## Cato University 2011

## **Summer Seminar on Political Economy**

## July 24 — 25, 2011 • Loews Annapolis Hotel • Annapolis, MD

**[About the Seminar](/cato-university/2011) | [Schedule](/cato-university/2011/schedule) | [Presentations](/cato-university/2011/presentations)**

#### Cato University 2011 Schedule 

| Sunday, July 24 |
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| 3:00pm – 6:00pm | Registration |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Reception |
| 7:30pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, **Tom Palmer**, “*The Science of Liberty*“ [Download MP3 of “The Science of Liberty”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-24-11-PALMER-The-Science-of-Liberty.mp3) |
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| Monday, July 25 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Donald Boudreaux**, “*Market Exchange and the Foundations of Prosperity*“ [Download MP3 of “Market Exchange and the Foundations of Prosperity”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-25-11-BOUDREAUX-Market-Exchange-and-the-Foundations-of-Prosperity.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Tom Palmer**, “*Sociology of the State*“ [Download MP3 of “Sociology of the State”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-25-11-PALMER-Sociology-of-the-State.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | **Tom Palmer**, “*Freedom in a Historical Perspective*“ [Download MP3 of “Freedom in a Historical Perspective”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-25-11-PALMER-Freedom-in-a-Historical-Perspective.mp3) |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | **Daniel Griswold**, “*Understanding Public Policy — A Primer*” [Download MP3 of “Understanding Public Policy — A Primer”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-25-11-GRISWOLD-Understanding-Public-Policy.mp3) |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, **Robert McDonald**, “*Liberty and the American Experience, Part I*” [Download MP3 of “Liberty and the American Experience, Part I”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-25-11-MCDONALD-Liberty-and-the-American-Experience-1.mp3) |
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| Tuesday, July 26 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Lynne Kiesling**, “*Spontaneous Orders*” [Download MP3 of “Spontaneous Orders”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-26-11-KIESLING-Spontaneous-Orders.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Robert McDonald**, “*Liberty and the American Experience, Part II*” [Download MP3 of “Liberty and the American Experience, Part II”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-26-11-MCDONALD-Liberty-and-the-American-Experience-2.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 2:00pm | Depart for Washington D.C. (lunch on the bus) |
| 2:00pm – 4:30pm | Afternoon Activities in DC include a choice of guided tours of the U.S. Capitol or Library of Congress, or self-guided visits to the Supreme Court, National Mall and/​or Smithsonian museums. We have also reserved an entry time at the National Archives. |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | **Robert A. Levy**, “*How the Supreme Court Subverted the Constitution*” (at the Cato Institute) [Download MP3 of “How the Supreme Court Subverted the Constitution”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-26-11-LEVY-How-the-Supreme-Court-Subverted-the-Constitution.mp3) |
| 6:00pm – 6:30pm | Transfer to Hart Senate Office Building |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, **Sen. Rand Paul (R‑KY)**, with a special introduction by **Edward H. Crane**[Download MP3 of Senator Rand Paul’s Speech and Ed Crane’s Introduction](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-26-11-CRANE-PAUL.mp3) |
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| Wednesday, July 27 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Robert A. Levy**, “*Limits on Government Power: Obamacare and the Constitution*” [Download MP3 of “Limits on Government Power: Obamacare and the Constitution”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-27-11-LEVY-Obamacare-and-the-Constitution.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Donald Boudreaux**, “*Economics of Progress*” [Download MP3 of “Economics of Progress”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-27-11-BOUDREAUX-Economics-of-Progress.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm – 6:00pm | Afternoon Activities TBD |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, **Robert McDonald**, “*Frederick Douglass and the Movement for Liberation*” [Download MP3 of “Frederick Douglass and the Movement for Liberation”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-27-11-MCDONALD-Fredrick-Douglass-and-the-Movement-for-Liberation.mp3) |
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| Thursday, July 28 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Lynne Kiesling**, “*Economics of Intervention*” [Download MP3 of “Economics of Intervention”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-28-11-KIESLING-Economics-of-Intervention.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Christopher Preble**, “*To Provide for the Common Defense: Foreign Policy and the American Constitution*” [Download MP3 of “To Provide for the Common Defense: Foreign Policy and the American Constitution”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-28-11-PREBLE-Foreign-Policy-and-the-American-Constitution.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | **Radley Balko**, “*The Increasing Criminalization of Everything*” [Download MP3 of “The Increasing Criminalization of Everything”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-28-11-BALKO-The-Increasing-Criminalization-of-Everything.mp3) |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | **Tom Palmer**, “*Liberty and Responsibility: Philosophy of Rights and Contemporary Applications*” [Download MP3 of “Liberty and Responsibility: Philosophy of Rights and Contemporary Applications”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-28-11-PALMER-Philosophy-of-Rights-and-Contemporary-Applications.mp3) |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, **David Boaz**, “*Reclaiming Freedom*” [Download MP3 of “Reclaiming Freedom”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-28-11-BOAZ-Reclaiming-Freedom.mp3) |
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| Friday, July 29 |
| 7:45am – 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30am – 9:15am | **Tom Palmer**, “*Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Sacred Honor*” [Download MP3 of “Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Sacred Honor”](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2011/cua-07-29-11-PALMER-Our-Live-Our-Fortunes-and-Sacred-Honor.mp3) |