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The Cato Institute Speakers Bureau

Available speakers, speeches, and speaking topics include:


Michael F. Cannon Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow
  • "A Foreign Policy for a Republic"
  • "War as the Health of the State"
  • "U.S. Policy in East Asia: Shaping the Asian Century"
  • "The Politics of Plunder: Washington, D.C. vs. America"
  • "Reducing Poverty and Promoting Peace through Globalization"
David Boaz David Boaz, Executive Vice President

Government and politics, current elections, Libertarianism, Libertarians and elections, independent voters, history of liberty, Constitutional theory and limited government, political parties and campaigns, Congress, funding of the arts.
Michael F. Cannon Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies
  • "Are Free Markets Healthy?"
  • "Medicaid’s Unseen Costs"
  • "Pay-for-Performance in Medicare"
  • "What’s Next for Health Savings Accounts?"
Ted Galen Carpenter Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies

Terrorism, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Middle East, Persian Gulf, United Nations, NATO, East Asia and the Pacific, Defense and National Security, Arms Control.
Andrew J. Coulson Andrew J. Coulson, Director of the Center for Educational Freedom
  • "Are Public Schools Hazardous to Public Education?"
  • "School Choice and Social Justice: Would Market Education Reform Rend or Mend The Fabric of America?"
  • "Market Education: What it is and Why We Need it."
  • "How in the World do American Schools Stack Up?"
Edward H. Crane Edward H. Crane, Founder and President
  • "Whatever Happened to Limited Government?"
James A. Dorn James A. Dorn, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Financial crises and the global financial system, growth and development, banking law and regulation, monetary policy, and trade with China.
Chris Edwards Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies

Downsizing the federal government, public debt, privatization, corporate welfare, budget and taxes, Social Security, the U.S. economy.
Jagadeesh Gokhale Jagadeesh Gokhale, Senior Fellow

Entitlement reform, labor productivity and compensation, U.S. fiscal policy and the impact of fiscal policy on future generations.
Daniel T. Griswold Daniel Griswold , Director of Trade Policy Studies
  • "Legal and Illegal Immigration"
  • "Free trade and the U.S. Economy"
  • "The High Cost of U.S. Farm Programs"
  • "China and America in the 21st Century"
  • "The Upside of Globalization"
Jim Harper Jim Harper , Director of Information Policy Studies
  • "Privacy and National Security"
Gene Healy Gene Healy, Senior Editor

Executive power and the U.S. Constitution, war powers, military personnel and readiness.
Daniel J. Ikenson Daniel J. Ikenson, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies

Trade, globalization, economics, antidumping law, steel protection.
Andrei Illarionov Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity

Global liberty and prosperity, open society and democratic capitalism, Russian economic and social policies, the G-8, international economics.
Sallie James Sallie James, Trade Policy Analyst

Trade, agricultural trade policy, trade negotiations, the Doha Round of trade talks, farm subsidies and farm program reform.
Robert A. LevyRobert A. Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies
  • "National Security Post-911: Are Civil Liberties at Risk?"
  • "Losing Liberty, Expanding Government: A Guide for Non-Lawyers to the Modern Supreme Court."
  • "Gunmakers under Fire: City Lawsuits, Gun Control, and the Second Amendment."
  • "Tobacco Wars: Extortion Masquerading as Law."
  • "Can Federalism and Tort Reform Coexist?"