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					1 Cato – Voting Fraud Heritage – US FP and Georgia Economic Freedom Heritage – US FP and Georgia Economic Freedom September 1, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Host: The Heritage Foundation – A small country in the Caucasus squeezed between Russia and Turkey on the Black Sea, Georgia is a strategic East-West gateway to the Caspian oil…	2
3	4 Heritage – US FP and Georgia Economic Freedom AEI – NCAA Debate AEI – NCAA Debate September 4, 2012 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm In the next American Enterprise Debate, Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Cartel,” will face off against longtime higher ed practitioner John V. Lombardi over whether the NCAA has…	5 AEI – NCAA Debate Constitution Project – Info Sharing Post 9/11 Constitution Project – Info Sharing Post 9/11 September 5, 2012 8:00 am – 5:00 pm In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the government created a network of fusion centers designed to pool the knowledge of state, local and federal law enforcement, government agencies,…	6 Constitution Project – Info Sharing Post 9/11 Fed Soc – Supreme Court Preview Fed Soc – Supreme Court Preview September 6, 2012 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm New York City Young Lawyers Chapter Presents: Speaker: Kannon Shanmugam, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP Registration details: Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. There is no cost, but you must register in advance…	7	8	9
10 Fed Soc – Supreme Court Preview Cato – Middle East FP Cato – Middle East FP September 10, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Host: Cato Institute – The United States gives Israel some $3 billion in annual aid conditioned on similar aid to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority. According to…	11 Cato – Middle East FP Cato – IRS and the PPACA Cato – IRS and the PPACA September 11, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm A little past 6 p.m. on Friday, May 18, the Internal Revenue Service finalized its rule implementing the tax-credit provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known…	12 Cato – IRS and the PPACA Cato – IRS and the PPACA Heritage – Dodd-Frank & Overregulation Heritage – Dodd-Frank & Overregulation September 12, 2012 11:00 am – 12:30 pm The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – adopted two years ago last month – represented the largest single expansion of government control over the private sector in… Cato – Govt Unions & Taxpayers Cato – Govt Unions & Taxpayers September 12, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Since Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s push to limit the scope of collective bargaining, public-sector unions have been increasingly in the spotlight—or perhaps in the crosshairs. New Jersey governor Chris Christie…	13 Cato – Govt Unions & Taxpayers Cato – Govt Unions & Taxpayers Cato – Govt Unions & Taxpayers AEI – Campaign Watch 2012 AEI – Campaign Watch 2012 September 13, 2012 9:00 am – 10:00 am What are AEI’s election experts observing as the presidential race enters the home stretch? On September 13, AEI’s Election Watch team returns for the first of two pre-election sessions to… Cato – Decentralization (ft Rand Paul) Cato – Decentralization (ft Rand Paul) September 13, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Featuring the author Matt Kibbe, President and CEO, FreedomWorks; with comments by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), moderated by John Samples, Director, Center for Representative Government, Cato Institute. The American enterprise… AEI – Spending, Public Debt, & Constitution AEI – Spending, Public Debt, & Constitution September 13, 2012 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Spending and borrowing are often seen as policy issues, not as constitutional ones. But the Constitution’s architects thought long and hard about the democratic tendency to pursue particular votes at…	14 AEI – Spending, Public Debt, & Constitution AEI – Spending, Public Debt, & Constitution Heritage – State Sovereignity Heritage – State Sovereignity September 14, 2012 11:00 am – 1:00 pm The Framers of the Constitution designed a federal republic in which a central government with strictly limited powers was balanced by state governments with plenary powers. Although the post-Civil War… CWN – Book Panel CWN – Book Panel September 14, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Conservative Women’sNetwork Please join us for our September CWN featuringeconomist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute,who will discuss her book Women’s Figures: An Illustrated Guide to theEconomics of…	15	16
17 CWN – Book Panel AEI – Russia’s Revolution and Future AEI – Russia’s Revolution and Future September 17, 2012 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm In this Bradley Lecture, Leon Aron, author of “Roads to the Temple: Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution, 1987–1991,” will explain the collapse of…	18 AEI – Russia’s Revolution and Future AEI – Canada’s Success Story AEI – Canada’s Success Story September 18, 2012 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm In the 1990s, Canada suffered from the same economic malaise that plagues the U.S. today: slow economic growth, heavy government spending and a rising national debt. Canada’s remarkable turnaround relied…	19 AEI – Canada’s Success Story AEI – Canada’s Success Story AEI – Canada’s Success Story Heritage – Cafe Hayek Heritage – Cafe Hayek September 19, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Each day, Donald Boudreaux, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, writes a letter to the editor of a major American publication. Often, he writes in response to an absurdity… AEI – Higher Education Accountability (ft