## Cato University 2009

## July 26, 2009 — July 31, 2009

**Schedule**

**[About the 2009 Seminar](/cato-university/2009) | [Schedule](/cato-university/2009/schedule) | [Photo Gallery](/cato-university/2009/photogallery) | [Presentations](/cato-university/2009/presentations)**

| **Sunday, July 26** | |
|---|---|
| 3:00pm – 6:00pm | Registration |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Reception |
| 7:30pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker **Tom Palmer** – “*Emerging Challenges to Freedom and Limited Government*” |

| **Monday, July 27** | |
|---|---|
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Tom Palmer** – “*Sociology of the State*” |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Robert Higgs** – “*The Economics of Public Choice*” |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | **Robert McDonald** – “*The Crisis of the British Empire and the American Revolution*” |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | **Marcus Cole** – “*The Law of Freedom and the Law of Power*” |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner with speaker, **Tibor Machan** – “*The Ethics of Responsibility*” |

| **Tuesday, July 28** | |
|---|---|
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Robert McDonald** – “*The Crisis of the Civil War and Its Consequences*” |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Robert Higgs** – “*War and the Cult of National Planning*” |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | **Robert Higgs** – “*The Great Depression: Causes and Consequences*” |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | **Marcus Cole** – “*Interventionist Roots of the Financial Crisis of 2008-09*″ |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner speaker, **Veronique de Rugy** – “*The Growing Threats to Financial Privacy*” |

| **Wednesday, July 29** | |
|---|---|
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Tibor Machan** – “*Rights as Bulwarks Against Abuse and Tyranny*” |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **Veronique de Rugy** – “*The Irrationality of Statist Responses to Crises*” |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | **Marcus Cole** – “*Law, Economics and the Bailout Impulse*” |
| 3:30pm – 6:00pm | Free Time |
| 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner speaker, **Randal O’Toole** – “*Planning vs. Order*” |

| **Thursday, July 30** | |
|---|---|
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Robert McDonald** – “*Responses for Crises: The Political Made Personal*” |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15pm | **David Boaz** – “*The Rebirth of Liberty Amidst War and Depression*” |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | **Tom Palmer** – “*Freedom in a Historical Perspective*” |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | **Dan Mitchell**, “*Leviathan on a Diet: Tax Competition and Restraints on State Power*” |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner speaker, **David Boaz** – “*The Perils of Statism and the Promise of Freedom*” |

| **Friday, July 31** | |
|---|---|
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | **Tom Palmer** – “*What Citizens Can Do to Protect Liberty*” |