--- Subject: Invitation: 3/27/03 book forum, The Half-Life of Policy Rationales Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:27:32 -0500 From: "Wayne Crews" <wcrewsat_private> To: <declanat_private> Hi Declan, hoped you might be able to post a note about this forum coming up at Cato next week. Thanks for considering! best -wayne The Cato Institute invites you to a Book Forum The Half-Life of Policy Rationales How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues (New York University Press, 2003) featuring the coeditor Daniel B. Klein, Santa Clara University with comments by Jerry Ellig Acting Director Office of Policy Planning Federal Trade Commission Donald Boudreaux Chairman Department of Economics George Mason University Robert Atkinson Director of the Technology and New Economy Project Progressive Policy Institute Government heavily regulates consumer product safety, banking, medical licensing, highways, auto emissions, postal services, environmental protection, electricity, water, and much more. But as technological advancement overcomes supposed market failures, the justifications for many long-standing, conventional regulatory interventions dissolve. For example, through developments such as sensors for auto emissions; smarttolls for highways; and quality assurance in medicine, banking, and online commerce, the private sector is addressing quality and safety in ways that can exceed the capabilities of governmental regulation. Meanwhile, new means of producing and delivering electrical, water, postal, and telephone services break down the natural-monopoly rationales for government oversight of those long-regulated services. Join us for a review of and debate about the public policy implications of recent technological breakthroughs. Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:00 a.m. (Luncheon to follow) Cato Book Forums and luncheons are free of charge. To register, visit www.cato.org, e-mail Krystal Brand at kbrandat_private, fax (202) 371-0841, or call (202) 789-5229 by 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 26. News media inquiries only (no registrations), please call (202) 789-5200. If you can't make it to the Cato Institute, watch this Forum live online at www.cato.org. Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 842-0200 www.cato.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH evening reception in New York City at 7 pm, April 1, 2003 at CFP: http://www.politechbot.com/events/cfp2003/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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