//--> The Cato Institute invites you to a seminar luncheon # Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2011 **CITY SEMINAR Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:30 AM (Luncheon to Follow)** Featuring: **P.J. O’Rourke**, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute, Author, *Holidays in Heck* (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011); **John H. Cochrane**, AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; **Gene Healy**, Vice President, Cato Institute; **Edward H. Crane**, President, Cato Institute; and **Justin Logan**, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute. The Drake, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL | 11:00 – 11:05 a.m. | **Welcoming Remarks** [Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy), Vice President, Cato Institute | |---|---| | 11:05 – 11:35 a.m. | **Keynote Address — Financial Regulation, Financial Catastrophe** [John Cochrane](https://www.cato.org/people/john-cochrane), AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business [[](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-cochrane.mp3)[Download a Podcast of the Keynote Address (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-cochrane.mp3) | | 11:35 – 11:55 a.m. | **U.S. Military Spending: Myths and Reality** [Justin Logan](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan), Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute [[](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-logan.mp3)[Download a Podcast of “U.S. Military Spending: Myths and Reality” (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-logan.mp3) | | 11:55 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | **Actually We *Aren’t* All in This Together** [Edward H. Crane](https://www.cato.org/people/edward-crane), President, Cato Institute [[](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-crane.mp3)[Download a Podcast of “Actually We *Aren’t* All in This Together” (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-crane.mp3) | | 12:15 – 12:30 p.m. | **Reception** | | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | **Luncheon Address — On Politicians, Protests, and Promiscuity** [P.J. O’Rourke](https://www.cato.org/people/pj-orourke), H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute Author, *Holidays in Heck* (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011) [[](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-orourke.mp3)[Download a Podcast of “On Politicians, Protests, and Promiscuity” (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2011/cpfa-11-30-11-orourke.mp3) | For further information on the seminar, please call Samantha Joest at (202) 218‑4617 or e‑mail her at [sjoest@​cato.​org](mailto:sjoest@cato.org). Online registration for this event is now closed. If you are interested in registering for the event please email [events@​cato.​org](mailto:events@cato.org).