Past Events

Globalization is delicious, but the trade war is harming domestic producers and driving up prices of imports. Join us at our Dupont Circle office on March 4 to eat, drink, and learn about the benefits of free trade. We will also be celebrating the release of (more…)

  Antitrust should take the initiative to control the size of big tech companies. Big tech companies are threatening democracy— according to Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu, author of The Curse of Bigness.  In an interview last year with Wired Magazine, Prof. Wu, who coined the term “net neutrality,” explains that the tech sector “was traditionally the most decentralized, most innovative part of the economy.” Yet it (more…)

    Can Trade Wars Be Won? Last week, the U.S. and China signed a new trade deal, one that President Trump called, “The biggest deal anybody has ever seen.” The President argues that the tariffs he has imposed are a vital tool to force the Chinese to keep their promises and bring them to the negotiating table. The deal is currently in Phase 1, but (more…)

Please join us on January 29th for a special screening of Miss Virginia. Hailed as a “must-see” movie by USA Today, the film follows a struggling inner-city mother who sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow him to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future—and that of thousands like (more…)

  Rise of Robots? As the year 2019, with its booming job market, comes to a close, experts in artificial intelligence are warning us about the prospect of soaring unemployment in the the 2020s. While technology continues to make our lives more affordable and convenient, they warn that our embrace of technology might be a bargain with a robotic devil. (more…)

  What is a Libertarian Position on Abortion? In the perennial debate on abortion, Professor Walter Block has received a lot of attention for his moral theory of evictionism. Block argues, invoking the moral theories of Murray Rothbard, that since “no being has a right to live, unbidden, as a parasite within or upon some person’s body,” a woman has the right to evict a fetus (more…)

Reason’s Robby Soave joins Lou Perez and Christina Hoff Sommers to discuss why we need hate speech. There will also be drinks, small bites, stand-up comedy, and an award-winning mini-documentary. RSVP today!       (more…)

  Democracy From the Bottom Up? “Imagine a country,” writes best-selling author and former Goldman Sachs managing director Nomi Prins, “where the majority of the population reaps the majority of the benefits for their hard work, creative ingenuity, and collaborative effort. Imagine a country run as a democracy from the bottom up, not a plutocracy from (more…)

Reason’s Robby Soave will debate Will Chamberlain, publisher of Human Events. To RSVP: cbarron@rightturnstrategiesdc.com OPENING REMARKS BY KATIE MCAULIFFE OF AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM Katie McAuliffe is Executive Director of Digital Liberty and Federal Affairs Manager at Americans for Tax Reform. As Executive Director of Digital Liberty at Americans for Tax Reform, she has been relied (more…)