## Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015

**Wednesday, December 2, 2015** 
11:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.

**The Drake Hotel** 
140 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL

Featuring **Terence Kealey**, Author, *The Economic Laws of Scientific Research*, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; **Ronald Bailey**, Author, *The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century Science* Correspondent, *Reason*; **Peter Goettler**, President and CEO, Cato Institute; and **George Selgin**, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute.

**Online registration is now closed.**

| 10:30 – 10:50AM. | **Registration** |
|---|---|
| 10:50 – 11:00AM | **Welcoming Remarks** [**Peter Goettler**](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-goettler), President and CEO, Cato Institute |
| 11:00 – 11:40AM | **Keynote Address—The End of Doom** **Ronald Bailey**, Author, *The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century Science* Correspondent, *Reason* |
| 11:40AM – 12:10PM | **Instead of the Fed: How Financial Deregulation Could Have Ended Financial Crises a Century Ago, and How It Still Can** **[George Selgin](https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin)**, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of the ‘Welcoming Remarks,’ ‘Keynote Address,’ and ‘Instead of the Fed: How Financial Deregulation Could Have Ended Financial Crises a Century Ago, and How It Still Can.’](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cppa-12-02-15-01.mp3) |
| 12:10 – 12:40PM | **Reception** |
| 12:40 – 2:00PM | **Luncheon Address—Truman, Eisenhower and LBJ Were Right to Be Skeptical about Government Funding of Science** **[Terence Kealey](https://www.cato.org/people/terence-kealey)**, Author, *The Economic Laws of Scientific Research*, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of the ‘Luncheon Address—Truman, Eisenhower and LBJ Were Right to Be Skeptical about Government Funding of Science.’](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cppa-12-02-15-02.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).

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