Senators Wyden & Rubio) AEI – Higher Education Accountability (ft Senators Wyden & Rubio) September 19, 2012 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm What’s the return on an investment in U.S. higher education? With rising college costs, an aggregate student loan debt reaching $1 trillion and dim job forecasts for recent graduates, prospective… AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda September 19, 2012 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Just weeks before the tightly contested November election, join the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation on Wednesday, September 19, for…	20 AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda AEI – 2012 Election National Security Agenda AEI – Election 2012 Trade Policy AEI – Election 2012 Trade Policy September 20, 2012 10:00 am – 12:00 pm How will the results of this year’s presidential election affect U.S. trade policy, the larger questions surrounding globalization and the alleged outsourcing of American jobs by U.S. multinationals? After criticizing… Cato – “Silent Spring” Critique Cato – “Silent Spring” Critique September 20, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Featuring the co-editor Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones, Jr., & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; Senior Fellow, Property and Environment Research Center;… Heritage – Union Accountability Heritage – Union Accountability September 20, 2012 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Unions claim to speak for America’s workers, but only seven percent of private sector union members voted for union representation. Even fewer government employees did so, while the rest inherited… Heritage – Trade Policy Heritage – Trade Policy September 20, 2012 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Throughout his long and storied career on Capitol Hill, Representative David Dreier (R-CA) has remained a steadfast supporter of international free trade. He remained an advocate even in the face… IWF – Liberty No War on Women IWF – Liberty No War on Women September 20, 2012 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Join IWF for the launch of our new book, Liberty is No War on Women, and an all-star panel on what issues really matter to women. The “War on Women” is…	21 IWF – Liberty No War on Women Heritage – Voting Fraud Heritage – Voting Fraud September 21, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm The 2012 election will be one of the hardest-fought in U.S. history. It is also likely to be one of the closest, a fact that brings concerns about voter fraud…	22 Heritage – Voting Fraud Economic Mythbusting Seminar Economic Mythbusting Seminar September 22, 2012 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Five Fall Seminars Announced Events in Kingston, Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal, and Ottawa We’re kicking off the fall semester with five great seminars on campuses in Ontario and Quebec. All of our…	23
24 Economic Mythbusting Seminar Economic Mythbusting Seminar Economic Mythbusting Seminar Cato – Ayn Rand’s Ideas Cato – Ayn Rand’s Ideas September 24, 2012 6:00 am – 7:00 pm Featuring the authors Yaron Brook, Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute; Don Watkins, Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute; moderated by David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute. The rise of the tea… AEI – Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee AEI – Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee September 24, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm The Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (SFRC) is a group of publicly recognized independent experts on the financial services industry — including experts in banking, insurance and securities — who meet… September 24, 2012 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Featuring the authors Yaron Brook, Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute; Don Watkins, Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute; moderated by David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute. The rise of the tea…	25 Cato – Regulating Investment Advisors Cato – Regulating Investment Advisors September 25, 2012 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Whether investment advice should be regulated at the federal level has remained a contentious issue since at least the passage of the 1940 Investment Advisers Act, when Congress injected the… Heritage – SCOTUS 2012 Preview Heritage – SCOTUS 2012 Preview September 25, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm The Supreme Court’s last term ended with a bang, but the upcoming term is shaping up to be arguably as significant. Just days before the High Court’s next term begins,…	26	27 Heritage – SCOTUS 2012 Preview Heritage – SCOTUS 2012 Preview Heritage – Cronyism Heritage – Cronyism September 27, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Despite the ideological miles that separate them, the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Tea Party Movement are united in their condemnation of recent government bailouts of well-to-do and well-connected… Family Research Council – College Debt Family Research Council – College Debt September 27, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm In the past two years the American public has come to realize that a tsunami of college debt is crushing the hopes and aspirations of many Americans. This debt has…	28 Family Research Council – College Debt Cato – Voting Fraud Cato – Voting Fraud September 28, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm The 2012 election may be among the closest in U.S. history. Many Americans are concerned about voter fraud, while experts wonder if the conduct of American elections has improved since…	29	30

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