Markets vs. Mandates Conference 2024

Markets vs. Mandates cohost and Hoover senior fellow Dominic Parker speaks in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Markets vs. Mandates cohost and Hoover senior fellow Terry Anderson speaks in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Daniel Phaneuf of the University of Wisconsin speaks about the costs and benefits of environmental policy in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Institution visiting fellow Bjorn Lomborg speaks about cost-benefit analyses in environmental policy in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Caroline Cecot of George Mason University speaks about environmental regulation in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover visiting fellow Matthew Kahn speaks about unleashing markets to adapt to climate change in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Andrew Plantinga of UC Santa Barbara speaks about data variability and regulation of the California fire insurance market in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Markets vs. Mandates conference attendees take a moment to watch the partial solar eclipse outside the David and Joan Traitel Building on Stanford’s campus on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

James Salzman of UC Santa Barbara and UCLA speaks about contracting to achieve environmental benefits in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Bård Harsted of Stanford University speaks about contracting for the environment in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Institution fellows Victor Davis Hanson (left) and Peter Robinson speak about the impact of free trade on rural America in Blount Hall on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Patricia Breuer of Erasmus University Rotterdam speaks about the value of mandating disclosure of environmental emissions in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Institution visiting fellow M. Todd Henderson speaks about the costs and impacts of mandatory emissions disclosure in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Senior Hoover Institution fellow (adjunct) Steven E. Koonin (left) and Mark Mills of the National Center for Energy Analytics speak about the challenges posed by a true energy transition in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Roger Pielke Jr. speaks about his research experiences concerning weather modeling, sports governance, and the true cost of a NASA space shuttle launch, in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens speaks about writing that challenges orthodoxy and the mentality of the national press in Hauck Auditorium on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Beaudouin)