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# Cato University 2025: Summer Term II
Date and Time
**August 13, 2025 — August 16, 2025**
Location
Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
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### Cato University Program
#### August 13
**5:30 — 7:00 PM**
**Registration and Welcome Reception**
**7:00 — 7:15 PM**
**Welcoming Remarks**
**7:15 — 9:00 PM**
**Dinner and Opening Keynote Address**
[Timothy Sandefur](https://www.cato.org/people/timothy-sandefur), Vice President, Legal Affairs, Goldwater Institute
#### August 14
**8:00 — 8:45 AM**
**Breakfast**
**9:00 — 10:15 AM**
***Bettering Humanomics: A New, and Old, Approach to Economic Science***
[Deirdre N. McCloskey](https://www.cato.org/people/deirdre-n-mccloskey), Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought, Cato Institute
**10:15 — 10:30 AM**
**Break**
**10:30 — 11:30 AM**
**Radical Deregulation**
[Bryan Caplan](https://www.cato.org/people/bryan-caplan), Economics Professor, George Mason University
**11:30 AM — 1:00 PM**
**Lunch**
**Lunch Program:** ***Telling the Story of Human Progress***
[Chelsea Follett](https://www.cato.org/people/chelsea-follett), Policy Analyst and Managing Editor of HumanProgress.org
[Erec Smith](https://www.cato.org/people/erec-smith), Research Fellow, Cato Institute
**1:00 — 1:50 PM**
**Session A:** ***Liberty, the Rule of Law, and the Legacy of David Boaz***
[Andy Craig](https://www.cato.org/people/andy-craig), Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies
**Session B: Non-Western Liberals**
[Paul Meany](https://www.cato.org/people/paul-meany), Intellectual History Editor, Libertarianism.org
**2:00 — 3:00 PM**
***Unlocking America’s Potential through Immigration***
[David J. Bier](https://www.cato.org/people/david-bier), Director, Immigration Studies, Cato Institute
**3:00 — 3:15 PM**
**Break**
**3:15 — 4:15 PM**
**Professional Development Workshops**
**4:15 — 4:30 PM**
**Break**
**4:30 — 5:30 PM**
**Workshop: Debrief and Application**
**5:30 — 6:15 PM**
**Free Time**
**6:15 — 7:00 PM**
**Reception**
**7:00 — 9:00 PM**
**Dinner Speaker**
[Nico Perrino](https://www.thefire.org/about-us/our-team/nico-perrino), Executive Vice President, FIRE
#### August 15
**8:00 — 8:45 AM**
**Breakfast**
**9:00 — 10:15 AM**
**Understanding the Constitution**
[Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy), Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute
[Clark Neily](https://www.cato.org/people/clark-neily), Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute
[Alex Nowrasteh](https://www.cato.org/people/alex-nowrasteh), Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies, Cato Institute
**10:15 — 10:30 AM**
**Break**
**10:30 — 11:30 AM**
***The War on Prices: Popular Misconceptions and Government Intervention***
[Ryan Bourne](https://cato.org/people/ryan-bourne), R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute
**11:30 AM — 1:00 PM**
**Lunch**
**Lunch Program:** ***Making a Convincing Case for Classical Liberalism in Polarized Spaces***
[Allan Carey](https://cato.org/people/allan-carey), Director, Sphere Education Initiatives
**1:00 — 1:50 PM**
**Session A:** ***Defending Globalization***
[Scott Lincicome](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-lincicome), Vice President, General Economics and Stiefel Trade Policy Center, Cato Institute
**Session B:** ***Ideas for an Alternative Monetary Future***
[Nicholas Anthony](https://www.cato.org/people/nicholas-anthony), Policy Analyst, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
**2:00 — 3:00 PM**
**Policy Briefings**
**3:00 — 3:30 PM**
**Break**
**3:30 — 4:30 PM**
**Professional Development Workshops**
**4:30 — 5:30 PM**
**Workshop:** ***Making a Convincing Case for Classical Liberalism***
[Allan Carey](https://cato.org/people/allan-carey), Director, Sphere Education Initiatives
**5:30 — 6:15 PM**
**Break**
**6:15 — 7:00 PM**
**Reception**
**7:00 — 9:00 PM**
**Closing Dinner and Keynote Address**
[Donald J. Boudreaux](https://www.cato.org/people/donald-boudreaux), Economics Professor, George Mason University
#### August 16
**8:30 — 10:30 AM**
**Farewell Brunch**
**Certificate and Stipend Distribution**
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