers and Unenumerated Rights” |
Free Time |
Dinner & Evening Presentation
Glen Whitman – “The Economics of Prohibition” |
Wednesday, July 25 |
Breakfast |
Morning Sessions
Marcus Cole – “Legal Order without Coercion” |
Lunch |
Afternoon Session (your choice)
Marcus Cole – “Law and Economics of the Regulatory State” or Ronald Krieger – “Wall Street ‘Wisdom’ and the Wisdom of Markets” |
Extended Free Time |
Dinner & Evening Presentation
Brian Doherty – “The Emergence of the Modern Libertarian Movement” |
Thursday, July 26 |
Breakfast |
Morning Sessions
Brian Doherty – “Libertarian Models of Political and Social Change” |
Lunch |
Afternoon Session
Robert McDonald – “New Deal, New Frontier, Great Society, and the Modern American Welfare State” and choice between: or David Boaz – “Why Government Grows Too Big” |
Free Time |
Dinner & Evening Presentation
David Boaz – “The Coming Century of Liberty” |
Friday, July 27 |
Breakfast |
Morning Session
Tom G. Palmer – “The Rhetoric of Liberty” |
Farewell Gathering & Departure |
The 2007 Cato University is co-sponsored by the Donald and Paula Smith Family Foundation