SIEPR Spotlight

John Shoven on Closing Bell, November 12, 2009

John Shoven talked about the economy with Closing Bell's Maria Bartiromo on CNBC.

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New York Times columnist and Cornell professor Robert Frank shared his Unsolicited Advice for the Obama Administration with SIEPR.

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SIEPR and Hoover senior fellows, Michael Boskin and John Cogan spoke to SIEPR Associates about How California Can Get Its Groove Back: Reflections on the California Tax Reform Commission.

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cisco hendrick and struggles koret David M. Rubenstein urs taube philanthropies

Upcoming Events

SIEPR events are by invitation only

  • December, 2009
    Abramovitz Lecture with Joel Mokyr. 
     
     

  • Garth Saloner ImageJanuary 2010
    Garth Saloner, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
     

  • January, 2010- Lawrence Lau Conference.  

    February 2010
    Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO

  • March, 2010
  • Jamie Dimon Lawrence Summers Jean-Claude Trichet ImageSIEPR Economic Summit featuring Jamie Dimon, CEO and Chairman, JP Morgan, Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank.

  • May, 2010
    IEA/SCID/FSI International Conference.

  • June, 2010
    India Mirror Conference SCID. 

    October, 2010
    China Mirror Conference SCID.   

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News & Views

Letter to the Editor Yen Devaluation is Not Whole Answer. Cites Ronald McKinnon, professor emeritus of economics.  Financial Times, November 20, 2009
SIEPR senior fellow Nick Bloom's research in Forbes (11/18/09) on how economic uncertainty causes depressing effects on the economy. Forbes November 18, 2009
Economists Letter to Obama on Health Care Reform. A group of 23 prominent economists sent a letter to President Obama about the priorities for health care reform. Signatories include Kenneth Arrow, professor emeritus of economics and at SIEPR; Victor Fuchs, professor emeritus of Economics and of Health Research and Policy; Alan Garber, senior fellow at FSI for International Studies and at SIEPR; and John Shoven, professor of economics and director of the SIEPR. New York Times, Economix, November 17, 2009

Michael BoskinOpinion An Alternative Stimulus Plan: A payroll tax cut would add three to four million jobs at a fraction of the cost of the stimulus bill. By Michael Boskin, professor of economics and Hoover Institution senior fellow. Cites Pete Klenow, professor of economics. Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2009

Gregory RosstonGregory Rosston, SIEPR deputy director and Bradley Wimmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas tesified on Universal Service Reform before the Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Communications Technology and the Internet United States House of Representatives. Here is where you can download the hearing, his  testimony starts 1:19:55 into the hearing. November 17, 2009

Caroline HoxbyCounterpoint to Study Praising Charter Schools. Sean Reardon, associate professor of education, has published a critique of the research of Caroline Hoxby, professor of economics and SIEPR and Hoover senior fellow. New York Times, City Room, 11/12/09

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SIEPR Highlights

Policy Brief November 2009Ronald McKinnon is the author for November's SIEPR Policy Brief:
U.S. Exit Strategies and Zero Interest Rates
Open Policy Brief as a PDF

Andrew is a senior in Public Policy with a concentration in U.S. Foreign
Policy and International Development. His favorite subjects include development economics, political philosophy, American history, and econometrics.

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Paul Romer, SIEPR and SCID senior fellow, talks about how his views in Business of Innovation: Reshaping Cities, in this CNBC piece. 

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