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2008

April 22, 2008 | New York City
Eighth Annual Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner
Honoring: The Honorable Herman Badillo, Former U.S. Congressman, Deputy Mayor of New York City, and Bronx Borough President & Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Introduction: Rudolph Giuliani, Henry Kissinger

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April 21, 2008 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Vice President Dick Cheney
Introduction: Lawrence J. Mone, President, Manhattan Institute
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April 10, 2008 | New York City
Center for Energy and Environment Forum
Title: Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
Speaker: Bjorn Lomborg, Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Business School
Introduction: Max Schulz, Senior Fellow, Center for Energy Policy and the Environment
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March 25, 2008 | New York City
Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Title: Can Mayoral Control Fix Broken Urban School Districts?
Keynote: Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, Department of Education, New York City

Panel Discussion I: Lessons from Other Cities
Panelists: Thomas Payzant, Former Superintendent, Boston Public Schools; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Michelle Rhee, Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools; Paul G. Vallas, Superintendent, Recovery School District, New Orleans; Kenneth K. Wong, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy, Director, Urban Education Policy Program, Brown University
Moderator: Marcus Winters, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Panel Discussion II: Mayoral Control Reauthorization in New York City
Panelists: David C. Bloomfield, Associate Professor & Program Head, Educational Leadership, Brooklyn College; Seymour Fliegel, President, Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association; Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education, New York University; Joe Williams, Executive Director, Democrats for Education Reform
Moderator: David M. Steiner, Klara & Larry Silverstein Dean, School of Education, Hunter College, CUNY
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January 17, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA
Manhattan Institute Forum
Title: Policing Skid Row: Is the Safer Cities Initiative the Right Approach?
Introduction: James Q. Wilson, Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University

Panel One: Saving Skid Row from Squalor, or Criminalizing Homelessness? Speakers: Heather Mac Donald, Contributing Editor, City Journal, Andrew Smith, Commander, Los Angeles Police Department, Mark A. R. Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs, Carol Wilkins, Director, Intergovernmental Policy, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Moderator: Brian T. Kennedy, President, Claremont Institute

Panel Two: Lessons of Skid Row: Implications for Public Space and Order
Speakers: George Kelling, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Gretchen Dykstra, Former President, Times Square Business Improvement District
Estela Lopez, Executive Director, Central City East Association
Torie Osborn, Senior Advisor to Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
Moderator: Brian T. Kennedy, President, Claremont Institute
Keynote Address: William J. Bratton, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department
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2007

November 29, 2007 | New York City
William E. Simon Lecture
Topic: Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship
Speakers: David Nasaw, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Introduction: Howard Husock, Vice President, Policy Research, Manhattan Institute, Director, Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
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November 28, 2007 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: The Black-White IQ Gap
Speakers: James R. Flynn, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Otago, New Zealand, Charles Murray, Ph. D., W.H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom, American Enterprise Institute
Moderator: Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs, Columbia University School of Social Work
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November 13, 2007 | New York City
The Urban Innovator Award Luncheon
Honoring: Jeb Bush, Former Governor, State of Florida
Introduction by: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
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November 1, 2007 | New York City
Center for Rethinking Development Forum
Topic: Thinking Big for New York City
Keynote: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Speakers: Amanda M. Burden, Chair, City Planning Commission, Kenneth T. Jackson, Jacque Barzun Professor in History, and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, Felix G. Rohatyn, President, Rohatyn Associates, LLC
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October 18, 2007 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Wriston Lecture
Topic: Keeping Life Human: Science, Religion, and the Soul
Speaker: Leon R. Kass, Hertog Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
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October 3, 2007 | New York City
Center for American University Forum
Topic: Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students
Luncheon Speaker: Mark Steyn, Author of the Best-Selling Book America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
Master of Ceremonies: John Leo, Editor, Minding the Campus.com
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September 25, 2007 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Lecture
Topic: Christians, Jews & Israel
Speaker: James Q. Wilson, Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Introduction by: Martin Peretz, Editor-In-Chief, The New Republic
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June 20, 2007 | New York City
The Third Annual Hayek Lecture
Topic: Hayek on Spontaneous Order and the Mirage of Social Justice
Speaker: John Tomasi, Associate Professor, Political Science & Director, Political Theory Project; Brown University
Introduction by: James Piereson, Senior Fellow, Director, Center for the American University
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May 8, 2007 | New York City
Seventh Annual Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner
Honoring: Hon. Edward I. Koch, 105th Mayor of the City of New York & K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corporation
Introduction: Senator Al D'Amato and Roger Ailes
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April 19, 2007 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: The Power of the Vote
Speakers: Douglas E. Schoen, Founding and Former Partner, Penn, Schoen, and Berlandy
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April 12, 2007 | New York City
Center for the American University
Topic: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America
Introduction: Roger Hertog, Vice Chairman Emeritus, AllianceBernstein L.P.
Speaker: Martin Kramer, Wexler Fromer Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Senior Fellow, Shalem Center, Jerusalem; Senior Fellow, Olin Institute, Harvard University
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February 15, 2007 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Health Care Symposium
Topic: Health Care: Does the Free Market Apply?
Participants: Dr. David Gratzer, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute, and Daniel Callahan, Senior Fellow, Hastings Center
Moderator: Brian Lehrer, Host, W-NYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show"
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2006

