Dr. Haleh Esfandiari
September 24th, 2009
12:00 Noon
My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran

Date: Thursday, Sept. 24th, 2009
Location: The Westin (Uptown Charlotte)
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Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $ 45 (WACC members); $ 55(non-members)
Lunch included

At once a gripping account of human resilience in the face of a repressive autocratic regime, a personal memoir of growing up in Iran under Mossadegh and Mohammed Reza Shah, and an on-the-ground history of relations between the U.S. and Iran under four presidents, MY PRISON, MY HOME is an evocative and powerful memoir of how high-stakes international relations can drastically transform an individual’s life.

Daniel Griswold offers a spirited defense of free trade which tells the underreported story of how a more global U.S. economy has created better jobs and higher living standards for American workers.

Bio: A nationally recognized authority, Daniel Griswold is director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies at the in Washington, D.C. Since joining Cato in 1997, Mr. Griswold has authored or co-authored major studies on globalization, trade, and immigration, including the the book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. He has authored articles for major newspapers and has appeared on C-SPAN, CNN, PBS, Fox News and other national TV and radio networks. He has testified before House and Senate committees and federal agencies on a range of trade and immigration issues. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a diploma in economics and a master's degree in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.