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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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May 17
Featuring Benjamin H. Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute; Spencer Ackerman, Senior Writer, WIRED Magazine; and Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Laura Odato, Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
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In the new issue of Cato Policy Report, Cato President and CEO John A. Allison argues that the Federal Reserve is increasing the long-term risk in our financial system through both its monetary and regulatory policies. Also in this issue, James D. Gwartney looks at the incomplete “public choice revolution,” and explains how mainstream economics is leaving both current students and the general public with a misleading, false, and romantic view of government and the operation of the democratic political process.
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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.
March 20
Featuring Ronald A. Cass, Cass & Associates, Dean Emeritus of Boston University School of Law; Keith Hylton, Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law; and Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Editor, Copyright Unbalanced: From Incentive to Excess; moderated by Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
March 19
Featuring Yoani Sanchez, Dissident blogger, Generation Y; and Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Photographer and Editor, Voces; moderated by Ian Vasquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
March 19
Featuring Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director, GOProud; Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; and Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Kelly Cobb, Senior Director of External Affairs, Cato Institute.
March 18
Featuring the author Fred Kaplan, “War Stories” Columnist, Slate, with comments by Spencer Ackerman, National Security Correspondent, WIRED; and Janine Davidson, George Mason University; moderated by Christopher Preble, Vice President, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
March 15
Featuring the author Lajos Bokros, Former Minister of Finance, Hungary, Member of European Parliament, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Central European University; with comments by Charles Gati, Professorial Lecturer in Russian and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; moderated by Tom G. Palmer, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, Executive Vice President for International Programs, Atlas Economic Research Foundation.
March 15
Featuring: Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman & CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; John Stossel, Host, Stossel, Fox Business Network; David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute; Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
10:30am - 2:00pm Waldorf=Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York, NYMarch 14
Featuring John Kane-Berman, CEO, South African Institute of Race Relations; with comments by Ebrahim Rasool, Ambassador, Republic of South Africa; moderated by Marian L. Tupy, Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
March 14
Featuring Barry Blechman, Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center; Steve Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense; and Jacob Stokes, Research Associate, Center for a New American Security; moderated by Christopher Preble, Vice President, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
March 13
Featuring George H. K. Wang , Professor of Finance, George Mason University; and Aaron Klein, Director, Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative, Bipartisan Policy Center; moderated by Mark Calabria, Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute.
March 12
With comments from Julie Stewart, Founder and President, Families Against Mandatory Minimums; and Steph Sherer, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.
March 12
Featuring Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Researcher, Microsoft Research; Javier Osorio, PhD Candidate, Notre Dame University; and Karla Zabludovsky, Reporter, New York Times, Mexico City Bureau ; with opening remarks by Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas; moderated by Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Policy Analyst on Latin America, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
March 11
Featuring Václav Klaus, President, Czech Republic (until March 7, 2013), Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; with comments by Uri Dadush, Senior Associate and Director, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; moderated by Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute.