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Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015

In cooperation with the Smith Family Foundation

Thursday, November 5, 2015
11:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.

Waldorf Astoria New York
301 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Featuring Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute; William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, Author, The Tyranny of Experts; Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute; Jonathan Turley, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington University Law School.

Online registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact events@​cato.​org or (202) 218‑4639.



10:30 – 10:50AM. Registration
10:50 – 11:00AM Welcoming Remarks

Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute
11:00 – 11:30AM Keynote Address — Freedom for the World’s Poor

William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, Author, The Tyranny of Experts
11:30 – 11:55AM Trade Demagoguery and the 2016 Elections

Daniel J. Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
11:55AM – 12:15PM Fixing Immigration: Simple Solution, Problematic Politics

Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the Welcoming Remarks, “Freedom for the World’s Poor,” “Trade Demagoguery and the 2016 Elections” and “Fixing Immigration: Simple Solution, Problematic Politics”
12:15 – 12:35PM Reception
12:35 – 2:00PM Luncheon Address — Executive Power and the Rule of Law

Jonathan Turley, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington University Law School

Download a podcast of the “Executive Power and the Rule of Law”

For further information on the seminar, please call Jenna Huhn at (202) 218‑4617 or e‑mail her at jhuhn@​cato.​org.