February 17, 2009 2:33PM 

# Events This Week at Cato 

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**Wednesday, February 18**

12:00 PM (Luncheon to Follow)

[BOOK FORUM](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5690): *[Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap between Latin American and the United States](http://www.amazon.com/Falling-Behind-Explaining-Development-Between/dp/0195368827)* by Francis Fukuyama (editor)

Featuring the editor [Francis Fukuyama](http://www.sais-jhu.edu/faculty/fukuyama/), professor of International Political Economy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; with comments by [Norman Loayza](http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?authorMDK=97109&theSitePK=469372&pagePK=64214821&menuPK=64214916&piPK=64214942), lead economist, Research Department, World Bank; moderated by [Ian Vásquez](https://www.cato.org/people/ian-vasquez), director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

Due to overwhelming response to this event, registration is closed, but it will be simulcast live on [Cato​.org](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5690).

**Thursday, February 19**

11:00 am (Luncheon to Follow)

[POLICY FORUM](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5735): “Mexico’s Drug War: The Growing Crisis on Our Southern Border”

Featuring [Ted Galen Carpenter](https://www.cato.org/people/ted-galen-carpenter/), vice president for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute; [Ethan Nadelmann](http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/keystaff/ethannadelma/), executive director of the [Drug Policy Alliance](http://www.drugpolicy.org/homepage.cfm); [Vanda Felbab-Brown](http://www.brookings.edu/experts/f/felbabbrownv.aspx), foreign policy fellow at the [Brookings Institution](http://www.brookings.edu/); and [Daniel T. Griswold](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-griswold), Director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

[Register to attend this free event, or watch live online. ](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5735)

**Friday, February 20**

12:00 PM (Lunch Included)

[CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5924): “Why Markets Are the Key to Quality, Coordinated Medical Care”

Featuring [Arnold Kling](https://www.cato.org/people/arnold-kling), author of *[Crisis of Abundance](http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Abundance-Rethinking-Health-Care/dp/1930865899), [Under the Radar: Starting Your Internet Business Without Venture Capital and Learning Economics](http://www.amazon.com/Under-Radar-Starting-Business-Without/dp/0738207748/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234901536&sr=1-1)* and adjunct scholar, Cato Institute.

Briefing will be held in room B‑340 of the Rayburn House Office Building. [Register here for this free event.](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5924)

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