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Luigi Zingales Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity Luigi Zingales is the Robert C McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and the David G. Booth Fellow, University of Chicago |
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Nobel Laureate Peter Diamond
Unemployment and Government Debt We have an unemployment crisis and a debt problem. Unfortunately, many in government are acting as if we had a debt crisis and only an unemployment problem. Peter Diamond, the 2010 Nobel Laureate in Economics, will explain why. Peter is a Institute Professor in the Department of Economics at MIT. Co-sponsored by: Department of Economics, ILLINOIS |
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Austan Goolsbee
America's Economy and the World: Why the Long Face? Austan Goolsbee is the former Chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers and Director of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
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Stephen Moore
Return to Prosperity? Tough Choices for the Next President Stephen Moore is a Senior Economics Writer of the Wall Street Journal and ILLINOIS Alumnus Panelists: |
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John Campbell
Mortgage Market Design What are the causes and consequences of cross-country variation in mortgage market structure? Drawing insights from urban economics, asset pricing, behaviorial finance, financial intermediation, and macroecomics, John Campbell argues that the United States has much to learn fro the experience of other countries, and calls for deliberate experimentation with mortgage market design. John is the Morton L. and Carole S. Professor of Economics and Department Chair at Harvard University. |
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Kevin Warsh
Tough Calls: An Insider's Account of the Financial Crisis Kevin Warsh was a Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2006-2011 and Fed's Chief Liaison to Financial Markets.
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin Making it to 2020: Public Policy Problems Facing the United States Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and Chief Economist of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Co-sponsored by: Institute of Government and Public Affiars at the University of Illinois |
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Corporate Response to Regulation: The Impact of Government Regulation on Business
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Environmental Regulation: Building a Low-Carbon Economy
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Financial Regulation: Preventing Another Crisis
October 12, 2010 The United States experienced one of the worst financial crises since the 1930s. Congress has taken on the charge of restructuring financial regulation in dramatic ways. Industry speakers will share their perspective on the current regulatory structure and discuss the future of financial regulation. Distinguished Guests: Chester Spatt - Pamela R & Kenneth B Dunn Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University, and Former Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Analysis in the U.S. SEC. Andrew Busch - Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist, BMO Capital Markets', Senior Fellow of the Illinois Policy Institute and American Action Forum Expert. Greg Ip, U.S. Economics Editor, The Economist Co-sponsored by: College of Business Finance Academy, College of Business, with financial support provided by State Farm Watch the lecture streaming online |
| Understanding Regulation: Doing Business in 2010
September 21, 2010 Government regulation is a complicated and mysterious process that affects the lives of Americans. Few people know what goes on in Washington as Congress, lobbyists and other groups fight fight over rules and legislation. Distinguished Guests: Cindy Skrzycki - Senior Lecturer in English, University of Pittsburgh, and author of The Regulators: The Anonymous Power Brokers Who Shapre Your Life. Susan Dudley - Director, Regulatory Studies Center and Research Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration and Former Adminstrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the U.S. OMB from April 2007-January 2009. Beth Milnikel - Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship, Univeristy of Chicago, and author of Regulatory Field. Co-sponsored by: College of Business Undergraduate Honors Program, College of Business, with financial support provided by State Farm. Watch the lecture streaming online |
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Who Controls Your Health Care: a Debate on Free Markets vs. Government
March 9, 2010 Distinguished Guests: Michael Tanner - Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, and Steffie Woolhandler - Professor of Medicine at Harvard and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. Co-sponsored by : ACLGF Watch the debate streaming online |
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What to do about the World's Climate: Prospects for Action in the US and Abroad November 3, 2009 Hear from a panel of environmental experts discussing global warming, the prospects for an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and what policies each country can use to meet its commitment. Distinguished Guests: Charles Kolstad - Economics Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara Nathaniel Keohane - Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund Don Fullerton - Gutsgell Professor of Finance, ILLINOIS and IGPA Watch the lecture streaming online |
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Fiscal Wake Up Tour April 14, 2009 Building on the acclaim of the award winning documentary I.O.U.S.A., a group of distinguished panelists from Washington D.C. will discuss how today’s fiscal choices and rapidly growing national debt are directly impacting long-term US economic stability...will what’s left in your wallet be enough to fund your future, and will America mend its spendthrift ways? Distinguished Guests: Andrew G. Biggs - Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute Diane Rogers - Chief Economist, The Concord Coalition David Certner - Director of Federal Affairs, AARP Watch the lecture streaming online |
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Charles P. Blahaus, III October 15, 2008 Charles P. Blahous, deputy assistant to the president for economic policy and deputy director of the White House National Economic Council presented a lecture entitled “Supporting an Aging Society: The Flight from Responsibility." View a news release Watch the lecture streaming online |
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Peter R. Orszag April 22, 2008 Health Care: Capturing the Opportunity in the Nation's Core Fiscal Challenge His four-year term began on January 18, 2007. Before joining CBO, Orszag was the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. In previous government service, Orszag served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Senior Economic Adviser at the National Economic Council during 1997 and 1998. Earlier, he served as a staff economist and then Senior Adviser and Senior Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Watch the lecture streaming online |
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