Robert Barro, professor of economics at Harvard University, spent two months at AEI this summer studying the effects of the so-called stimulus bill on the U.S. economy. He delivered a public lecture at AEI, titled "Do We Need a New Stimulus Package? Estimates of Spending and Tax Multipliers," in which he discussed his recent research, which shows that, over five years, an extra $600 billion in public spending could deter $900 billion in private spending.

Rachel McCleary is a senior research fellow and director of the Political Economy of Religion Project at the Taubman Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She researches religion’s influence on productivity, economic growth, and the maintenance of political institutions. While at AEI, her work will focus on the political economy of religion particularly as it applies to evangelicals.

 

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