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**[About the 2012 Seminar](/cato-university/2012) | Schedule and Presentations**

#### Schedule and Presentations

| Sunday, July 29 |
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| 3:00pm – 6:00pm | Registration |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Reception |
| 7:30pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, [**Tom Palmer**](/cato-university/faculty/palmer.html "Tom G. Palmer"), "*The Science of Liberty*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-29-12-PALMER-Science-of-Liberty.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-29-12-PALMER-Science-of-Liberty.mp3) |
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| Monday, July 30 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | [**Steve Landsburg**](/cato-university/faculty/landsburg.html "Steve Landsburg"), "*The Greatest Story Ever Told: The Amazing Story of Economic Growth*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-30-12-LANDSBURG-Greatest-Story-Ever-Told.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-30-12-LANDSBURG-Greatest-Story-Ever-Told.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | [**Tom Palmer**](/cato-university/faculty/palmer.html "Tom G. Palmer"), "*Origins of State and Government*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-30-12-PALMER-Orgins-of-State-and-Government.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-30-12-PALMER-Orgins-of-State-and-Government.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | [**Tom Palmer**](/cato-university/faculty/palmer.html "Tom G. Palmer"), "*Freedom in a Historical Perspective*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-30-12-PALMER-Freedom-Historical-Perspective.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-30-12-PALMER-Freedom-Historical-Perspective.mp3) |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | [**Daniel Griswold**](/cato-university/faculty/griswold.html "Daniel Griswold"), "*Understanding Public Policy — A Primer*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-30-12-GRISWOLD-Understanding-Public-Policy.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-30-12-GRISWOLD-Understanding-Public-Policy.mp3) |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, [**Robert McDonald**](/cato-university/faculty/mcdonald.html "Robert McDonald"), "*Liberty and the American Experience, Part I*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-30-12-McDONALD-Liberty-American-Experience-part1.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-30-12-McDONALD-Liberty-American-Experience-part1.mp3) |
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| Tuesday, July 31 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | [**Steve Landsburg**](/cato-university/faculty/landsburg.html "Steve Landsburg"), "*Creating Wealth*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-31-12-LANDSBURG-Creating-Wealth.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-31-12-LANDSBURG-Creating-Wealth.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | [**Robert McDonald**](/cato-university/faculty/mcdonald.html "Robert McDonald"), "*Liberty and the American Experience, Part II*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-31-12-McDONALD-Liberty-American-Experience-Part2.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-31-12-McDONALD-Liberty-American-Experience-Part2.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | [**Roger Pilon**](/cato-university/faculty/pilon.html "Roger Pilon"), "*The Constitution and the Rule of Law*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-31-12-PILON-Constitution-Rule-of-Law.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-31-12-PILON-Constitution-Rule-of-Law.mp3) |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | [**Robert A. Levy**](/cato-university/faculty/levy.html "Robert A. Levy"), "*How the Supreme Court Subverted the Constitution*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-31-12-LEVY-How-Supreme-Court-Subverted-Constitution.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-31-12-LEVY-How-Supreme-Court-Subverted-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)**](http://paul.senate.gov/?p=about_senator) , with a special introduction by [**David Boaz**](/cato-university/faculty/boaz.html "David Boaz") [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-07-31-12-PAUL.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-07-31-12-PAUL.mp3) |
| Wednesday, August 1 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | [**Michael Cannon**](/cato-university/faculty/cannon.html "Michael Cannon"), "*Limits on Government Power: Obamacare and the Constitution*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-01-12-CANNON-Limits-of-Government-Power.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-01-12-CANNON-Limits-of-Government-Power.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | [**Steve Landsburg**](/cato-university/faculty/landsburg.html "Steve Landsburg"), "*How Markets Make Things Work*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-01-12-LANDSBURG-How-Markets-Make-Things-Work.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-01-12-LANDSBURG-How-Markets-Make-Things-Work.mp3) |
| 12:15pm – 6:00pm | Free Time with Boxed Lunch |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, [**Robert McDonald**](/cato-university/faculty/mcdonald.html "Robert McDonald"), "*George Washington and the Power of Restraint*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-01-12-McDONALD-George-Washington-Power-of-Restraint.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-01-12-McDONALD-George-Washington-Power-of-Restraint.mp3) |
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| Thursday, August 2 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | [**Steve Landsburg**](/cato-university/faculty/landsburg.html "Steve Landsburg"), "*The Power of Incentives*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-02-12-LANDSBURG-Power-of-Incentives.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-02-12-LANDSBURG-Power-of-Incentives.mp3) |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | [**Christopher Preble**](/cato-university/faculty/preble.html "Christopher A. Preble") and [**Malou Innocent**](/cato-university/faculty/innocent.html "Malou Innocent"), "*To Provide for the Common Defense: Foreign Policy and the American Constitution*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-02-12-PREBLE-INNOCENT-Provide-Common-Defense.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-02-12-PREBLE-INNOCENT-Provide-Common-Defense.mp3) |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | [**Amy Sturgis**](/cato-university/faculty/sturgis.html "Amy Sturgis"), "*Property Rights, American Indians and Reservation Socialism*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-02-12-STURGIS-Property-Rights-American-Indians-Reservation-Socialism.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-02-12-STURGIS-Property-Rights-American-Indians-Reservation-Socialism.mp3) |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | [**Mark Calabria**](/cato-university/faculty/calabria.html "Mark Calabria"), "*Avoiding a Future Financial Crisis*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-02-12-CALABRIA-Avoiding-Future-Financial-Crisis.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-02-12-CALABRIA-Avoiding-Future-Financial-Crisis.mp3) |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, [**David Boaz**](/cato-university/faculty/boaz.html "David Boaz"), "*Reclaiming Freedom*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-02-12-BOAZ-Reclaiming-Freedom.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-02-12-BOAZ-Reclaiming-Freedom.mp3) |
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| Friday, August 3 |
| 7:45am – 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30am – 9:15am | [**Tom Palmer**](/cato-university/faculty/palmer.html "Tom G. Palmer"), "*Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor*" [Download a Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cu-08-03-12-PALMER-Our-Lives-Our-Fortunes-Sacred-Honor.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/catoU-2012/cua-08-03-12-PALMER-Our-Lives-Our-Fortunes-Sacred-Honor.mp3) |