Economic Growth Policies
Three economists testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the state of the U.S. economy and policies leading to job creation and economic growth. This was the first time Repr…
1,037 viewsThree economists testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the state of the U.S. economy and policies leading to job creation and economic growth. This was the first time Repr…
1,037 viewsJanet Yellen spoke at a meeting of the Economic Club of New York about monetary policy and economic recovery. She stressed that the Federal Reserve would adjust its monetary policy accommoda…
715 viewsPanelists discussed the economic policies of the Federal Reserve System on its 100th anniversary. John Williams presented a paper on Chair Bernanke’s unconventional fiscal policies to fight …
387 viewsBen Bernanke talked about the state of the U.S. economy. He urged Congress and President Obama to reach an agreement to avert the “fiscal cliff,” referring to impending tax increases and bud…
236 viewsPanelists talked about the case for U.S. tax reform. Topics included tax code simplification and fairness, the value-added tax, the corporate tax rate, and raising taxes to pay for Social Se…
458 viewsEconomists and scholars spoke about economic and fiscal policy in the first year of the Obama administration. Among the issues they addressed were the economic recession, actions taken by th…
586 viewsAcademics testified about the Troubled Asset Relief Program being managed by the Treasury Department, as well as other initiatives taken by the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insura…
428 viewsFederal Reserve System Chairman Ben Bernanke talked about the economy and federal intervention in the financial markets at a luncheon meeting of The Economic Club of New York. In his remarks…
208 viewsDouglas Elmendorf presented the Hamilton Project briefing paper, If, When, How? Prospects for Fiscal Stimulus in the U.S. Economy. Former Secretary Rubin moderated a discussion on what econo…
188 viewsMr. Crane will talk about the concept of person Social Security accounts. Mr. Feldstein will talk about the impact of Social Security reform on the economy and how to finance a transition.
6 viewsFollowing Vice President Dick Cheney’s opening remarks to a two-day conference about the state of the economy and various proposals for reform, panelists talked about the current status of t…
105 viewsFollowing a meeting with President Bush on the state of the economy, economists answered questions from reporters outside the White House about economic forecasts, the size of the deficit, t…
52 viewsSecretary O’Neill moderated a panel discussion as part of a day-long economic forum sponsored by the White House. During the panel discussion President Bush spoke and heard comments about th…
521 viewsSecretary O’Neill testified about President Bush’s tax cut proposal. A panel of economists also testified about the proposed legislation.
89 viewsProfessor of Economics, Martin Feldstein, addressed a group at American Enterprise Institute and talked about health care reform and the budget deficit. Mr. Feldstein served as President Ron…
31 viewsEconomists spoke in a forum on initiatives for long term economic growth sponsored by the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group of then current and former legislators and economists that wer…
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