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Media Highlights TV • December 27, 2015 

# John A. Allison discusses think tanks, philosophy and rational self-interest at the *McCuistion Foundation*

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##### [John A. Allison](/people/john-allison)

Former President and CEO; Chair, Executive Advisory Council, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute