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AEI IN AN INSTANT for Monday, October 9, 2000
Information on current and upcoming events, publications, and other activities of the American Enterprise Institute ___________________________________________________ UPCOMING EVENTS Unless otherwise indicated, the events listed below will take place in the Wohlstetter Conference Center, on the twelfth floor at AEI. *Trade Policy and the Presidential Election* Speakers include Jagdish Bhagwati, Rep. Jim Kolbe (R.-Ariz.), Ira Shapiro, and Michael B. Smith Trade Policy Seminar, Wednesday, October 11, 8:00-9:30 a.m. http://www.aei.org/inv001011.htm (information and registration) *Culture and Economic Development* Speakers include Lawrence E. Harrison, Samuel P. Huntington, Nicholas Eberstadt, Michael Novak, and Frank Vogl Book Forum, Thursday, October 12, 10:00 a.m.-noon http://www.aei.org/inv001012.htm (information and registration) *Are Corporate Tax Shelters an 'Abuse' That Should Be Stopped?* Speakers include Michael Gilman, George Plesko, and Daniel Shaviro Tax Policy Seminar, Friday, October 13, 9:15-11:00 a.m. http://www.aei.org/inv1013.htm (information and registration) *Venezuela's New Path--Has Chavez Found the Way?* Speaker: Mark Falcoff Friday Forum, October 13, 12:30-2:00 p.m. To register, contact Jeannette Warren (202.862.4878, jwarren@aei.org). *On Two Wings: The Humble God and Common Sense at the Founding of the United States* Speaker: Michael Novak Four Lectures, October 18, October 25, November 1, and November 8, 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Catherine Horan (202.319.5259) or Laurel Cornell (202.862.5839). NOTE: These lectures will take place at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. *Modernizing the People's Liberation Army* Speakers include James R. Lilley, Doug Lovelace, and Larry Wortzel Book Forum, Thursday, October 19, 3:00-5:00 p.m. http://www.aei.org/inv001019.htm (information and registration) *Poor Democracy* Speaker: Leon Aron Friday Forum, October 20, 12:30-2:00 p.m. To register, contact Jeannette Warren (202.862.4878, jwarren@aei.org). *The New Era of Taiwan's Democratization* Speakers include You-ping Cheng, Alexander Huang, James R. Lilley, Chia-lung Lin, and Emile Sheng Symposium, Monday, October 23, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. To register, contact Joanna Yu (202.862.5806, jyu@aei.org). ___________________________________________________ NEW PUBLICATIONS Optional Federal Chartering and Regulation of Insurance Companies, ed. Peter J. Wallison Book, AEI Press http://www.aei.org/shop1/shops/1/m-o.htm#0303 (order form) http://www.aei.org/bs/bs12110.htm (book summary) Preparing to Be President: The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt, ed. Charles O. Jones Book, AEI Press and Brookings Institution Press http://www.aei.org/shop1/shops/1/p-r.htm#0298 (order form) http://www.aei.org/bs/bs12148.htm (book summary) http://www.aei.org/shop1/shops/1/4139-6.pdf (full text) Deregulation of Network Industries: What's Next? ed. Sam Peltzman and Clifford Winston Book, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.asp?pID=88 (abstract) http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/books/deregulation.pdf (full text) *Why Socialism Failed in the United States,* by Seymour Martin Lipset Bradley Lecture, October 2, 2000 http://www.aei.org/bradley/bl001002.htm (full text) *China after Communism,* by Arthur Waldron Bradley Lecture, September 11, 2000 http://www.aei.org/bradley/bl091100.htm (full text) *Oil: It Could Get Ugly,* by John H. Makin Economic Outlook, October 2000 http://www.aei.org/eo/eo12149.htm (full text) AEI Newsletter, October 2000 http://www.aei.org/nl/nloct00.htm (full text) *Fair Use of Antitrust Law,* by Robert E. Litan Policy Matters, September 2000 http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/policy/policy_00_14.asp (full text) *The Regulation of Derivative Instruments* Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee Statement, September 25, 2000 http://www.aei.org/shdw/shdw163.htm (full text) *Privatizing the Housing GSEs* Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee Statement, September 25, 2000 http://www.aei.org/shdw/shdw164.htm (full text) *Al Gore and the 'Wicked Project': Aboard the Resentment Special,* by Michael Novak Article in National Review, September 25, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/ranova000925.htm (full text) *How Al Turned the Corner,* by William Schneider Article in National Journal, September 23, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/raschn000923.htm (full text) *No Consensus on Security Council Reform,* by John R. Bolton Article in the Earth Times, September 21, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/rajrb000921.htm (full text) *Gender Gap Calculus,* by Karlyn H. Bowman Article in the Washington Times, September 21, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/rabowm000921.htm (full text) *Facing the Future Digitalized World and Much Faster, Cheaper Computing,* by Newt Gingrich Book Review in the Washington Times, September 17, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/raging000917.htm (full text) *A Duke-Out Over...Paradigms,* by William Schneider Article in National Journal, September 16, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/raschn000916.htm (full text) *Gore Getting over Clinton Fatigue as Race Enters the Homestretch,* by Karlyn H. Bowman Article in Roll Call, September 14, 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/rabowm000914.htm (full text) *Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty,* by Mark Falcoff Book Review in Commentary, September 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/rafalc0009.htm (full text) *The 'Chineseness' of Taiwan,* by Arthur Waldron Article in Policy Review, August/September 2000 http://www.aei.org/ra/rawald0008-09.htm (full text) ___________________________________________________ OTHER ACTIVITIES At its annual dinner on February 13, AEI will honor Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the Supreme Court, with the 2001 Francis Boyer Award. The Francis Boyer Award recipient, selected by AEI's Council of Academic Advisers, is an eminent thinker who has made notable intellectual or practical contributions to American society. Thomas will deliver the Institute's 2001 Francis Boyer Lecture at the dinner. http://www.aei.org/boyer/dinner.htm (information) http://www.aei.org/boyer/dinnerform.htm (ticket purchase form) ___________________________________________________ RELEVANT TO THE NEWS On October 4, the Federal Communications Commission suspended for sixty days two federal rules requiring broadcasters to give candidates free air time to respond to campaign endorsements or personal attacks. AEI associate scholar Daniel E. Troy has commented in the past on these and other restrictions by the FCC: *End FCC Speech Restrictions on Broadcasters,* by Daniel E. Troy On the Issues, August 2000 http://www.aei.org/oti/oti11989.htm (full text) *The FCC's Squeeze on Religious Broadcasting,* by Daniel E. Troy On the Issues, March 2000 http://www.aei.org/oti/oti11485.htm (full text) *Banning Ads Just Got Harder,* by Daniel E. Troy Article in the Wall Street Journal, June 21, 1999 http://www.aei.org/ra/ratroy8.htm (full text) ___________________________________________________ American Enterprise Institute 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 202.862.5800 tel. 202.862.7177 fax http://www.aei.org Please address comments to kburrows@aei.org. If this message was forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe to AEI in an Instant, please send your name and email address to kburrows@aei.org. If you have received this message in error or wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please email stop-aeiupdate@aei.org.
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