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Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
11:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.

The Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort
280 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL

Featuring P. J. O’Rourke, author, Thrown Under the Omnibus,H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute; Jason Riley, author, Please Stop Helping Us, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board; Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute; Chris Edwards, Director, Tax Policy Studies, editor of www​.Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org, Cato Institute; and Pat Michaels, Director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute.

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

Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute
11:00 – 11:30AM Keynote Address—Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed

Jason Riley, author, Please Stop Helping Us, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
11:30 – 11:50AM The GOP and Prospects for Tax Reform

Chris Edwards, Director, Tax Policy Studies, editor of www​.Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org, Cato Institute
11:50AM – 12:10PM The Paris Nonclimate Accord

Pat Michaels, Director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the “Welcoming Remarks,” “Keynote Address,” “The GOP and Prospects for Tax Reform” and “The Paris Nonclimate Accord”

12:10 – 12:40PM Reception
12:40 – 2:00PM Luncheon Address—Don’t Vote, It Only Encourages Them

P. J. O’Rourke, author, Thrown Under the Omnibus,H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the “Don’t Vote, It Only Encourages Them”

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

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