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Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2016

In cooperation with the Smith Family Foundation

Thursday, November 3, 2016
11:00AM — 2:00PM

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

Featuring Sallie James, Director of Development, Cato Institute; Terence Kealey, Author, The Economic Laws of Scientific Research, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; Emily Ekins, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; and Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University, Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute.

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

Sallie James, Director of Development, Cato Institute
11:00 – 11:40AM Keynote Address: Why Six Presidents Opposed State-Sponsored Science — and Why You Should Too

Terence Kealey, Author, The Economic Laws of Scientific Research, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the Welcoming Remarks and “Why Six Presidents Opposed State-Sponsored Science — and Why You Should Too”

11:40AM – 12:10PM The Moral Foundations of the 2016 Presidential Election

Emily Ekins, Research Fellow, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of “The Moral Foundations of the 2016 Presidential Election”
12:10 – 12:30PM Reception
12:30 – 2:00PM Luncheon Address: The Dangerous Allure of Reducing Income Inequality

Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University, Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the Luncheon Address

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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