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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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April 25
Featuring Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation; Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones Jr. & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; and James L. Smith, Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management, Southern Methodist University; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
Featured Publication
In the latest issue of Regulation magazine, M. Todd Henderson reviews last year’s brouhaha over health insurance and birth control. According to Henderson, lost in the firestorm about religion and feminism were larger lessons about health care policy and regulation. Also in this issue, Cato scholar Richard L. Gordon argues that new federal efforts to cut emissions are the result of longstanding legal and judicial mandates, not a sudden Obama administration push.
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May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
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Contrary to countless tales of its demise, U.S. manufacturing has always been strong relative to its own past and relative to other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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More Bang for Your Buck
The Cato Institute tops a new measure of think tank performance in the United States, according to a recent report. Cato bested all other U.S. think tanks in the main category of “Aggregate Profile per Dollar Spent.” “I’m grateful to the Center for Global Development for showing that Cato gives its sponsors something I wish government gave more of to taxpayers: bang for the buck,” said Cato CEO John Allison.
April 29
featuring Roy Prosterman, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Landesa; and Keliang Zhu, Attorney, China Team, Landesa; with comments by Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute; moderated by Ian Vasquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
April 28
Featuring Bruce Caldwell, editor The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek; Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School; George Soros, Founder and Chairman, Open Society Foundations; moderated by Ronald Hamowy, Fellow in Social Thought, Cato Institute.
April 21
Featuring the coauthor Andrew Morriss, Professor of Law and Business, University of Alabama; with comments by Kate Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy, Center for American Progress; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
April 18
Featuring Peter Ackerman, Founding Chair, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Coauthor, A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict; and Jack Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University Editor, The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions; moderated by David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute.
April 15
Featuring Alan Pisarski, author of Commuting in America; Clyde Hart, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, American Bus Association; and Randal O’Toole, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and author, Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It; moderated by Brandon Arnold, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
April 14
Featuring Robert A. Levy, Chairman, Cato Institute; Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute, and Coauthor, Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It.
April 8
Featuring: Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute; Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Tad DeHaven, Budget Analyst, Cato Institute; and Charles Murray.
April 7
Featuring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN); Senator Mike Lee (R-UT); Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman, Joint Economic Committee; Vito Tanzi, Honorary President of the International Institute of Public Finance; former Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund; Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Ohio University, Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Phil Gramm, UBS Investment Bank; former U.S. Senator from Texas.
April 6
Featuring a presentation and live discussion with Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Tad DeHaven, Budget Analyst, Cato Institute; moderated by Caleb O. Brown, Director of Multimedia.
April 5
Featuring Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA); Gene Healy, Vice President, Cato Institute; and John Samples, Director, Center for Representative Government, Cato Institute; moderated by Brandon Arnold, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.