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Panelists discussed the influence of immigrant entrepreneurs on work productivity and job creation. They responded to questions from members of the audience. “Entrepreneurship” was the fo…

Arnold King and Nick Shulz argue that economists tend to fail to consider things like creativity and technological advancement when coming up with policies to improve the economy. They spok…

Timothy Ferris looked at the relationship between the scientific revolution and the rise of liberalism and democracy. He spoke about the topic at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Com…

Brink Lindsey talked about his book The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture, published by Collins. In his book Mr. Lindsey argues that post-World War …

A panel of economists discussed the impact of outsourcing and insourcing on the U.S. economy and its relationship with the broader global economy. They noted that many jobs that have been ou…

Adrian Wooldridge discussed the book he co-wrote, "The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea". Mr. Wooldridge asserts that, creating a business entity with some of the rights and…

Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), author of one of the Republican alternative health reform plans, discussed President Clinton’s health care proposal and compared it with his plan at the Cato Insti…

The speakers critiqued President Clinton’s Health Care Plan on the basis of costs, ethics, financing, and economic impact. The conclusions were that the program would reduce choice and quali…

Representatives from Healthcare groups offered an assessment about President Clintons Health Care proposal and possible ways to improve it. This talk was held at the CATO Institute.

The House Republican Conference sponsored a hearing on the costs of government regulations on the average American and American business. Economists and public policy scholars spoke on the b…

The Heritage Foundation sponsored a forum on what the speakers perceived as a recent increase in governmental regulation and its effect on the nation’s economy and international competitiven…

The CATO Institute cosponsored a conference in Mexico City with the Center for Free Enterprise Research, a Mexican organization, on free trade in North America. During the first panel called…