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February 10, 2015 How Should Ridesharing Be Regulated?
The rise of ridesharing in the U.S. and abroad has been accompanied by complaints and concerns related to the regulation of rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft. Reports of rideshare drivers assaulting passengers as well as worries about insurance coverage and vehicle inspections have all prompted discussion about the safety of ridesharing. In addition, market incumbents have complained that rideshare companies are unfairly flouting existing regulation. Please join us for a discussion on ridesharing and what regulatory framework should govern this new and controversial industry.
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1 hr 18 min
February 05, 2015 Private Funding, Public Debate: Reviving the Spirit of Inquiry in Higher Education
Colleges often seem hostile to, or at least uninterested in, Western civilization, free markets, and other “conservative” or “libertarian” subjects. This has left a void that is increasingly being filled by privately funded academic centers founded in or near colleges and universities. But how objective are such centers? Do their donors call all the shots? Can they significantly widen inquiry in academia? Please join Cato and the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy for an in-depth discussion of this growing phenomenon.Download “Renewal in the University: How Academic Centers Restore the Spirit of Inquiry,” by the Pope Center’s Jay Schalin.
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1 hr 26 min
February 05, 2015 Toward a New Era in U.S.-Cuba Relations
President Barack Obama’s announcement that the United States will seek to ease the embargo on, and normalize relations with, Cuba marks the beginning of the end of more than 50 years of failed efforts by Washington to improve human rights or achieve political or economic reform on the island through economic sanctions and diplomatic isolationism. Further moves to end the embargo depend on Congress, however. Senator Flake will explain why he supports normalizing relations and discuss what to expect from a new Congress on policy toward Cuba. Carl Meacham will present national security arguments in favor of engaging Cuba.
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1 hr 10 min
February 04, 2015 Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015 - His Highness: The Unconstitutional World of Barack Obama
12:35 – 2:00 p.m. Luncheon Address
His Highness: The Unconstitutional World of Barack Obama
Tucker Carlson, Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Caller and Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend
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53 min
February 04, 2015 Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015 - Welcoming Remarks - The Forever-War President: Obama’s Dangerous War-Powers Legacy - Impact of the 2014 Elections on Policy
10:50 – 11:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
John Allison, President and CEO, Cato Institute11:00 – 11:30 a.m. The Forever-War President: Obama’s Dangerous War-Powers Legacy
Gene Healy, Vice President, Cato Institute11:30 a.m.– 12:10 p.m. Impact of the 2014 Elections on Policy
Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
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1 hr 10 min
January 26, 2015 Live Free and Learn: Scholarship Tax Credits in New Hampshire
In 2012, the Live Free or Die state launched a bold initiative to advance educational freedom: scholarship tax credits. The New Hampshire Opportunity Scholarship Act grants tax credits to businesses worth 85 percent of their contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations that fund low- and middle-income students to attend private or home schools. The scholarship law then faced both a repeal effort in the legislature and a bitter lawsuit that went to the state’s highest court. Join us as we present Live Free and Learn: Scholarship Tax Credits in New Hampshire, a short film detailing the struggle over New Hampshire’s scholarship law and some of the families it has touched. After the film, please join us live online and on Twitter at #CatoConnects for a discussion on the politics, policy, and constitutionality of scholarship tax credit laws.
Live Free and Learn: Scholarship Tax Credits in New Hampshire on YouTube.
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58 min
January 25, 2015 Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015 - Luncheon Address - The Dangers of the Imperial Presidency
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.Luncheon Address
The Dangers of the Imperial Presidency
Tom Campbell, Dean, Chapman University School of Law; Former Member of Congress
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53 min
January 23, 2015 Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2015 -- Welcoming Remarks, Technology and Liberty, Are Millennials More Libertarian?, and Making Immigration Work
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.Registration10:50 – 11:00 a.m.Welcoming Remarks
John Allison, President and CEO, Cato Institute11:00 – 11:20 a.m.Technology and Liberty
Jim Harper, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute11:20 – 11:40 a.m.Are Millennials More Libertarian?
Emily Ekins, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; Polling Director, Reason
Foundation11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Making Immigration Work
Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute
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1 hr 10 min
January 22, 2015 The Logic of the Market: An Insider’s View of Chinese Economic Reform
The economic reforms and subsequent growth in China must count as among the most astonishing and hopeful events of our age. Weiying Zhang was among the leaders who set China on its path of change. His new collection of essays recounts the successes and failures of reform and looks to the future for continued progress. He emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurs in continuing and deepening economic liberalization along with reducing state ownership and control. Please join us to hear a real hero of liberty talk about the past, present, and future of China and free market economics.
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1 hr 26 min
January 21, 2015 The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom
We hear a lot about moral decline these days. Michael Shermer, the author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, and eight other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior, argues that the scientific way of thinking has made people — and society as a whole — more moral. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the nonscientific disciplines of politics, economics, and moral philosophy. Instead of relying on the woodcuts of dissected bodies in old medical texts, physicians opened bodies themselves to see what was there; instead of divining truth through the authority of an ancient book, people began to explore the book of nature for themselves through travel and exploration; instead of the supernatural belief in the divine right of kings, people employed a natural belief in the right of democracy. Abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, and skepticism, Shermer says, have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world. With advance endorsements from Steven Pinker, Jared Diamond, and Michio Kaku, this book is likely to provoke lots of debate.
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1 hr 15 min

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