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| Partners in Peril: How Will Japan's Economic Woes Affect the United States? |
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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| Robert Alan Feldman and Desmond Lachman lead a discussion about the future of the Japanese economy. |
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| Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee |
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Monday, September 15, 2008
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| At this luncheon press briefing, conclusions reached by members of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee regarding the financial services sector will be discussed. |
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| The Largest Municipal Bankruptcy Ever? |
| Jefferson County and Municipal Finance in the Wake of the Bubble |
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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| Panelists from the government, media, and private sectors will discuss questions relating to the housing bubble and other potential future credit issues that may emerge in the municipal finance |
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| Can Consumers Save Medicare? |
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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| Mark V. Pauly and Roger Feldman will discuss their recently released studies on medicare reform; Paul Ginsburg and Michael Morrisey will discuss the role of consumer empowerment in Medicare. |
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| Beyond More Health Insurance Coverage, toward Better Health Outcomes |
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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| Speakers at this conference will examine some of the other policy instruments that could promote healthier behavior, health literacy, skill formation, improved decision-making, and more efficient |
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| Will the Global Economy Turn Down? |
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Monday, July 21, 2008
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| During this time of low consumer confidence, a new study by IMF economists Stijn Claessens, Ayhan Kose, and Marco Terrones examines 120 recession episodes in Organisation for Economic |
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| How Do Mutual Funds Vote Their Proxies? |
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
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| Paul Stevens, president of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), will present the findings of a recent study of how mutual funds represent the interests of their shareholders in voting their |
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| Was Malthus Right? Was Today's Global Food Crisis Inevitable? |
| With Addresses by Senator Richard Lugar and World Bank President Robert Zoellick |
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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| Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, will speak; panelists will address issues including agricultural productivity, technology, international economics and trade, biofuels, and climate |
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| Kazakhstan and the Global Trading System |
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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| Brian Hindley will present the analysis and conclusions of a new study dealing with Kazakhstan and WTO membership. |
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| Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade |
| Book Forum |
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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| 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 |
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| Total Records: 145 |
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