//--> ## Policy Perspectives 2012 **The Drake, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.** Featuring: **John A. Allison** President, Cato Institute; **Jerry Taylor**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; **Stephen Moore**, Member, Editorial Board, *Wall Street Journal*; **Gene Healy**, Vice President, Cato Institute; and **David Boaz**, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute. The Drake, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago | 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | **Registration** | |---|---| | 11:00 – 11:05 a.m. | **Welcoming Remarks** [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor), Senior Fellow, Cato Institute | | 11:05 – 11:35 a.m. | **Keynote Address – The Economy 2013: Armageddon or Opportunity?** Stephen Moore, Member, Editorial Board, *Wall Street Journal* | | 11:35 – 11:55 a.m. | **False Idol: Our Continuing Cult of the Presidency** [Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy), Vice President, Cato Institute | | 11:55 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | **Reclaiming Freedom** [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz), Executive Vice President, Cato Institute | | 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](/people/john-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) [ [](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) Download the Luncheon Address (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cppa-11-28-12.mp3) | For further information on the seminar, please call Jenna Huhn at (202) 218‑4617 or e‑mail her at [jhuhn@​cato.​org](mailto:jhuhn@cato.org). **Online registration is closed. If you are interested in attending, please call Ashley Benson at 202–789-5226.**