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Dr. Yandle's Quarterly Economic Update: October 2012

Capitol Hill Campus

October 18, 2012
Registration 11:30am, Lunch 12:00pm
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1:30pm

Please join the Mercatus Center's Capitol Hill Campus and Professor Bruce Yandle for an update on the state of the national economy. Dr. Yandle is the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center and Dean Emeritus of Clemson…
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New York City Symposium: Advancing Liberty, Creating Change
INVITE ONLY

May 18, 2012
12:00 PM
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8:00 PM

Please join us for our upcoming symposium, co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies. The keynote speaker will be public opinion pollster Scott Rasmussen. The founder of Rasmussen Reports, Scott is a leading expert on political trends. His latest book,…
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New York City Supporter and Friend Lunch
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March 27, 2012
12:00 PM
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1:30 PM

Please join Mercatus Center senior education advisor Donald J. Boudreaux for lunch and a discussion on the dangers of cronyism.
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Resizing the Federal Purse: Limits on the Spending Power and Their Meaning For Federal Grants to the States

Capitol Hill Campus

February 22, 2012
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM

Please join the Mercatus Center for a Continuing Legal Education course on Capitol Hill about Congressional spending power.
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State Budget Basics

State and Local Policy Project, Spending and Budget Initiative

February 10, 2012
9:00 AM
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1:30 PM

Mercatus Center budget scholars will share their academic research and practical knowledge with local thought leaders in a half-day seminar hosted by the Bluegrass Institute in Lexington, Kentucky.
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AEI-Mercatus Panel: Collective Bargaining, Public Pensions and Voters

State and Local Policy Project

January 25, 2012
8:30 AM
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11:00 AM

Please join us for a panel on state pensions co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute.
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13th Annual Retreat: Advancing Liberty, Creating Change
INVITE ONLY

March 18, 2011
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March 20, 2011

Mercatus Center supporters and friends are invited to join us for our 13th Annual Retreat in Scottsdale, AZ, co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies. Keynote speakers include Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, senior judicial analyst for Fox News Channel and…
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How Tax and Expenditure Limitations Affect State Budgets

March 18, 2011
12:00 pm
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1:30 pm

Join us to discuss these questions: • Do TELs Limit Budget Growth? • What do states need to know before implementing a TEL? • How would a TEL affect your state? Matthew Mitchell, Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Assembly Member Micah Kellner, New York 65th…
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The Effects of Intergovernmental Grants on State Taxes

State and Local Policy Project

November 12, 2010
9:00AM
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10:00AM

The Mercatus Center is hosting a breakfast briefing with Dr. Russell Sobel of West Virginia University and the Mercatus Center on his recent paper, “Do Intergovernmental Grants Create Ratchet Effects…
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Managing the Crisis in Public Pensions

State and Local Policy Project

September 24, 2010
12:30 PM
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2:00 PM

Public pensions are radically underfunded, and fundamental reform is no longer an option, but a necessity. State policy makers can no longer avoid addressing this shortfall, with many public…