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A seminar luncheon in cooperation with the Donald and Paula Smith Family Foundation

Policy Perspectives 2010

Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York City
Thursday, April 1, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Featuring: Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute; Michael D. Tanner, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Neal McCluskey, Associate Director of the Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute; Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute; and P. J. O’Rourke, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute.

Waldorf=Astoria Hotel
301 Park Avenue
(Between 49Th And 50Th Streets)
New York City

10:30–11:00 a.m.
Registration

11:00–11:15 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute

11:15–11:35 a.m.
The Coming Entitlement Tsunami
Michael D. Tanner, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

11:35–11:55 a.m.
The Standards and Accountability Illusion: Distorting the Truth about Academic Achievement
Neal McCluskey, Associate Director of the Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute

11:55 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
How Congress and the Court Created theExecutive State
Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute

12:15–12:30 p.m.
Reception

12:30–2:00 p.m.
Luncheon Address — Don’t Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards
P. J. O’Rourke, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute


For further information on the seminar, please call Yana Vinnikov at (202) 218‑4617 or e‑mail her at yvinnikov@​cato.​org.

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