Conference 

# Capital Unbound: The Cato Summit on Financial Regulation 

Date and Time 

June 2, 2015 10 AM - 2:30 PM EDT 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Mark Calabria**, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute; **Joshua Rosner**, Graham Fisher & Co. and Co-Author, *Reckless Endangerment*; **Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo**, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; **Kevin Dowd**, Professor of Finance & Economics, Durham University and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; **Thaya Knight**, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute; **Commissioner Michael Piwowar**, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; **George Selgin**, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute. 

Economic growth — including, importantly, wage growth — is ultimately driven by increases in productivity. The most effective way of driving productivity is a deepening of the capital stock. Capital, however, only multiplies in a hospitable environment — one of liquid, efficient capital markets with a respect for both contract and property. Has America lost that hospitable environment? If so, can it be regained? Please join a distinguished group of speakers at this special Cato Institute summit as they examine the current state of U.S. capital markets regulation and offer proposals for unleashing a new engine of American economic growth.

| **9:30 – 9:55 a.m.** | **REGISTRATION** |
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| **9:55 – 10:00 a.m.** | **WELCOMING REMARKS** [**Mark Calabria**](https://www.cato.org/people/mark-calabria), Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute |
| **10:00 – 10:30 a.m.** | **CAPITAL MARKETS AND MORTGAGE FINANCE** **Joshua Rosner**, Graham Fisher & Co. and Co-Author, *Reckless Endangerment* |
| **10:30 – 11:10 a.m.** | **KEYNOTE ADDRESS** **Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo**, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [Download a podcast of the Welcoming Remarks, “Capital Markets and Mortgage Finance” and the Keynote Address](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-06-02-15-01.mp3) |
| **11:10 – 11:20 a.m.** | **BREAK** |
| **11:20 – 11:50 a.m.** | **CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS AND THE FAILURE OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING** **[Kevin Dowd](https://www.cato.org/people/kevin-dowd)**, Professor of Finance & Economics, Durham University and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute |
| **11:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.** | **ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES FOR SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL** **[Thaya Knight](https://www.cato.org/people/thaya-knight)**, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of “Capital Constraints and the Failure of Mathematical Modeling” and “Alternative Vehicles for Small Business Capital”](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-06-02-15-02.mp3) |
| **12:20 – 12:40 p.m.** | **RECEPTION** |
| **12:40 – 2:00 p.m.** | **LUNCHEON ADDRESS** **Commissioner Michael Piwowar**, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| **2:00 – 2:30 p.m.** | **AN ALTERNATIVE FUTURE FOR MONEY AND BANKING** **[George Selgin](https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin)**, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute [Download a podcast of Luncheon Address and “An Alternative Future for Money and Banking”](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-06-02-15-03.mp3) |

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