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Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2016

Wednesday, March 9, 2016
11:00AM – 2:00PM

The Ritz-Carlton
2121 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, TX

Featuring Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute; Terence Kealey, Author, The Economic Laws of Scientific Research, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty andProsperity, Cato Institute; and P. J. O’Rourke, Author, Thrown Under the Omnibus, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute.



10:30 – 10:50AM Registration
10:50 – 11:00AM Welcoming Remarks
Peter Goettler
, President and CEO, Cato Institute
11:00 – 11:40AM Keynote Address – Truman, Eisenhower and LBJ Were Right to Be Skeptical about Government Funding of Science
Terence Kealey, Author, The Economic Laws of Scientific Research, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of the welcoming remarks and “Truman, Eisenhower and LBJ Were Right to Be Skeptical about Government Funding of Science”
11:40AM – 12:10PM How Cato is Influencing the Immigration Debate
Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of “How Cato is Influencing the Immigration Debate”
12:10 – 12:40PM Reception
12:40 – 2:00PM Luncheon Address – Don’t Vote, It Only Encourages Them
P. J. O’Rourke, Author, Thrown Under the Omnibus, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute

Download a podcast of “Don’t Vote, It Only Encourages Them”

Registration is now closed

For further information on the seminar, please call Elissa Hagans at 202–218-4639 or e‑mail her at ehagans@​cato.​org.