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Based on the principles of free enterprise and wealth creation as envisioned by the ideals of the

American Founding Fathers. FPC is a public policy-oriented organization which seeks to educate and

Inform the public about economic and fiscal matters.

We seek to achieve our mission in the following ways:

• We EDUCATE policy makers and the public to enable them to support and recognize sound financial

Public policy, with a clear understanding of the issues of concern to entrepreneurs, investors and the Public

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Their opinions are heard by and persuade policy makers of the soundness of our public policy solutions.

• We EMPOWER entrepreneurs, investors and the public by creating a forum through which their voices

Can clearly be heard by and in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.

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Economic research and education.

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S.NO EVENT SPEAKER EVENT DATE

1 Free Market Revolution Dr. Yaron Brook 31-Mar-14

2 Private Regulation Dr. Edward Stringham 18-Nov-133 an Engine for Economic Growth? Scott A. Hodge 05-Sep-13

4 Entrepreneurism Morty Davis 18-Jul-13

5 Private Screening of the Movie The Bubble Team 23-May-13

6 Why Washington is so dysfunctional Tom Rossman 15-Apr-13

7 Countering the Assault on Capitalism Fred Smith 26-Feb-13

8 The “Fiscal Cliff” Adam Frank 15-Nov-12

9 Taxes, Policy & the Economy

Jim Moody, Davis Kennedy & Jack

Evans 18-Oct-12

10 Economics of Major Feature Films Allen Schwalb 04-Sep-12

11 Why There Is No Bottom Keith Jurow 11-Jun-12

12 The Budget Deficit and How to Deal With It Nan Hayworth 11-Apr-12

13

Renewable Energy: Challenges,

Opportunities Keith Crane 29-Nov-11

14

The fiscal conservative path to energy

security Gal Luft 26-Oct-11

15 Thinking about the Future Herb London 14-Sep-11

16 The Fiscal Imperative Constance Hunter 22-Jun-11

17

Freeze, Grow, Fix--A National Financial

Policy Jim Gilmore III 31-May-11

18 How the Coming GOP John LeBoutillier 07-Apr-11

19 Hyperinflation A Statistical Inevitability Victor Sperandeo 14-Mar-11

20 Wreckonomics: U.S. Fiscal Policy A. Abrams 24-Feb-11

21 Washington meets Wall Street Scott Garrett, Michael Lewitt 31-Mar-10


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Private Regulation as an alternative to Government Regulation. - Some Food For Thought - By Dr.

Edward Stringham - Financial Policy Council

Monday, 18 November 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Dr. Edward Stringham is a professor of economics and entrepreneurship. He is past president of the Association

of Private Enterprise Education, editor of the Journal of Private Enterprise, editor of two books, and author of

more than two dozen articles in refereed journals, including Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,

Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics, and Public Choice. His most recent book, Private Governance,

will be published by Oxford University Press.

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Can Our Tax Code be transformed from a Tool for Redistribution, to an Engine for Economic

Growth? - By Scott A. Hodge - Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 05 September 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Scott A. Hodge is President of the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., and is recognized as one of

Washington's leading thinkers on tax and fiscal policy. During his tenure, the Tax Foundation has more than

doubled in size and become one of the most influential organizations on tax policy in Washington and in state

capitals




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Entrepreneurism - The Secret Formula for Making the Future World a Better Place - By Morty Davis -

Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 18 July 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

J. Morton Davis is owner and Chairman of D.H. Blair Investment Banking Corp., a New York City investment

bank established in 1904 and leading investor in and advisor to emerging entrepreneurial and growth

companies, where he actively heads the day-to-day corporate finance activities. Investment banker,

entrepreneur, investment analyst, economist, and venture capitalist, Mr. Davis is Wall Street personified. The

over 400 companies for which he has raised more than $3 billion over the years have created a countless

number of jobs.




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Private Screening of the Movie "The Bubble" - Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 23 May 2013

6:00 - 10:00 pm

The Bubble http://thebubblefilm.com/ asks the experts who predicted the current recession, “What

happened and why?”

Diving deep into the true causes of the financial crisis, renowned economists, investors and businessleaders explain what America is facing if we don't learn from our past mistakes.

The film poses the question: “Is the economy really improving or are we just blowing up another

Bubble?”




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Why Washington is so dysfunctional and how we solve that serious problem permanently. - By Tom

Rossman - Financial Policy Council

Monday, 15 April 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Tom Rossman has spent his career investigating how people around the world can think and interact

more effectively. As a young executive in finance, he was an early champion of emerging markets,

investing in newly emerging Latin America, China and Asian markets far ahead of the crowd.




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Countering the Assault on Capitalism and Defending the Market in an Anti-Market World - By Fred

Smith - Financial Policy Council

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Fred L. Smith, Jr. is President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market public

policy group established in 1984. Mr. Smith combines intellectual and strategic analysis of complex

policy issues ranging from the environment to corporate governance with an informative and

entertaining presentation style. Well -known in academic and professional circles, Mr. Smith is a

popular speaker at universities and conferences around the world.

Mr. Smith is also a frequent guest on national television and radio programs to discuss and debate

regulatory initiatives and topical policy issues

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The “Fiscal Cliff” – Getting Ahead of Rising Taxes - By Adam Frank - Head of Wealth Management JP

Morgan Securities - Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 15 November 2012

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Adam Frank is head of the J.P. Morgan Securities Wealth Management department, which focuses on

strategic planning for individual clients, providing expertise in asset allocation, restricted and control

stock and stock option management, retirement planning, generational planning strategies, cash

management and other personal planning strategies.