November 28, 2006 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Topic: Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age
Speaker: Kay S. Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow, Manhattan Institute, Contributing Editor, City Journal
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October 24, 2006 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Wriston Lecture
Topic: Europe and the United States: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
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October 12, 2006 | New York City
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Topic: The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care by Dr. David Gratzer Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Introduction by Rodney Nichols, Trustee, Manhattan Institute, and Former President & CEO, New York Academy of Sciences
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September 26, 2006 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: THE PAST IS PROLOGUE: WHAT'S NEXT FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
Speakers: Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, The City University of New York
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September 7, 2006 | New York City
Center for Policing Terrorism
Topic: 9/11 FIVE YEARS AFTER First Preventers: The Role of Law Enforcement in the War on Terror
Welcome: Lawrence Mone, President, Manhattan Institute Opening Remarks: Phil Mudd, Associate Executive Assistant Director, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigations
Panel I: The Homegrown Terror Threat and the Importance of First Prevention Policing
MODERATOR: Tim Connors, Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, Manhattan Institute
PANELISTS: R.P. Eddy, Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism, Executive Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, Manhattan Institute James A. Marks, Major General, United States Army (Retired); Senior Vice President Intelligence and Language Center, McNeil Technologies Judith Miller, Investigative Reporter, The New York Times (1977-2005); Author with Stephen Engelberg and William Broad, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, Simon & Schuster, 2001
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Panel II: Police Executive Panel, Best Practices in Fighting the War on Terror
MODERATOR: John Miller, Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs, US Federal Bureau of Investigation
PANELISTS: William Bratton, Chief, Los Angeles, CA, Police Department Mark Delaney, Superintendent, Massachusetts State Police Dean Esserman, Chief, Providence, RI, Police Department Rick Fuentes, Superintendent, New Jersey State Police Sandra Hutchens, Division Chief, Office of Homeland Security, County of Los Angeles John Timoney, Chief, Miami Police Department
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Keynote Address: The U.S. Federal Government's International and Domestic Contributions to the War on Terror The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzalesz, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Introduction: Dietrich Weismann, Chairman, Manhattan Institute
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June 21, 2006 | New York City
Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Title: Moving Men Into the Mainstream: The Next Steps in Urban Reform
Panel I: Black Men Left Behind? Reflections on Current Research Moderator: John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute
Panelists: Larry Mead, New York University, Abby Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute, Hillard Pouncy, Princeton University, Ron Mincy, Columbia University
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Panel II: From Recidivism to Redemption: Ending the Cycle of Incarceration Moderator: Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Panelists: Martin Horn, NYC Department of Corrections, Chauncey Parker, NY State Criminal Justice, Vicki Lopez Lukis, Florida Ex-Offender Task Force, Jeremy Travis, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Amachi Program
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Panel III: Putting Policy to the Test
Moderator: Howard Husock, Manhattan Institute
Panelists: Peter Cove, American Works, Fred Davie, Public/Private Ventures, Brent Orrell, U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services, Mindy Tarlow, Center for Employment Opportunities
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July 17, 2006 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: Current Events
Introduction: Dietrich Weismann, Chairman, Manhattan Institute
Speaker: Senator John McCain
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June 15, 2006 | New York City
Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Topic: Creative Approaches to Preserving Affordable Housing
Introduction: Hon. Stephen Goldsmith Director, Innovations in American Government Awards Program, Daniel Paul, Professor of Government, Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Lisa Mallory-Hodge Managing Director, Policy and Consulting, Fannie Mae Foundation
Speakers: Brad Lander, Director, Pratt Center for Community Development, Mercedes Marquez, General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department
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June 8, 2006 | Washington D.C.
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Topic: Prescription for Progress: The Critical Path for Drug Development
Keynote Speaker: Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.
Panelists: Jeffrey Cossman, Gualberto Ruano, Robert McBurney, Ph.D., Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Janet Woodcock, M.D., Meryl Comer, Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Michael Weber, M.D., Steve Usdin
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June 6, 2006 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Title: How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution (Cato Institute, 2006)
Author: Richard A. Epstein
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May 18, 2006 | New York City
Center for Legal Policy Breakfast
Title: Medical Malpractice Awards, Insurance, and Negligence: Which Are Related
Author: Alexander Tabarrok, Amanda Agan
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May 4, 2006 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Title: The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children (Houghton Mufflins, 2006)
Author: E. D. Hirsch
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April 3, 2006 | New York City
Center for Legal Policy Forum
Topic: Restoring Democracy: The Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act
Speaker: Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
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January 12, 2006 | New York City
Center For Race and Ethnicity Book Forum
Title: Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America (Gotham Books, 2006)
Author: John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow
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January 10, 2006 | New York City
Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Title: Why Are Skilled Cities Getting More Skilled?
Author: Edward L. Glaeser, Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government; and Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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2005

