//--> A seminar luncheon in cooperation with the [Donald and Paula Smith Family Foundation](http://www.thesmithfamilyfoundation.org/)[](http://www.thesmithfamilyfoundation.org/) ## Policy Perspectives 2012 **Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York City Friday, October 26, 2012 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.** Featuring: **John A. Allison** President, Cato Institute; **P. J. O'Rourke**, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute; **Edward H. Crane**, President Emeritus, Cato Institute; **Ilya Shapiro**, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute; and **Dan Mitchell**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute. Waldorf=Astoria Hotel 301 Park Avenue (Between 49th and 50th Streets) New York City []()[](/events/icalendar/cato-event.ics?eventid=8828)[](/events/icalendar/cato-event.ics?eventid=8828)[](http://calendar.yahoo.com/?v=60&view=d&type=20&title=Cato+Institute+Policy+Perspectives+2012&st=20121026T103000&desc=Cato+Institute+City+Seminar.++&in_loc=Waldorf=Astoria,+301+Park+Avenue,+New+York,+NY) | 10:30–11:00 a.m. | **Registration** | |---|---| | 11:00–11:05 a.m. | **Welcoming Remarks** [Edward H. Crane](https://www.cato.org/people/edward-crane)*,* President Emeritus, Cato Institute | | 11:05–11:35 a.m. | **Keynote Address — America—Down the Drain and Caught In the Greece Trap** [P. J. O'Rourke](https://www.cato.org/people/pj-orourke), H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute | | 11:35–11:55 a.m. | **What Was John Roberts Thinking?** [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro), Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute | | 11:55 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | **The Election and Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Cliffs, Sequestration, and Budget Deals** [Dan Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell), Senior Fellow, Cato Institute [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cppa-10-26-12-1.mp3) [](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) Download Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address (MP3) | | 12:15–12:30 p.m. | **Reception** | | 12:30–2:00 p.m. | **Luncheon Address— The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure** John A. Allison, President, Cato Institute; Former Chairman and CEO, BB&T Corporation; and Author, *The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy's Only Hope* (McGraw-Hill, 2012) [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cppa-10-26-12-2.mp3) [](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) Download Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address (MP3) | For further information on the seminar, please call Jenna Huhn at (202) 218-4617 or e-mail her at . **We have reached capacity for this event and registration is now closed.**