and his bio is also on the cato site. then we're going to turn it over to derek scissors, who is a ready scholar at ai. he has been doing trade policy and u.s. economic policy here in washington for a long time before with the heritage foundation. derek's bio can be found on the aei website. but you won't need to go there to learn about his reservations about the tpp. i'm sure he will gladly share them with us. i think derek's analysis was one of the first ones published after the text of the agreement was released. so right out of the gate derek expressed reservations. we'll find out whether he has softened his positions at all. so over the past couple of years, libertarians and other free traders would question why or how i could support the tpp. it used to be the case i would only get my hate mail from the left. i would stake out my trade policy position. i would get some angry question. but libertarians were asking the same sorts of things. how you support a free trade agreement, a managed trade agreement that is full

his bio is also on the cato site. then we will turn it over to derek scissors who is a resident scholar at aei, he has been doing trade policy and u.s. china economic policy in washington for a long time before aei with the heritage foundation. derek's bio can be found on the aei website but you won't need to go there to learn about his reservations of the tpp. i'm sure he will gladly share them with us. i think derek's analysis was one of the first ones published after the text of the agreement was released. so right out of the gate derek expressed reservations and we will find out whether he has softened his positions at all. so over the past couple of years libertarians and other free traders would question why or how i would support the tpp. it used to be the case that i would only get my hate ma i will from the left, i'd take out my position and get angry questions but lane tearians were asking the same sorts of things, how can you support a free trade agreement, managed trade agreement that is full of corporate

thank you, cato. congratulations, mark, on measuring the whole economy instead of just part of the economy. put no matter how you measure the economy, there's no getting around it than to say it sucks. it just seems stuck in second gear. you get one good report followed by disappointing reports. profits aren't what they should be. investment is not what it should be. business formations is not what they should be. the economy is in rut. there's a lot of talk about the new normal. we must accept this below average situation. larry summers, former treasury secretary, former harvard president, who knows what he'll be if the democrats get in again. talks about secular stagnation as if some alien forces comes along and there's nothing we can do about it. nonsense. the rut we're in today, having profound implications around the world. bad economies lead to bad politics. see that everywhere around the world. comes from mistakes. the nice thing about economic in errors theying can be corrected. in our book we

he's also a senior fellow here at the cato institute. after graduating from north western university and the harvard law school, professor barnett tried many felony cases as a prosecutor in the cook county state's attorney office in chicago. in 2004 he argue it had medical marijuana case of gonzÁlez before the u.s. supreme court and in 2011-12 he represented federation of business in constitutional challenge to the affordable care act. professor barnett has been a visiting professor at the harvard law school, university of pennsylvania, north western and the university francisco american in guatemala. he delivered the cobey lectures at the university of tokyo and university in kyoto. in 2008 he was ordered fellowship in studies, his publications include more than 100 articles and reviews as well as nine books including restoring the lost constitution, the presubjects of liberty, published by princeton in 2005 and legal case books on the constitution and on contract's law. his book the structure of liberty justice and the rule of law publ

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he served as a value member of the advisory board for trade policies here at cato. he was honored by the washington international trade association with his lifetime achievement award in 2014. he concluded his acceptance speech with this exertation. never give up. perhaps none of us have completely escape his influence. mr. ambassador. the floor is yours. [ applause ] >> dan, thank you so very much. that's wonderful introduction, thanks to dan, and inviting me to come over to participate in this program. i am going to try to do my part fairly quickly and stay on schedule and not take time away from my colleagues up here. i would like to say two or three things in response of what has been said already this morning and moving onto what i am supposed to be talking about here. first of all, in terms of tpp, tpp of the congressional approval, you will discover that my answer is a resounding yes with more enthusiasm that's been projected by some of the people here thus far this morning. and i say that notwithstanding the fact that we have two presidential candidates who

