Hoover Institution Retreat October 21–23, 2012
Sunday, October 21
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reception in the Ford Gardens at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
6:30 p.m. Dinner in McCaw Hall
Welcoming remarks by John Raisian
Before-dinner remarks by Bob McDonnell
Welcoming remarks by John Raisian
Before-dinner remarks by Bob McDonnell
Monday, October 22
8:15 – 8:30 a.m. Opening remarks by John Raisian
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Nicholas Eberstadt
A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic
A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic
9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Joshua Rauh
Debt in Disguise: The Crisis in Public Employee Pensions
Debt in Disguise: The Crisis in Public Employee Pensions
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. James Ceaser
Crossroad: The Stakes in the 2012 Elections
Crossroad: The Stakes in the 2012 Elections
11:15 a.m. – noon John Taylor
Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery
Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Choice of breakout sessions:
Kenneth Jowitt
How Important Is the Middle East?
Gary Roughead
Sequestration: Defense Budgeting with an Ax
Kori Schake
State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture and Practices of the State Department
Kenneth Jowitt
How Important Is the Middle East?
Gary Roughead
Sequestration: Defense Budgeting with an Ax
Kori Schake
State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture and Practices of the State Department
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Choice of breakout sessions:
Jennifer Burns
Ayn Rand and the Intellectual History of Conservatism
Thomas Henriksen
America and the Rogue States
Joseph Rago
The New Fatal Conceit: Technocracy, Prices, and US Health Care after the Affordable Care Act
Jennifer Burns
Ayn Rand and the Intellectual History of Conservatism
Thomas Henriksen
America and the Rogue States
Joseph Rago
The New Fatal Conceit: Technocracy, Prices, and US Health Care after the Affordable Care Act
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Choice of breakout sessions:
Abbas Milani
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Problems and Prospects
Jonathan Rodden
The European Debt Crisis in Comparative Perspective
Abbas Milani
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Problems and Prospects
Jonathan Rodden
The European Debt Crisis in Comparative Perspective
5:45 – 7:30 p.m. Traditional reception in the Ford Gardens at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
(Viewing screens provided for Presidential Debates)
(Viewing screens provided for Presidential Debates)
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Traditional reception in the Ford Gardens at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
7:30 p.m. Dinner in McCaw Hall
Before-dinner remarks by George P. Shultz
A Constructive Agenda
Before-dinner remarks by George P. Shultz
A Constructive Agenda
Tuesday, October 23
8:15 – 9:00 a.m. Kimberley Strassel
Two Weeks to Go: Where We Stand in the Final Countdown to the 2012 Elections
Two Weeks to Go: Where We Stand in the Final Countdown to the 2012 Elections
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Fouad Ajami
Hubris Undone: The Islamic Tutorial of Barack Obama
Hubris Undone: The Islamic Tutorial of Barack Obama
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 – 11:00 a.m. John Cochrane
Toward a Run-Free Financial System: How to Repeal and Replace Dodd–Frank
Toward a Run-Free Financial System: How to Repeal and Replace Dodd–Frank
11:00 – noon Panel discussion
David Brady
Douglas Rivers
Daron Shaw
Public Opinion and the Race to 270
David Brady
Douglas Rivers
Daron Shaw
Public Opinion and the Race to 270
