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Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes (D) and others spoke to reporters about recent corporate financial mismanagement and proposed legislation to enforce stricter regulations for corporate governa…

Participants talked about the history and performance of the Federal Reserve, focusing on Alan Greenspan’s tenure as chairman. Among the topics they addressed were the power of the chairman’…

At the Omaha International Trade Conference, a panel discussion on how global trade effects the U.S. economy. The panelists focused on the overproduction of goods in the world which resulted…

Members of Congress, economists and representatives of labor unions gathered at the UAW National Community Action Program to express their support for labor issues and the importance of the …

Participants including Senators, journalists, scholars and policy experts discussed how the Democratic Party can create a new agenda to unite a majority of U.S. citizens to promote more econ…

Jeff Faux and Walter Williams talked about current news stories of interest to them, especially those relating to economics, and responded to viewer phone calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

Mr. Jeff Faux, President of the Economic Policy Institute, and Mr. Jude Wanniski, President of Polyconomics Inc., discussed current economic issues including the capital gains tax. They also…

The Democratic congressional leaders spoke about their proposal for balancing the budget. They stressed, as they did during the congressional campaign, that their plan contains more funds fo…

The American Prospect held a discussion on the Balance Budget Amendment. The panelists discussed the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment in a forum titled, “A Matter of Survival: Avoiding th…

Economists and Yale University professors talked about privatizing the Social Security system. They spoke about the impact of privatization on efforts to balance the federal budget.

Representative David Bonior (D-MI) spoke about how the Congress and president can resolve the budget impasse and about corporate responsibility to citizens. He criticized the Republican budg…

Rep. Gephardt contrasted Democratic and Republican proposals for reforming the Medicare system. He emphasized that this debate is so crucial that it is the most important debate in the entir…

In honor of the Economic Policy Institute, friends and peers roasted its founder, Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Humorous remarks were made by a number of economists, journalists, and adminis…

Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) and several economists spoke to reporters about their opposition to the Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. They argued it is “bad government…

Officials discussed the release of a book, School Choice: Examining the Evidence, published by the Economic Policy Institute. The book analyzes school choice programs in terms of relative ac…

The Economic Policy Institute held a forum on U.S. Economic and Trade Issues. The panelist discussed the institute’s report on public opinion of economic policy.

Several economists spoke in a forum to introduce a report on the relationship between interest rates and the level of investment in the economy. The report focused on what factors influence …

Correspondents, representatives of manufacturing and labor groups, and legislators participated in a forum on the North American Free Trade Agreement during a symposium entitled, “Towards a …

The House subcommittee on Economic Development called this meeting as the first in a series of hearings on short term and long term strategies for domestic spending.

Economists and business leaders discussed initiatives for short and long term investment in the U.S. economy in the first session of the second day of the economic conference in Little Rock …