Capital Unbound: The Cato Summit on Financial Regulation – NYC

Economic growth — including, importantly, wage growth — is ultimately driven by increases in productivity. The most effective way of driving productivity is a deepening of the capital stock. Capital, however, only multiplies in a hospitable environment—one of liquid, efficient capital markets with a respect for both contract and property. Has America lost that hospitable environment? If so, can it be regained? Please join a distinguished group of speakers at this special Cato Institute summit as they examine the current state of U.S. capital markets regulation and offer proposals for unleashing a new engine of American economic growth.
9:30 – 9:55 a.m.
Registration
9:55 – 10:00 a.m.
WELCOMING REMARKS

Mark Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
CAPITAL MARKETS & MORTGAGE FINANCE

Joshua Rosner, Graham Fisher & Co. and Co-Author,Reckless Endangerment
10:30 – 11:10 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
11:10 – 11:20 a.m.
BREAK
11:20 – 11:50 a.m.
CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS & THE FAILURE OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING

Kevin Dowd, Professor of Finance & Economics, Durham University and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute
11:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES FOR SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL

Thaya Knight, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute
12:20 – 12:40 p.m.
RECEPTION
12:40 – 2:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON ADDRESS

Commissioner Michael Piwowar, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
AN ALTERNATIVE FUTURE FOR MONEY & CAPITAL

George Selgin, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute