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Gale Pooley, professor of business management at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, and Marian Tupy, editor of HumanProgress.org, argued that, contrary to the belief of environmentalists, reso…
545 viewsGale Pooley, professor of business management at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, and Marian Tupy, editor of HumanProgress.org, argued that, contrary to the belief of environmentalists, reso…
545 viewsCato Institute senior fellow Mustafa Akyol argued that Islam has become too dogmatic and called for a return an earlier age of Islamic theology, when freedom, reason, tolerance, and science …
499 viewsEconomists Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell talked about their travels to socialist countries.
1,848 viewsIan Vasquez talked about the future of U.S.-Cuba relations under a Donald Trump presidency in the wake of the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, who died Friday, November 25, 2016…
456 viewsAlvaro Vargas Llosa talked about his book, Global Crossings: Immigration, Civilization, and America, in which he compares migration trends over the past decades and explores the reasons peop…
340 viewsRuchir Sharma talked about which countries would make up the economic success stories in the future. He said that China and Brazil would not be in that group, but India, Turkey, and Indonesi…
814 viewsFormer Mexican President Vicente Fox was the featured speaker at the Cato Institute’s discussion on Mexico’s drug war. He detailed the reasons he believed legalizing drugs in the country wil…
1,334 viewsIan Vasquez talked about spending cuts to foreign aid. Secretary of State Clinton and Treasury Secretary Geithner testified on March 10, 2011, against cuts to foreign aid. He also responded …
155 viewsMr. Vasquez talked about debate over spending on foreign aid, U.S. foreign policy goals, and levels of U.S. foreign aid to developing countries. He responded to audience telephone calls, fax…
97 viewsAuthor Mark Falcoff talked about his book The Cuban Revolution and the United States: A History in Documents, 1958-1960, published by U.S. Cuba Press. It argues that recently declassified U…
194 viewsThomas Larsson discussed his book The Race to the Top: The Real Story of Globalization, published by Cato Institute. In the book, Mr. Larsson argues against the view that globalization cause…
77 viewsEconomists debated whether global economic integration has been disruptive to developing countries. They also talked about the effects of the September 11 terrorist attacks. After their rema…
214 viewsEnvironmentalists called for the World Bank to stop financing oil, gas, and mining projects in developing nations, claimed that these investments benefit mainly rich multi-national companies…
149 viewsRoger Fontaine and Jose Sorzano, two members of the National Security Council staff during the Reagan administration, debated the Clinton administration’s refugee policy and the United State…
118 viewsA roundtable discussion of whether the U.S. should lead an invasion of Haiti and U.S. Policy towards Haiti were the topics of discussion.
105 viewsSenior Fellow Doug Bandow, of the CATO Institute, spoke about the detrimental effect World Bank and International Monetary Fund loans have on developing countries. Other speakers included di…
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