September 28

Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution

Featuring the author, Ronald Bailey, Science Correspondent, Reason magazine, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; with comments by Mark Sagoff, Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, and President, International Society of Environmental Ethics; and moderated by Will Wilkinson, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute.

September 26

United Nations Reform: Beyond the Blame Game

Featuring Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute and moderated by Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute

September 23

The Republican Pork Explosion

Featuring Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy, Cato Institute, and Author, Downsizing the Federal Government; Tom Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste; Steve Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense

September 22

Mr. Smith Leaves Washington

Featuring Bradley A. Smith, Capital University School of Law; Representative Mike Pence (R-IN); and moderated by John Samples, Director, Center for Representative Government, Cato Institute

September 9

The Trouble with Medicaid

Featuring Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc.; Jagadeesh Gokhale, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; and Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

September 8

Cato to Release Ninth Annual Ranking of Economic Freedom

WASHINGTON – The Cato Institute, in conjunction with the Fraser Institute of Canada and more than 50 think tanks around the world, announces the upcoming release of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2005 Annual Report. The report provides a ranking of 127 nations according to the degree of their economic freedom.