Featuring Jagadeesh Gokhale, Cato Institute; David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harold Pollack, University of Chicago; and Stephen C. Goss, Social Security Administration; moderated by Michael D. Tanner, Cato Institute.
Renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided notions about economic progress.
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.
Aaron Sorkin’s new show, Newsroom, attempts to thread the needle in drawing a false distinction between media corporations and other corporations that might also want to speak about politics. John Samples, director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government, comments on the show and its misconceptions about the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.