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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) discussed economic policy during a conversation hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Topics included school choice and education funding, tax cuts,…

Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin (Bush administration, 2003-05) said that “competitive markets were not just a way to get people rich. They were a legitimate p…

Former Obama administration White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jason Furman spoke of the importance of thinking “in a disciplined way about issues, like budget constraints, like …

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, vowed to raise interest rates to flight inflation “until the job is done.” Mr. Powell made the remarks during the Cato Institute’s 40th annual Monetary C…

Financial analyst Karen Petrou explained why she believes the Federal Reserve holds the key to ending income inequality in the United States. This was a virtual event hosted by the Cato Inst…

The Cato Institute hosted a panel discussion on economic inequality data trends and the associated policy implications. Speakers included Cato Institute Tax Policy Studies Director Chris Edw…

George Gilder, author of The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does, Steve Forbes, co-author of Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Co…

Economists talked about the impact of immigration on wages in the U.S., focusing on the pay of low-skilled workers. The researchers presented data showing that contrary to some political rhe…

Panelists talked about the housing and mortgage finance system. First, Kevin Villani gave a history of the banking and mortgage system in the United States. Then, Mark Calabria outlined abou…

Economists talked about immigration reform and the affect low-skilled and high-skilled immigrant workers have on wages, job growth and productivity in the United States. They responded to qu…

Kevin Williamson talked about his book, The End Is Near and It’s Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure, in which he argues that the collaps…

Panelists aruged the impact on the U.S. economy of automatic military spending reductions. As part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, across-the-board federal budget spending cuts, known as …

Economists discussed research into and policy proposals to address income inequality. Among the topics they addressed were causes of dependency on social programs, providing work incentives,…

Steven Landsburg talked about the role of economic freedom in driving innovation and growth. He described the impact of the Industrial Revolution on personal income, economic expectations, a…

Kevin Villani talked about the 2008 financial crisis and housing market collapse. He outlined how housing policy initiated the financial crisis, and the impact of the implementation of the D…

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) delivered the keynote address at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty Biennial Dinner. He talked about his fight to cut government spending in New J…

Johan Norberg talked about his book Financial Fiasco: How America’s Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis (Cato Institute; September 25, 2009). He talked…

A new study from the Cato Institute was presented that estimates that the most restrictive immigration reform proposals would cost the U.S. economy about a quarter of a trillion dollars more…

Chairman Ben Bernanke talked about transparency in central banking, such as the Federal Reserve. Topics included the needs of a democratic society, monetary policy makers as public servants,…

Timothy Carney talked about his book The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, published by Wiley. Mr. Carney argued that big business and big government are work…