john: ben friedman is a national defense specialist with the cato institute. >> yes, she voted for the war in iraq, and subsequently said it was a mistake, but not evident she's learned much from the mistake because she was for the overthrow of gadhafi which has been a disaster not just for u.s. interests but libya and for arming the rebels in syria and a bunch of others. john: the bosnian war, the kosovo war, afghanistan, iraq, somalia, yemen. >> if you like war, she's a great candidate for you, and fair to say as she did to trump's judgment on foreign policy is questionable but record is questionable. we've seen her in action and she's been for every conflict, including some we didn't have. john: she should run as a hawkish republican. >> she is in a sense, interesting, running against trump, she's getting support from neoconservatives who are mad about trump not being for them, she's get liefth the support already. john: she's also favored a bunch of interventions we didn't have because obama said no, she pushed for a no-fly zone in syria. it sounds good? >

but don't ease the cato institute. juan, you like hillary? >> i will probably vote for her if she is running against trump. for many people the idea that you would invest more in stimulus spending comes across almost as profane, and i'm here to say to you, john, if you might have spent more you mightnt have gotten more bang for your buck. it generates higher levels of consumer spending which generates more economic activity to the benefits of us all. john: dan, take it away. >> somehow you throw a dollar into this magic bucket and swish it around and magic unicorns will give us everything we want. john: people will have more money, they will spends more money. >> government can can't us af dollar or -- can't give us a dollar without first taking it out of the economy.is, oh, if every time keynesian economics fail they say if only we had spent more. john: she wants to spends more free college and childcare and a trillion in new spending. we are going broke. we can't afford to pay social securities and medicare. >> that's not true. city would a

the other point, guys at cato underestimated the value of sanitary provisions in this agreement.is true in these difficult food safety issues one can take these cases to the wto because it has excellent sanitary provisions we put in, as a matter of fact the insistence of the us, those provisions moved slowly, they are a lot faster than they used to be but nevertheless it is a relatively slow proposition. i don't know how fast it will be in tpp but hopefully faster than the wto and you will see countries using these sps provisions in the tpp rather than going through the wto. finally two of the quick points and move on. one advantage of tpp that got no mention until the last panel discussion, the advantage of being on the inside of a trade agreement rather than the outside. the benefits if you will of preferential treatment. with tpp the us is on the inside, a lot better than being on the outside looking in. we should not underestimate things. look at the benefits of nafta, which was another agreement people want to throw out now but look what we have done to develop north america

the way of the dream it is government and a big government kills the american dream that is why the cato institute dave day talks at this conference earlier called him in progress and downsizing government [n][applause] it gets in the way of human progress. >> absolutely the federal government has 2,300 subsidy programs that cause damage and harm the economy to make people dependent and reduce our freedom. farmers are happy to get $20 billion per year from the government but there reduces their freedom because it tells them what they can farm and how many acres so federal spending reduces freedom by in addition to all the damage. john: but spending is spending for job training, food stamps to help people to help them achieve the dream. >> know the difference every dollar the government spends a half to get it from some place either taxes or borrow it or they just print the money provides government gets big with more economic help but the growth rate falls there is a reason why france and italy grossed over them as also why hong kong and singapore erg grow faster. there is a relationship

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that's my understanding anyway but trevor burse of the cato institute say trump and i are wrong aboutless idea for rich person. if they idea that rich person is someone who kicks around poor people and takes their property. he tried to take this woman's house for his limousine parking that pretty said this helps with letting creates jobs and of course in 2014 trump casino in atlantic city shut down. stossel: but that happens. it was a bad bet but shopping centers, that raises the tax base and were over as get built. >> go shopping centers and umbrellas were not built with eminent domain so you can clearly do the stuff about imminent domain. witnesses in the constitution as you can do for public use. it's not a general welfare clause. you do it further public to use it. stossel: what do you mean it can be done without eminent domain? >> or example disney world in florida went to buy up all the property for that rate they did it by asking people to sell their property and it ought it all up and created disney world. stossel: why don't they go around and buy the stuff? some people won't

