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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.
October 21, 2008
Tony Leon Former Leader of the Opposition, South African Parliament, Visiting Fellow, Cato Institute; Andrew Mwenda Managing Director, The Independent, Uganda; moderator Marian Tupy Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
July 28, 2008
Featuring Rejoice Ngwenya, Writer and head of the Zimbabwean Coalition for Market & Liberal Solutions, and Marian Tupy, Cato Institute.
June 19, 2008
Featuring Lapologang Caesar Lekoa, Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana and Kailash Ruhee, Ambassador of the Republic of Mauritius. Moderated by Marian Tupy, Cato Institute.
April 2, 2008
Featuring: Edward N. Luttwak, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies; George Ayittey, Professor of Economics, American University; and Mauro De Lorenzo, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute. Moderated by Marian Tupy, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute.
March 24, 2008
Featuring: Walter H. Kansteiner, Principal, Scowcroft Group Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Carol Thompson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; and Richard Tren, Director, Africa Fighting Malaria. Moderated by Marian Tupy, Cato Institute.
February 20, 2007
Featuring: Alan Oxley, Chairman, World Growth, Former Chairman of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); with comments by Donald R. Sherk, Program Officer for Africa, Center for International Private Enterprise, Former U.S. Executive Director, African Development Bank; and moderated by Marian Tupy, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute.
November 14, 2006
Featuring Ivan Miklos, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Slovakia; with comments by Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and moderated by Marian Tupy, Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
October 27, 2006
Featuring Patrick Messerlin, Director, Groupe d’Economie Mondiale, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris; with comments by Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and moderated by Marian Tupy, Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.
October 20, 2006
Featuring Andrew Mitchell, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Great Britain; with comments by Richard Tren, Director, Africa Fighting Malaria; and Marian Tupy, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute.
September 25, 2006
Featuring the author, Oleh Havrylyshyn, Former Deputy Director in the Office of Internal Audit, IMF, Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto; with comments by Ambassador Janusz Reiter, Embassy of Poland; and moderated by Marian Tupy, Assistant Director, Project on Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute.
September 7, 2006
Featuring the author John Gillingham, Professor of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis; with comments by Ambassador John Bruton, Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States; and moderated by Marian Tupy, Assistant Director, Project on Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute.
April 25, 2006
Featuring Jaroslav Romanchuk, Deputy Chairman, United Civic Party of Belarus; with comments by Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics; and moderator Marian Tupy, Assistant Director, Project on Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute.