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# Believe in People: A Virtual Conversation with Charles Koch and Brian Hooks 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Charles Koch**, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries; **Brian Hooks**, President and CEO, Stand Together; moderated by **Peter Goettler**, President and CEO, Cato Institute.

We’re excited to host **Charles Koch**, chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, and **Brian Hooks**, president and CEO of Stand Together, in a virtual conversation with **Peter Goettler**, president and CEO of Cato Institute. Please join us on Wednesday, February 24, at noon (EST) as we discuss their new book, [*Believe in People*](https://www.amazon.com/Believe-People-Bottom-Up-Solutions-Top-Down/dp/1250200962?tag=catoinstitute-20).

The Cato Institute has long worked toward solutions for many of the problems addressed within *Believe in People*. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size-fits-all education. Businesses that rig the economy. Public policy that stifles opportunity and emboldens the extremes.

Today’s challenges call for nothing short of a paradigm shift—away from a top-down approach that sees people as problems to be managed and toward bottom-up solutions that empower people to realize their potential and foster a more inclusive society. Such a shift starts by asking: What would it mean to truly believe in people?

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### *[Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World](https://www.amazon.com/Believe-People-Bottom-Up-Solutions-Top-Down/dp/1250200962?tag=catoinstitute-20)*

A surprising take on how you can help tackle the really big problems in society–from one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs. 

People are looking for a better way. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size fits all education. Businesses that rig the economy. Public policy that stifles opportunity and emboldens the extremes. As a result, this country is quickly heading toward a two-tiered society.

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