Was Malthus Right? Was Today's Global Food Crisis Inevitable?
With Addresses by Senator Richard Lugar and World Bank President Robert Zoellick
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, will speak; panelists will address issues including agricultural productivity, technology, international economics and trade, biofuels, and climate

Kazakhstan and the Global Trading System
Friday, June 27, 2008
Brian Hindley will present the analysis and conclusions of a new study dealing with Kazakhstan and WTO membership.

Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade
Book Forum
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Jagdish Bhagwati will present his analysis of and recommendations for the future of the multilateral trading system from his new book, Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements

How to Improve the Credit Rating Agency Sector
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
This conference will feature financial industry experts with a variety of perspectives on how the major credit rating agency sector could be improved.

Taiwan's Economic Future
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Panelists will discuss questions of Taiwan's economic future and the recent election of President Ma Ying-jeou.

Has the Effect of Foreclosures on Housing Prices Been Overstated?
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
In a new study by AEI visiting scholar Charles W. Calomiris, Stanley Longhofer and William Mills use quarterly data for the past twenty years to construct a model of the economy that relates at the

Is the Federal Reserve on the Right Track?
Monday, June 16, 2008
Panelists at this event will offer perspectives as to how appropriate the Federal Reserve’s recent actions have been.

Improving the Social Security Trustees Report
Friday, June 13, 2008
At this AEI forum, Crippen and two other members of the Technical Panel--Steven Lieberman of the Moran Company and Shripad Tuljapurkar of Stanford University--will discuss their findings and

Will Polar Bear Protection Mean Ever-Higher Energy Costs?
Monday, June 9, 2008
Panelists discuss the possible impact of the polar bear's recent classification as an endangered species on energy costs.

A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
Book Forum
Friday, June 6, 2008
Special Friday Forum with Edward Larson.