Cato Plans Privatization Conference in Event of Bush Win
November 18, 2000
While the presidential election is still too close to call, the Cato Institute
can announce that in the event of a victory by Gov. Bush it will sponsor a two-day
conference on Social Security reform to be held on February 6-7, 2001. Social
Security Privatization: Beyond the Theory will be held at the Cato Institute
in Washington, D.C. and will feature leading experts on Social Security reform
from around the nation. More information will be available in the near future.
Following is a preliminary agenda for the conference:
Day One
Keynote Address: Lawrence Lindsey (Chief Economic Advisor to Gov. Bush)*
Why Privatize Social Security?: Charles Rounds (Suffolk University Law
School); William Beach (Heritage Foundation);* Richard Jackson (Concord Coalition)
Luncheon Address: Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-Tex.)*
Women, Minorities and the Poor: Star Parker (Committee on Urban Renewal
and Education); Eloise Anderson (Claremont Institute); Michael Tanner (Cato
Institute);
World Round-Up: José Piñera (Cato Institute/International Center for
Pension Reform)
Day Two
The Politics of Privatization: John Zogby (Zogby International); Scott
Rasmussen (Rasmussen Research); William McInturff (Public Opinion Strategies)
Making the Transition: Thomas Saving (Texas A&M/Social Security Board
of Trustees); Martin Feldstein (Harvard University/National Bureau of Economic
Research); Peter Ferrara (George Mason University/Cato Institute); William Shipman
(State Street Global Advisors)
Luncheon Address: Donald Marron (PaineWebber)*
Risk and Regulation: Shane Chalke (AnnuityNet.Com); Don Ezra (Frank
Russell Company); Wade Dokken (American Skandia); Milton Ezrati (Lord Abbett)
Administering Individual Accounts: Manuel Sanchez (Synergy Inc.); David
John (Heritage Foundation); Olivia Mitchell (Wharton School)*; Chuck Blahous
(Alliance for Worker Retirement Security)
* Invited
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