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#20 - JRL 8025
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004
From: "Marian Tupy" <mtupy@cato.org>
Subject: Cato Conference Announcement

Conference Announcement

The Cato Institute will hold a conference entitled "A Liberal Agenda for the New Century: A Global Perspective" in Moscow on April 8-9, 2004. The conference will be co-sponsored by the Institute of Economic Analysis and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

The speakers will include President Vladimir Putin; Andrei Illarionov, Economic Adviser to President Putin; Leszek Balcerowicz, President of the National Bank of Poland; Maart Laar, former Prime Minister of Estonia; Ruth Richardson, Former Minister of Finance of New Zealand; José Piñera, former Chilean minister of labor and social security and many others.

The speakers will bring perspective on reform accomplishments and highlight outstanding issues that are fundamental to achieving freedom and prosperity. The topics discussed will include:

· How much of an obstacle to growth and a free society is the continuing large size of government in many reforming countries?

· What are the most important elements of economic freedom?

· What is the probable evolution of the rule of law in developing and transition countries?

· What is the relationship between property rights and authoritarian government?

· How should poor nations deal with natural resource wealth and so-called natural monopolies?

· Are rich nations or international organizations imposing new threats to economic development or globalization?

For comprehensive information about the conference and registration, please visit http://www.cato.org/russiaconference