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Event Materials - 2011
Dec 15, 2011 - CBO's Use of Evidence in Analysis of Budget and Economic Policies
Jeffrey Kling, Associate Director for Economic Analysis, Congressional Budget Office
Podcast
December 8, 2011 - Both Sides Now: Bipartisan Healthcare Wrap-Up
Len Nichols, George Mason University and James Capretta, Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Podcast
December 1, 2011 - “The Cheshire Cat Economy: Why We are Underestimating the Impact of Trade”
Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Strategist, Progressive Policy Institute
Slideshow | Podcast
November 17, 2011 - “Financial and Climate Regulation: Macro or Micro?”
David M. Driesen, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
Podcast
November 7, 2011 - Headwinds and Tailwinds: The Path Forward for the US Economy
Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director, White House National Economic Council.
Podcast
November 3, 2011 - Where is the Chinese Economy Headed?
Greg Fager, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific Department, The Institute of International Finance, Inc.
Podcast
October 27, 2011 - Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Yield Curve
Antulio Bomfim, Senior Managing Director, Macroeconomic Advisers LLC
Slideshow | Rapporteur
October 20, 2011 - FTC Protecting Competition and Consumers: Economics of Loyalty Pricing and Debt Collection
Joseph Farrell, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
Podcast
October 6, 2011 - Corporate Tax Reform
Ike Brannon, Director of Economic Studies and Congressional Relations, American Action Forum
Podcast | Rapporteur
September 28, 2011 - Can the Super Budget Committee Succeed When So Many Others Have Failed to Fix Fiscal Policy?
Rudolph Penner, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
Podcast | Rapporteur
September 22, 2011 - The Most Pressing Problems of the EuroZone and Beyond
Jan Winiecki, Monetary Policy Council of the National Bank of Poland
Podcast
September 15, 2011 - Housing Finance Reform: Moving Forward
Phillip Swagel, Maryland School of Public Policy and Non-resident Scholar, AEI
Podcast | Rapporteur
September 8, 2011 - An Economic Update on U.S. Manufacturers
Chad Moutray, Chief Economist, National Association for Manufacturers
Podcast | Rapporteur | Slideshow
July 28, 2011 Tax Hikes, Tax Expenditures, Tax Reform -- What a Mess
JD Foster, The Heritage Foundation
Podcast
July 21, 2011 Spending in the Tax Code
Donald Marron, Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Podcast | Rapporteur
June 30, 2011 - Food Prices Have Risen - Again
Ron Trostle - US Dep of Agriculture/Economic Research Service
Podcast | Rapporteur | Slideshow
June 23, 2011 - Surveying the Aftermath of the Storm: Changes in Family Finances from 2007 to 2009
Tracy Mach, Federal Reserve Board
Slideshow (There is no podcast available for this date)
June 16, 2011 - Lessons from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s Inquiry
Wendy Edelberg,
Former Executive Director, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Slideshow (There is no podacast available for this date)
June 9, 2011 - Economics and health reform: past, present and future
Sherry Glied, Ph.D. Asst. Sec for Planning and Evaluation Health and Human Svcs (HHS)
Rapporteur
June 2, 2011 - Hispanics and Immigrants in the Economic Boom and Bust, 2000-2010
Rakesh Kochhar, Assoc Dir for Researc, Pew Hispanic Center
Podcast | Rapporteur
May 26, 2011 - What's up with crude oil and gasoline prices?
John Felmy, Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute (API)
Podcast | Rapporteur
May 19, 2011 - Programming for Growth: The Economic Impact of Foreign Aid
Bruce Bolnick, Chief Economist, International Group Nathan Associates Inc.
Podcast | Slideshow
May 12, 2011 - Evaluating Alternative Roadmaps to Fiscal Sustainability
Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics
Podcast | Slideshow | Rapporteur
May 5, 2011 - Implications of Health Reform and Debt Reduction for Employment-Based Health Benefits
Paul Fronstin, Director, Health Research & Education Program, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
Podcast | Slideshow
April 28 - Residential Broadband Internet Use in the U.S.
Beethika Khan, Ph.D., Economist, U.S. Dept of Commerce/ESA.
Podcast | Rapporteur
April 21 - The Impact of Recent Macroeconomic Forces on the Global Defense Industrial Base
Nayantara Hensel, Chief Economist, U.S. Dept of the Navy
Podcast | Rapporteur
April 14 - The Economics and Sociology of Health Reform
John Goodman, President and CEO, National Center for Policy Analysis
Podcast | Rapporteur
April 7 - “The U.S. Small Business Economy and the SBA”
Giuseppe Gramigna, Chief Economist, U.S. Small Business Administration
Podcast | Slideshow | Rapporteur
March 31 - The Turmoil in the Municipal Bond Market
John Mousseau, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Cumberland Advisors
Podcast | Slideshow
March 24 - "Barriers to Effective Economic-Decision Making
John Silvia, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo
Podcast | Rapporteur
March 17 - "U.S. Airlines – A Global Perspective from Inside the Beltway"
John P. Heimlich, Vice President and Chief Economist, Air Transport Association
Podcast | Rapporteur
March 10 - "Social Security, the Federal Budget, and the Federal Debt'
Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration
Podcast | Rapporteur
March 3 - "The Economic Outlook for the Housing and Mortgage Markets"
Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac
Podcast | Slideshow | Rapporteur
February 24 - Outlook for the Economy and the Budget
Douglas Elmendorf, Congressional Budget Office
Video (at C-Span) | Slideshow | Rapporteur
February 17 - “Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain Strategic Edge”
Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University
Podcast | Rapporteur
February 10 - Affirmative Action and Women’s Unemployment Rates
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Employment Policy and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute.
Podcast
February 3 - Consumer, Producer and Import/Export Prices: Current Challenges in Measuring Inflation
Michael Horrigan, Associate Commissioner for the Office of Prices and Living Conditions.
Podcast | Slideshow | Rapporteur
January 20 - Strengthening the Economy by Expanding Housing Demand Equitably and Efficiently
Robert Lerman, Urban Institute and American University
Podcast | Rapporteur
January 12 - MIA: Small Business in this Recovery
William Dunkelberg, Chief Economist, NFIB
Podcast | Slideshow | Rapporteur
January 6 - Scenarios for Fiscal Reform
Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Podcast | Rapporteur
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