City Seminar 

# Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2019 

Date and Time 

October 25, 2019 10:30 AM - 2 PM EDT 

Location 

Intercontinental Barclay Hotel, 111 E 48th St, New York, NY 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Peter Goettler**, President and CEO, Cato Institute; **Diego Zuluaga**, Policy Analyst, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute; **Lydia Mashburn**, Managing Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute; **Chris Edwards**, Director of Tax Policy Studies and Editor, Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org, Cato Institute; and **Benjamin Powell**, Coauthor, *Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way through the Unfree World* and Director, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University. 

**Schedule**

| 10:30 – 10:50AM | **Registration** |
|---|---|
| 10:50 – 11:25AM | **Keynote Address — The Morality of Liberty** **Peter Goettler**, President and CEO, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of "The Morality of Liberty"](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Keynote+Address+%E2%80%94+The+Morality+of+Liberty.mp3) |
| 11:25 – 11:50AM | **Financial Inclusion: An Economic and Moral Imperative** **Diego Zuluaga**, Policy Analyst, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute moderated by **Lydia Mashburn**, Managing Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of "Financial Inclusion: An Economic and Moral Imperative"](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Financial+Inclusion.mp3) |
| 11:50AM – 12:15PM | **Is Wealth Inequality a Crisis?** **Chris Edwards**, Director of Tax Policy Studies and Editor, DownsizingGovernment.org, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of "Is Wealth Inequality a Crisis?"](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Is+Wealth+Inequality+a+Crisis.mp3) |
| 12:15 – 12:30PM | **Reception** |
| 12:30 – 2:00PM | **Luncheon Address — Socialism Sucks** **Benjamin Powell**, Coauthor, *Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way through the Unfree World* and Director, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University [Download a podcast of "Socialism Sucks"](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Luncheon-Address-Socialism-Sucks.mp3) |

For further information on the seminar, please contact Sophia Coyne-Kosnak at (202) 216-1490 / <sck@cato.org>.

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