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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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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 25, 2013
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.
April 18, 2013
Featuring K. William Watson, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Donald J. Boudreaux, Professor, George Mason University Department of Economics, and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; and James Bacchus, Former World Trade Organization Appellate Body Chairman; moderated by Sallie James, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
February 27, 2013
Featuring Fredrik Erixon, Director, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE); Simon Lester, Trade Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; David Talbott, Director, International Government Affairs, Eli Lilly and Company; and Charles Levy, Partner, Cassidy Levy Kent (USA), LLP; moderated by Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
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Featuring Tim Carney, Washington Examiner; Scott Lincicome, White and Case, LLP; John Magnus, TradeWins LLC; moderated by Dan Ikenson, Cato Institute.
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Featuring Dan Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Erin Ennis, Vice President, U.S.-China Business Council; moderated by Laura Odato, Manager, Government Affairs, Cato Institute.
May 17, 2011
Featuring the author Douglas A. Irwin, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College; with comments by Daniel Griswold, Director of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
December 5, 2007
Featuring Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
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Featuring John H. Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center; Steven Charnovitz, Global Environment & Trade Study; David Schorr, World Wildlife Fund; and Kanthi Tripathi, Minister of Commerce, Embassy of India.