September 30

Rethinking Biofuels Policy

Rethinking Biofuels Policy

Featuring Harry de Gorter, Visiting Fellow, Cato Institute, and Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University; Kate McMahon, Biofuels Campaign Coordinator, Friends of the Earth; moderated by Kurt Couchman, Manager of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.

September 28

The Case for Business in Developing Economies

The Case for Business in Developing Economies

Featuring the author Ann Bernstein, Founding Director, Centre for Development and Enterprise (Johannesburg, South Africa); with comments by Clive Crook, Senior Editor, The Atlantic, and commentator, Financial Times; moderated by Ian Vásquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.

September 22

Recording the Police: Is Citizen Journalism against the Law?

Recording the Police: Is Citizen Journalism against the Law?

Featuring Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Joseph I. Cassilly, State’s Attorney, Harford County, Maryland; and David Rittgers , Legal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.

September 20

The Right to Earn a Living

The Right to Earn a Living

Featuring Timothy Sandefur, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation; David E. Bernstein, Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law; and Clark Neily, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice; moderated by Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute.

September 17

The Upcoming Supreme Court Term and the Future of Economic Liberty

The Upcoming Supreme Court Term and the Future of Economic Liberty

Featuring Timothy Sandefur, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, and author, The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law; and Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review; moderated by Brandon Arnold, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.

September 16

9th Annual Constitution Day Conference

Cato Institute 9th Annual Constitution Day Conference - Religion, Offensive Videos, and Campaign Finance: A Big Year for the First Amendment

Featuring Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute; Ilya Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review; James Bopp Jr., General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech; Steve Simpson, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice; and others.

September 14

Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto

Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto

Featuring Dick Armey, Chairman, FreedomWorks, Former House Majority Leader, and Main Author of the Contract with America; and Matt Kibbe, President and CEO, FreedomWorks, Former Director of the Federal Budget Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; moderated by Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute.

September 8

The Service Revolution in South Asia

The Service Revolution in South Asia

Featuring the editor and chief author Ejaz Ghani, Economic Advisor, South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank; with comments by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute and columnist for the Times of India; moderated by Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.