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Taxes, Policy & the Economy: A Robust Discussion in the Nation’s Capital - with Congressman Jim

Moody and DC Councilman Jack Evans - Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 18 October 2012

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Jim Moody

Congressman Jim Moody was a 5-term Representative from Wisconsin who served on the Ways and

Means Committee; with jurisdiction over all federal taxes, trade legislation, Medicare, Social Security,

and the Pension Benefits Guarantee Board; as well as on the Public Works and Transportation and

Interior Committees.

Jack Evans Councilman

Jack Evans serves on the DC Council and is Chair of Committee on Finance and Revenue. He is an

attorney of counsel with Patton Boggs. previously, he worked as an attorney with the Division of

Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission. He received an economics degree with honors

(cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975

Davis Kennedy (Moderator) Born

in Elkins, W.Va. Davis Kennedy grew up in Washington and San Diego, Calif. Graduated magna cum

laude from Harvard University, with a major in economics. Kennedy spent the next two years in the

Army in Germany, then spent a year working for a Bavarian bank before returning to the U.S. to work

a year for U.S.




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Why There Is No Bottom In Sight For Housing - By Keith Jurow - Financial Policy Council

Monday, 11 June 2012

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Keith Jurow has been researching and writing about the housing market debacle around the U.S. with

an eye for themes that are frequently overlooked or ignored by the media.

Keith is a former senior economic writer for the Holt Investment Advisory of Westport, Connecticut.

He is a graduate of Cornell University, received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School in Manhattan,

and taught on the undergraduate level for more than a decade.




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The Budget Deficit and How to Deal With It - By Congresswoman Nan Hayworth - Financial Policy

Council

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Congresswoman Nan Hayworth is a doctor, mother, businesswoman, and community leader turned

public servant, Nan Hayworth represents New York's 19th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress.

The daughter of an immigrant, Nan believes passionately in American exceptionalism. She is a fiscal

conservative because it is free enterprise that has enabled generations of Americans to thrive

throughout our history.




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Renewable Energy: Challenges, Opportunities, Costs by Keith Crane - Director, RAND Corporation -

Financial Policy Council

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

6:30 - 9:00 pm

Keith Crane is director of the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development program at the RAND

Corporation. In addition to working on issues within this program, he is also engaged in issues

pertaining to China, Iraq, Iran, the Middle East, the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the

Commonwealth of Independent States, and post-conflict nation building.

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The fiscal conservative path to energy security by Gal Luft - Executive Director, Institute for the

Analysis of Global Security - Financial Policy Council

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Gal Luft is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) a Washington

based think tank focused on energy security. He specializes in strategy, geopolitics, energy security,

natural resources and economic warfare. Newsweek Magazine called him a "tireless and independent

advocate of energy security,"




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Thinking about the Future by Herb London - President Emeritus; Hudson Institute. - Financial Policy

Council

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Herbert I. London is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and President Emeritus of the Hudson

Institute.

Dr. London served as Hudson Institute's President from December 1997 to March 2011. He is

professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University .




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The Fiscal Imperative: Selling Austerity as Growth and Debt as Armageddon by Constance Hunter -

Managing Director and Chief Economist; Aladdin Capital - Financial Policy Council

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Throughout her nearly s ixteen‐year career, Ms. Constance Hunter has honed her ability to pick a

needle from the economic haystack of data, synthesizing information to identify turning points for

economies or markets.

Ms. Hunter is currently a Managing Director and the Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital. Prior to

joining Aladdin, she was with Galtere Ltd., a global macro hedge fund, where she served as a Chief

Economist.




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Freeze, Grow, Fix--A National Financial Policy for America's Future by Jim Gilmore III - Former 68th

Governor of Virginia - Financial Policy Council

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

6:00 - 8:00 PM

James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore III is former 68th Governor of Virginia, and a member of the Republican

Party.

A native Virginian, Gilmore studied at the University of Virginia, and then served in the U.S. Army as a

counterintelligence agent.


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How the Coming GOP-Tea Party Civil War Over the National Debt Will Imperil the Economic

Recovery by John LeBoutillier -Political columnist NEWSMAX.COM - Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 07 April 2011

6:00-8:00 pm

A life-long resident of Westbury, Long Island, John LeBoutillier was born in Glen Cove, New York on

May 26, 1953.

A 1976 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College with a Masters Degree in Business

Administration from Harvard Business School, LeBoutillier used his college experience as the basis of

his book, Harvard Hates America. Lecturer and author, LeBoutillier has since written numerous

articles




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Hyperinflation : A Statistical Inevitability by Victor Sperandeo - President & CEO Alpha Financial

Technologies Inc - Financial Policy Council

Monday, 14 March 2011

6:30-8:30 pm

A professional trader with over 40 years experience in the stock, bond, futures, commodities, and

currency markets, Victor Sperandeo has successfully invested through approximately seven bull and

seven bear market cycles. He has traded independently for, among others, George Soros, Leon

Cooperman and BT Alex Brown




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Wreckonomics: U.S. Fiscal Policy at Work by Professor Burton A. Abrams - Ph.D, University of

Delaware - Financial Policy Council

Thursday, 24 February 2011

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Burton A. Abrams received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where he was trained in Banking

and Monetary Policy. Currently, he is a Professor of Economics at the University of Delaware. He has

been awarded Fulbright Professorships to The People’s Republic of China (Nankai University), South

Africa (The University of the Western Cape) and Croatia (University of Split).




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Washington meets Wall Street - Financial Policy Council

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

March 31st 2010 marked the kickoff of our First Event at the Financial Policy Council held at the

Metropolitan Club http://www.metropolitanclubnyc.org/

Event was attended by around 70 of the most prominent members in the New York financial services

community


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