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New Challenges to the Free Economy

(from Left and Right)

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Ryan Bourne

R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute
Jason Furman

Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Former Director, Congressional Budget Office

Hal Varian

Chief Economist, Google

Adam S. Posen

President, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Susan Houseman

W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Casey B. Mulligan

Professor, University of Chicago

Elisabeth Kempf

Professor, Harvard Business School

Joshua D. Wright

Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Aurelien Portuese

Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Arvind Panagariya

Professor of Economics and Indian Political Economy, Columbia University

Robert Atkinson

President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Matthew Mitchell

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute & Senior Research Affiliate, WVU

James Broughel

Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

Bryan Caplan

Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and New York Times bestselling author of Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

Alan Cole

Senior Economic Policy Analyst, Committee for Economic Development

Marc Goldwein

Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

A Cato special conference—New Challenges to the Free Economy (from Left and Right)—will bring together leading economists and policymakers to discuss the ascendant political threats of progressivism and national conservatism to the free economy.

This all-day event will feature keynote addresses from former President Obama CEA chair Jason Furman and former director of the Congressional Budget Office Douglas Holtz-Eakin as well as panels exploring topics as diverse as antitrust populism, protectionism, business politicization, prospects for the regulatory state, and the unsustainability of the public finances.

Conference Schedule

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8:15 - 9:00 AM

Registration and Light Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Peter Goettler
President and CEO, Cato Institute

9:10 - 10:15 AM

Session 1: Fighting Back against Antitrust Populism

Chaired by

Aurelien Portuese
Director, Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Welcoming and Session 1: Fighting Back against Antitrust Populism
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      Jennifer Huddleston
      Policy Counsel, NetChoice

      Hal Varian
      Chief Economist, Google

      Joshua Wright
      Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

      10:15 - 10:30 AM

      Break

      10:30 - 11:25 AM

      Session 2: Resisting the Protectionist Tide

      Chaired by

      Scott Lincicome
      Director, Herbert. A Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

      Session 2: Resisting the Protectionist Tide
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          Susan Houseman
          Vice President and Director of Research, Upjohn Institute

          Arvind Panagariya
          Professor of Economics and Indian Political Economy, Columbia University

          Adam Posen
          President, Peterson Institute for International Economics

          11:30 AM - 12:25 PM

          Session 3: The Politicization of Business: What Gives?

          Chaired by

          Emily Ekins
          Vice president, director of polling, Cato Institute

          Session 3: The Politicization of Business: What Gives?
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              Robert Atkinson
              President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

              Elisabeth Kempf
              Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

              Matthew Mitchell
              Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute. Senior Research Affiliate, WVU

              12:30 - 1:45 PM

              Luncheon Address

              Luncheon Address - Jason Furman
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                  INTRODUCED BY

                  Jeffrey Miron
                  Vice President for Research, Cato Institute and Director of Graduate and Undergraduate studies, Department of Economics, Harvard University

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                  Jason Furman
                  Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University

                  2:00 - 3:15 PM

                  Session 4: Does the Regulatory State Fuel Populism?

                  Chaired by

                  Vanessa Brown Calder
                  Director of Opportunity and Family Policy Studies, Cato Institute

                  Session 4: Does the Regulatory State Fuel Populism?
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                      James Broughel
                      Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

                      Bryan Caplan
                      Professor of Economics, George Mason University

                      Casey Mulligan
                      Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

                      3:15 - 3:30 PM

                      Break

                      3:30 - 4:30 PM

                      Session 5: Unsustainable Fiscal Policy—The One, True Bipartisan Commitment

                      Chaired by

                      Ryan Bourne
                      R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute

                      Session 5: Unsustainable Fiscal Policy—The One, True Bipartisan Commitment
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                          Romina Boccia
                          Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy, Cato Institute

                          Alan Cole
                          Senior Economic Policy Analyst, Committee for Economic Development

                          Marc Goldwein
                          Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

                          Jeffrey Miron
                          Vice President for Research, Cato Institute

                          4:30 - 5:30 PM

                          Closing Speech

                          Closing Speech - Douglas Holtz‐​Eakin
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                              INTRODUCED BY

                              Ryan Bourne
                              R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute

                              Douglas Holtz-Eakin photo

                              Douglas Holtz‐​Eakin
                              President, American Action Forum

                              5:30 - 6:30 PM

                              Reception

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