City Seminar 

# Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2019 

Date and Time 

November 8, 2019 10:50 AM to 2:00 PM CST 

Location 

Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Peter Goettler**, President and CEO, Cato Institute; **Michael Smerconish**, Radio and Television Host, Newspaper Columnist, and Best-Selling Author; **Clark Neily**, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute; and **Senator Rand Paul (R‑KY)**, Author, *The Case Against Socialism*. 

**Schedule**

| 10:30 – 10:50AM | **Registration** |
|---|---|
| 10:50 – 11:00AM | **Welcoming Remarks** **Peter Goettler**, President and CEO, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of the “Welcoming Remarks”](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Welcoming+Remarks+11-08-19.mp3) |
| 11:00 – 11:40AM | **Keynote Address — The One Certainty about 2020** **Michael Smerconish**, Radio and Television Host, Newspaper Columnist, and Best-Selling Author |
| 11:40AM – 12:00PM | **An Originalist Antidote to Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Founding-Era Informed Juries** **Clark Neily**, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of “An Originalist Antidote to Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Founding-Era Informed Juries”](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Clark+Neily+11-08-19.mp3) |
| 12:00 – 12:30PM | **Reception** |
| 12:30 – 2:00PM | **Luncheon Address — The Case Against Socialism** **Senator Rand Paul (R‑KY)**, Author, *The Case Against Socialism* [Download a podcast of “The Case Against Socialism”](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2019/Rand+Paul+11-08-19.mp3) |

***Book signing with Senator Paul to follow.***

For further information on the seminar, please contact Sophia Coyne-Kosnak at (202) 216‑1490 / [sck@​cato.​org](mailto:sck@cato.org).