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Capitol Hill Campus: Dodd-Frank: What It Does and Why It's Flawed

Capitol Hill Campus

April 09, 2013
Registration 11:30am, Lunch 12:00pm
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1:30pm

Please join the Mercatus Center at George Mason University for a new Capitol Hill Campus exploring a prime example of this type of regulation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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Regulation University: The Role of the Federal Reserve as a Financial Regulator

Regulation University

April 03, 2013
Registration 12:30pm, Lunch 1:00pm
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2:00pm

Please join the Mercatus Center for Regulation University’s 2013 series. Lawrence H. White, Ph.D a Senior Scholar at Mercatus, will discuss the Federal Reserve and its dual role as both chief monetary policy manager and a rising federal financial regulator.
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Regulation University: Beware of Inflated Benefits and Hidden Costs

Regulation University

March 27, 2013
Registration 11:30am, Lunch 12:00pm
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1:00pm

Please join the Mercatus Center for Regulation University’s 2013 series. Patrick McLaughlin, Ph.D a Senior Research Fellow at Mercatus, will discuss how errors, information gaps and misapplied theory can inflate regulatory benefit estimates, and why the costs of regulation can…
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Regulatory Oversight Essentials, Part II: Keeping a Congressional Eye on the Ball

Regulation University

March 12, 2013
Registration 11:30am, Lunch 12:00pm
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1:00pm

Please join the Mercatus Center for Regulation University’s 2013 series. Hester Peirce, J.D., senior scholar the Mercatus Center, will discuss skills and tools essential to conducting regulatory oversight.
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Regulatory Oversight Essentials, Part I: Finding Rules and Resources

Regulation University

February 21, 2013
Registration 11:30am, Lunch 12:00pm
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1:00pm

Please join the Mercatus Center for Regulation University’s 2013 series. Hester Peirce, J.D., senior scholar the Mercatus Center, will discuss resources essential to conducting regulatory oversight.
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Dr. Yandle's Quarterly Economic Update: January 2013

Capitol Hill Campus

January 25, 2013
Registration 11:30am, Lunch 12:00pm
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1:00pm

Please join the Mercatus Center's Capitol Hill Campus and Professor Bruce Yandle for an update on the state of the national economy.
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Copyright Unbalanced: From Incentive to Excess

December 06, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm

Featuring the editor Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; and Tom W. Bell, Professor and Director, Technology Policy Program, Chapman University School of Law; moderated by Jim Harper, Director, Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
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The Future of Regulations: Moving From Presumption to Proof

Regulatory Studies Program

November 13, 2012
8:30am
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1:45pm

Please join the Mercatus Center at George Mason University for a series of discussions grounded in academic research and practical experience on how and why the current regulatory process falls short of its purpose—and what can be done to improve…
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The "Midnight Regulations" Phenomenon

Capitol Hill Campus

July 18, 2012
12:00 PM
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1:30 PM

Please join Mercatus scholar Patrick McLaughlin for an overview on why midnight regulations matter.
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Environmental Progress, Economic Prosperity, and Market Forces

Regulation University

June 15, 2012
12:00 PM
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1:30 PM

Please join the Mercatus Center's Regulation University for an educational program on why prescriptive regulation is increasingly out of step with U.S. environmental needs, and how market-based tools and local control can foster environmental progress and economic prosperity.