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Alan Krueger talked about the U.S. economy and unemployment rate. In his remarks, he defended President Obama’s budget plan, including raising taxes for the top two percent of wage-earners, …

Journalists covering the 2012 presidential campaign talked about the strengths and weaknesses of President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney leading up to the election. Topics included t…

Attendees of the Saturday session of the 12th annual National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., were interviewed about the author presentations they had heard and the b…

Archivist David Ferreiro held a press conference to announce the return to public display of a copy of the 1297 version of the Magna Carta after a year of conservation treatments. One of onl…

Lloyd Blankfein talked about global economic issues. Topics included the European debt crisis, the global economy and lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis. On the LIBOR rate-fixing…

Warren Buffett talked about his career and experiences. He also spoke about challenges and obstacles to global economic recovery. In his remarks he joked about the Obama administration’s “Bu…

Time Warner Chair and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes spoke about the impact of digital media on Americans' ways of life. He also responded to questions from the audience.

Eric Schmidt spoke about the economic and political challenges of the U.S. at home and abroad. In his remarks he warned against an Internet piracy bill making its way through Congress, sayin…

Participants talked about trade and trade competition with China, the state of the U.S. economy, employment outsourcing, and the future of the global economy. They also answered questions fr…