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Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2017

Wednesday, September 20, 2017
11:00AM — 2:00PM

The St. Regis San Francisco
125 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA

Featuring Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute; Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder and CEO of Thumbtack; John Cochrane, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; and Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.

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

Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute

11:00 – 11:40AM Keynote Address — The Future of Work

Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder and CEO of Thumbtack

Download a podcast of the Welcoming Remarks and “The Future of Work”

11:40AM – 12:10PM You Have the Right to Plead Guilty: How Prosecutors Control America’s Criminal Justice System

Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the “You Have the Right to Plead Guilty: How Prosecutors Control America’s Criminal Justice System”

12:10 – 12:40PM Reception
12:40 – 2:00PM Luncheon Address—The Little Old Lady, the Fly, and the Horse: Original Sins of U.S. Economic Policy

John Cochrane, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of “The Little Old Lady, the Fly, and the Horse: Original Sins of U.S. Economic Policy”

For further information on the seminar, please contact Elissa Hagans (202.218.4639 / ehagans@​cato.​org) or Jenna Huhn (202.218.4617 / jhuhn@​cato.​org).

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