Hoover Institution Retreat October 19–21, 2008
Sunday, October 19
6:30 p.m.
Welcoming remarks by John Raisian,
Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution,
and David Traitel, Chairman of the Hoover Board of Overseers
Before-dinner remarks by Fred Barnes
A Closer Look at Election '08
Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution,
and David Traitel, Chairman of the Hoover Board of Overseers
Before-dinner remarks by Fred Barnes
A Closer Look at Election '08
Monday, October 20
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Opening remarks by John Raisian
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Alvin Felzenberg
The Leaders We Deserved (And a Few We Didn't):
Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game
The Leaders We Deserved (And a Few We Didn't):
Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Richard Epstein
Weathering the Financial Storm on Wall Street and Main Street
Weathering the Financial Storm on Wall Street and Main Street
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Fouad Ajami
In the Shadow of Iraq: A Reading of the Arabs
In the Shadow of Iraq: A Reading of the Arabs
11:15 – 12:00 p.m.
Victor Davis Hanson
Obama, Palin, and the Culture Wars
Obama, Palin, and the Culture Wars
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Choice of breakout sessions:
Joseph Grundfest
The Credit Crunch and the World's Financial Markets
Stephen Haber
Property Rights and Democracy in Latin America:
The Good (and the Not-So-Good) News
Edwin Meese
What Is Washington, D.C., Up To?
Joseph Grundfest
The Credit Crunch and the World's Financial Markets
Stephen Haber
Property Rights and Democracy in Latin America:
The Good (and the Not-So-Good) News
Edwin Meese
What Is Washington, D.C., Up To?
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Choice of breakout sessions:
John Cogan and Daniel Kessler
Health Policy Reform and the 2008 Election
Timothy Garton Ash
Why New Administrations in the United States and
Europe Face a 500-year Challenge
Michael McFaul
Georgia (and Russia) on My Mind
John Cogan and Daniel Kessler
Health Policy Reform and the 2008 Election
Timothy Garton Ash
Why New Administrations in the United States and
Europe Face a 500-year Challenge
Michael McFaul
Georgia (and Russia) on My Mind
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Choice of breakout sessions:
Abbas Milani
The New Administration and Its Options on Iran
Kenneth Scott
The Panic of 2008
Abbas Milani
The New Administration and Its Options on Iran
Kenneth Scott
The Panic of 2008
7:15 p.m.
Before-dinner remarks by David M. Kennedy
Can the United States Still Afford to be a Nation of Immigrants?
Can the United States Still Afford to be a Nation of Immigrants?
Tuesday, October 21
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Richard Sousa
Complements of the Hoover Archives
Complements of the Hoover Archives
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Niall Ferguson
Political and Geopolitical Consequences of the Credit Crunch
Political and Geopolitical Consequences of the Credit Crunch
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Amy Zegart
Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11
Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Christopher Hitchens
Turkey: Between the European Union and Iraq
Turkey: Between the European Union and Iraq
11:15 – 12:15 p.m.
Morris Fiorina and Daron Shaw
The Road to (and from?) 2008
The Road to (and from?) 2008
12:15 – 12:30 p.m.
Closing remarks by John Raisian