party theme for this part of the talk cannot leaders, activists to it and lay deacons, if pollster catoinstitute caused the other party. those who sympathize with the tea party but are not quite as adaptive. who are tea party women nationally speaking? you're ever land data from the 20 top american values survey and at that point in time, pri found 9% of american women said they consider themselves hard at tea party. they are clearly a minority within the population. twice as many american women in 2012 identified as republican, but not affiliated with the tea party. so about 72 but not are either independent and democrat. again, clearly tea party women are a small minority of the population. demographically, tea party women are overwhelmingly white. they are most likely identified as republicans despite the reservation about the gop although significant chunk or independent. 3% report they are democrat. not sure what the cognitive dissonance is. i have to report it. in terms of economic status, these women are described as comfortably as a middle-class peers like the less likely to be

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cato institute. i have been carrying it around in my pocket for 20 years. in terms of relations with other countries, gary and i are inclined toward a presumption of nonintervention and restraint, where u.s. roots on the ground or blood on foreign soil is concerned. i think we have seen actions change can have unseen cost and rippling and unintended consequences. both the middle east and north africa are examples. at the same time, we believe strongly and invincible defense is a bedrock responsibility of the u.s. government, which requires america maintain and demonstrate the most powerful military in the world, including air and naval supremacy. we are the only candidates on the ballot this year who believe in free international trade in goods and services. again, guided by the rule of law. [applause] in terms of people's personal lives, we are tolerant, we are inclusive. 100 80,000 people smoke dope. don't tell us they are criminals. leave that to the states. addiction is only a crime and not a public health emergency, which it is. that anyl us 18-year-ol

i'm with the cato institute. i follow the tpp for a while. when we are talking about obama administration is going to sell this to congress, it seems like, especially if the last year or so, more emphasis has been placed on the u.s. needs to be the strategic player in asia. it's not explicitly talking about china per se, but you know, i could probably say, yeah, this is meant to serve as some kind of counter weight to china's economic influence. is this a strategy that you believe will be successful or should it be the way to go or do you think it would play well with congress and have a greater chance of succeeding than focusing more solely on the economics rather than the strategic benefits? >> it is a really good question. personally, i maybe showing some of my political biases here. you know this administration does not have much credibility on foreign policy issues. there have not be very many success stories. i think tpp may be the most successful of all. nevertheless, as i pointed out earlier, we need to demonstrate leadership in asia.

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[applause] this is the cato institute i carry in my pocket 20 years. we are inclined toward the presumptions of restraint which u.s. boots on the ground that can have unseeing cost with the unintended consequences. it is a responsibility the most powerful military of the world with a naval supremacy. the only candidates on the ballot that believe given free international trade with goods and services guided by the rule of law. [applause] in terms of people's personal lives, we are tolerant, inclusive, 100 mil lion smoke dope don't tell us they're all criminals leave that to the states. [applause] similarly don't tell us it is the cream -- a crime not a public-health emergency which is. [applause] don't tell us the 18 year-old can lead an army of platoon into battle but cannot drink a beer. [applause] >> in conclusion we have talked about the nuts and bolts of our position as candidates never bite to end by addressing something bigger and have more urgent something the most important reason they should give us serious consideration. it seems as a nation

we've done some of that in talking with folks at cato to try to figure out how those standards can be appropriately met. so i think there's a tension there that we ought to through innovation and other ways kind of struggle with it. if we don't, you know, i heard randy say this at a panel a couple of weeks ago we're going to bump up against the problem described. a legitimate interest in equality rubs up against a legitimate and important need to increase considerably substantially the diversity of the work force. one last thing i'll say now. because linda mentioned this. i got a file fold eer full of educator equity plans that i was looking at as i thought about coming here, and it is also true that the schools, the poorest schools with the highest concentration of high-needs students are as you go from state to state the schools with the least well-prepared teachers, the folks with the least amount of experience and support, and increasingly the least diverse. it's so it's a challenge that we need to confront. so, your experience as the national teacher of the year for 2016, congrat

