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The Cato Institute invites you to a City Seminar & Luncheon
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Friday, October 25, 2019 • 10:50AM – 2:00PM
Intercontinental Barclay Hotel
111 E 48th St, New York, NY
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Keynote Address: The Morality of Liberty
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Cato's President and CEO, Peter Goettler, will kick off the event with a discussion of how Cato’s work to advance liberty is a fundamentally moral cause, in addition to all the material benefits that freedom brings. He’s also excited to share some updates on Cato’s current initiatives with you and to explain how these efforts contribute to our shared mission of a free and open society.
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Luncheon Address: Socialism Sucks
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Benjamin Powell, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, will discuss his provocative new book Socialism Sucks. Socialism has failed every time it has been tried, yet it still appeals to parts of the American public that have little or no experience with it. Ben will describe what he and coauthor Robert Lawson saw when they visited the socialist countries of Cuba, North Korea, and Venezuela. Using anecdotes informed by scholarship, Ben will explain why socialism is often catastrophic, why Sweden is not an example of socialism, and why many of the claims of socialist politicians in America are so wrong-headed.
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Is Wealth Inequality a Crisis?
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Chris Edwards, Cato's Director of Tax Policy Studies, will respond to Democratic presidential candidates who are calling U.S. wealth inequality obscene and saying that the economy is rigged by rich people. Chris will discuss household wealth data and argue that the government itself causes wealth inequality through cronyism and displacement of private savings. Public policies should focus on boosting prosperity and alleviating poverty, not on wealth inequality.
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Financial Inclusion: An Economic and Moral Imperative
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We’ll also hear from Diego Zuluaga and Lydia Mashburn of Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. Thanks to market-based innovation, more Americans are gaining access to the financial services they want. But regulation too often stands in the way of financial inclusion. Lydia and Diego will explain why, with more than 30 million U.S. families lacking full access to banking and credit, financial inclusion is an urgent imperative—and what to do about it.
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Individual attendees: $75.00 Per Person
Table of eight attendees: $525.00 Per Table
If you have any questions pertaining to registration, you may e-mail events@cato.org.
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