December 7, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Hon. John R. Bolton, United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
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November 29, 2005 | New York City
2005 Wriston Lecture
Speaker: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence & Dir., James Madison Program, Princeton University
November 29, 2005 | New York City
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September 22, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Topic: His new book, Flat Tax Revolution (Regnery Publishing, July 2005)
Speaker: Steve Forbes, President & CEO of Forbes Inc. & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine; and Author, Flat Tax Revolution (Regnery Publishing, July 2005)
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September 20, 2005 | New York City
Empire Center For New York State Policy Luncheon Forum
Topic: Breaking the Budget in New York State: What's At Stake in November's Referendum
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Hugh L. Carey (invited)
Panelists: Hon. Edward I. Koch, Dall Forsythe, Diana Fortuna
Moderator: E. J. McMahon
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Panel 2: Intro: E.J. McMahon | Hon. Edward I. Koch | Dall Forsythe | Diana Fortuna | Q & A

September 15, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Topic: Weekly Standard's 10-Year Anniversary Book
Speakers: William Kristol, Fred Barnes, John Podhoretz, Joseph Bottum (Invited)
Intro.: Stephen Goldsmith
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September 12, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Hon. Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
Intro.: Stephen Goldsmith
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April 4, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: Tax Policy and the Future of Social Security Reform
Speaker: Dr. Edward C. Prescott, Recipient, 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; W. P. Carey Chair of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Intro.: Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
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March 28, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Evening Symposium
Topic: Interrogating Terror Suspects: A Debate — Did the Administration’s Decision that the Geneva Convention Do Not Apply to Captured Terror Suspects Lead to Prisoner Abuse?
Panelists: John D. Hutson, Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center (Concord, NH) & Former Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy; Heather Mac Donald, John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Contributing Editor, City Journal
Moderator: Brian Lehrer, Host, Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC-AM
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February 14, 2005 | New York City
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Topic: Updating and Personalizing Medicare
Speaker: Hon. Mark McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (CMS) (2004-present); & Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (2002-2004)
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January 27, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: "The CFE Decision and the Future of the City’s Schools"
Panelists: Jay Greene, Ross Sandler, Charles Brecher, Sol Stern
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January 18, 2005 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Peter W. Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Co-Author (with Mark Mills), The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, The Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy (Basic Books, January 2005)
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2004

October 19, 2004 | New York City
Center For Civic Innovation 2004 Social Entrepreneurship Award Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Howard Husock, Director of Case Studies, Kennedy School, Harvard University & Contributor Editor, City Journal
Featured Speaker: George McDonald, Founder and President, The Doe Fund
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October 13, 2004 | New York City
Manhattan Institute—25th Anniversary Dinner
Featured Speaker: Tom Wolfe
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September 30, 2004 | New York City
Manhattan Institute Lecture on Public Policy
Topic: Can Muslim Nations Acquire Liberal Democracies?
Speaker: James Q. Wilson, Professor of Management & Public Policy, Graduate School of Management at UCLA
Intro.: Max Boot, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
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September 21, 2004 | New York City
Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Topic: Whither Welfare Reform? Lessons from the Wisconsin Experience
Speakers: Jason DeParle, Author, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare (Viking, 2004); Lawrence Mead, Author, Government Matters: Welfare Reform in Wisconsin (Princeton University Press, 2004); and Jason Turner, Former Commissioner, Dept. of Social Services, Human Resources Administration, New York City
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2003

September 23, 2003 | Washington, DC
Center For Legal Policy Presentation
Presentation of Trial Lawyers Inc.: A Report on the Lawsuit Industry in America, 2003 (Published by MI)
Presented by: Hon. Richard Thornburgh, Former Attorney General of the United States
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Mr. Sessions Part 1 | Mr. Sessions Part 2 | Mr. Olson

May 28, 2003 | Washington, DC
Manhattan Institute | Heritage Foundation Book Forum
Speaker: Sol Stern, Contributing Editor, City Journal & Author, Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice (Encounter Books, 2003)
Hosted by: Becky Norton Dunlop, Vice President External Relations, The Heritage Foundation
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2001

November 15, 2001 | New York City
City Journal Conference
Topic: "Rebuilding New York: New York City's Future After September 11th"
Participants: Myron Magnet, Editor, City Journal (Moderator); Steve Malanga, Brian Anderson,
Franck Lohsen McCrery & Alexander Stoddart, Heather Mac Donald, Daniel Pipes.
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October 1, 2001 | Washington, D.C.
Manhattan Institute Luncheon
Topic: "Telecom Deregulation: The Abominable TELRIC-BS"
Speaker: Dr. Alfred Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Cornell University; Author, Whom the Gods Would Destroy, or How Not to Deregulate
Introductory Remarks: Peter W. Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
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