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senior economist at the congressional joint economic committee and as a senior economics fellow at the cato institute where he published dozens of studies on fiscal policy. he was also a consultant to the national economic commission in 1987 and research director for president reagan's commission on privatization. he is a fox news contributor as well as writing regularly for national review, forbes, investment business daily, business daily, the washington times and the orange county register. he has a master of arts in economics from george mason university. he has offered numerous books including who's the fairest of them all and it's getting better all the time, still an open door and an inquiry into the causes of the wealth estate. today he releases a book that he has co-authored about fueling freedom and exposing the mad war on energy. let's open to our coding entrance podium kathleen white and steven moore. [applause] >> thank you becky. that was a kind introduction and think you for all the years that you have been a mentor to me. i also want to thank a very patient man and he is the

senior economist at the congressional joint economic committee and as a senior economics fellow at the cato institute, where he published dozens of studies on federal and state fiscal policy. he was also a consultant to the national economic commission in 1987 and research director for president reagan's -- he writes'ingly for national erue, forbes, investor's business daily, in the "washington times" and the orange county. he has offer numerous books, including who is the fairest of them all, getting better all the time, still an open door, and an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states, and today, of course, he releases a book which he has co-our authorized, fueling freedom. exposing the mad war on energy. let welcome to our podium, kathleen white and followed by stephen moore. [applause] >> thank you, becky. for the kind introduction and thank you for all the years that you have been a mentor for me. i also want to thank a very patient man. his skill was extraordinary to see how he transformed and helped me find my voice, was excellent but his patience is a hallmark. t

my name is eric gomez with the cato institute, and i've followed the tpp issue a bit generally from a foreign policy perspective for a while. and when we're talking about how the obama administration's going to sell this to congress, it seems like especially within the last year or so more emphasis has been placed on the u.s. needs to be strategic player in asia. it's not explicitly talking about can china per se, but, you know, everyone who knows about east asia could probably say, okay, yeah, this is meant to serve as some sort of counterweight to chinese economic infliewbs. is this -- influence. is this a strategy that you believe will be successful, or should it be the way to go for -- do you think it would play well with congress and have a greater chance of succeeding than focusing more solely on the economic instead of the strategic benefits? thanks. >> can i try it, dan? phil may want to comment as well. it's a really, a really good question. you know, personally i may be showing some of my political biases here, but, you know, this administration does not have much credibilit

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[applause] this is from the cato institute. my pocket for 20 is. in terms of relations with other countries, gary and i are inclined towards resumption of non-intervention and restraint where u.s. goods on the ground or let on foreign soil is concerned. i think we have all seen in recent years that actions to and his regime change can have cost. they are moral and economic and rippling and unintended consequences. what the middle east and north africa are examples. at the same time, we believe strongly that invincible defense responsibility. requires america maintain and demonstrate the most powerful military in the world, including air supremacy and neville supremacy. -- naval supremacy. we are the only candidates on the ballot who believe in free international trade in goods and services. guided by the rule of law, again. [applause] of people's personal lives, we are tolerant. we are inclusive. on hundred billion people in the united states have smoked dope. don't tell us they are all criminals. leave that to the states. don't tell us that addict

eland, a senior fellow at the independent institute and formally a director of foreign policy at the cato institute. he worked as an investigator for the house foreign affairs committee. and you so much for being here. guest: thank you for having me. nato we are talking about and u.s. policy toward russia. explain to us first what the mission of nato is and whether that has changed. theoretically, nato is supposed to be a collective defense organization which means an attack on one is an attack on othernd that means countries are supposed to pool their resources to defend themselves. in reality, the u.s. has always been the 800 pound gorilla. that countries of europe gleefully went along with invoking nato, which is the only time it has ever been info, the article five commitment -- , the articleoked five commitment, it has basically been the u.s. defending everybody else. the u.s. provide 75% of all the defense budget in nato, and the mission was originally to go against the soviet union to provide deterrence of an attack. the soviet union went away and nato had to find a new mission. ex

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we've done some of that in talking with folks at cato to try to figure out how those standards can be appropriately met. so i think there's a tension there that we ought to through innovation and other ways kind of struggle with it. if we don't, you know, i heard randy say this at a panel a couple of