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Harvard's Ferguson Interview on Deficit Concerns (February 8, 2010) Bloomberg
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Niall Ferguson
Harvard University Professor Niall Ferguson talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about Greece's fiscal problems and the risk of debt contagion spreading through the euro-zone and to the U.S. Ferguson also discusses the U.S. jobs report for January. . . .
Debt Fears Sink Euro(February 8, 2010) CNBC
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Niall Ferguson
Discussing threats to the global economy, with Niall Ferguson|Harvard University and Andy Busch, BMO Capital Markets. . . .
Epstein & Taylor: Are We All Keynesians Now? : Chapter 5 of 5(February 5, 2010) Uncommon Knowledge
by
Peter M. Robinson
interview with featured guests
Richard A. Epstein and John B. Taylor
How well are our leaders — including Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke — managing the aftermath of the financial crisis? . . .
Epstein & Taylor: Are We All Keynesians Now? : Chapter 4 of 5(February 4, 2010) Uncommon Knowledge
by
Peter M. Robinson
interview with featured guests
Richard A. Epstein and John B. Taylor
How well did our leaders handle the financial crisis? . . .
Epstein & Taylor: Are We All Keynesians Now? : Chapter 3 of 5(February 3, 2010) Uncommon Knowledge
by
Peter M. Robinson
interview with featured guests
Richard A. Epstein and John B. Taylor
Richard Epstein and John Taylor explain why it is misleading to blame the free market for the financial crisis. . . .
Epstein & Taylor: Are We All Keynesians Now? : Chapter 2 of 5(February 2, 2010) Uncommon Knowledge
by
Peter M. Robinson
interview with featured guests
Richard A. Epstein and John B. Taylor
What went wrong with the U.S. economy in the 21st century? . . .
Lazear on Politics & Economy(January 28, 2010) CNBC
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Edward Paul Lazear
Ed Lazear, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers under the Bush administration, discusses the economy, politics and President Obama's first State of the Union address. . . .
The Bernanke trade(January 25, 2010)
John Taylor, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses whether Ben Bernanke is good for the markets and if the Fed has the strength of character to raise interest rates and reduce easy money as the market picks up on CNBC’s Kudlow Report.
Big Think Interview with John Taylor(January 22, 2010) Big Think (NY)
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John B. Taylor
A conversation with the Stanford University Economics Professor. . . .
AIG Bailout Under Scrutiny(January 21, 2010) CNBC
interview with featured guest
John B. Taylor
Insight on why full transparency on the AIG bailout with John Taylor, Stanford University professor. . . .
Seminar features Hoover senior fellow Edward Lazear(January 20, 2010)
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Hoover Institution
Edward P. Lazear, the Morris Arnold Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution who succeeded Ben Bernanke as chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, presented a talk titled “Current Economic Conditions: Where Are We Headed?” at the Pacific-Union Club in San Francisco on January 20.
AIG bailout under scrutiny(January 20, 2010)
John Taylor, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, provides insight on why full transparency concerning the AIG bailout is important for understanding what happened and for preventing future problems on CNBC.
Big Think interview with John Taylor(January 19, 2010)
John Taylor, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, provides insight on the causes of the financial crisis.
In defense of the Taylor Rule(January 12, 2010)
John Taylor, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses the Fed’s policies on low interest rates and easy money as contributing to the economic crisis on CNBC’s Kudlow Report. (7:29)
John Taylor discusses monetary policy on CNBC’s Kudlow Report(January 7, 2010)
John B. Taylor, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and author of Getting Off Track, provides insight on whether the Fed’s easy money and low interest rates contributed to the economic crisis.
Niall Ferguson(December 15, 2009) Wealth Track (PBS)
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Niall Ferguson
On this week's Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, the lessons of history. Best selling author and historian Niall Ferguson tells Consuelo what the seismic global economic and market shifts of recent years mean for our future, particularly the longer term implications of America's exploding debt. . . .
The White House jobs summit(December 3, 2009)
In this Minnesota Public Radio News podcast, Russell Roberts, Hoover research fellow and author of The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance, joins a panel to discuss ideas for job creation.
Spending Helping the Jobless Picture?(November 24, 2009) Fox Business News
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Edward Paul Lazear
Hoover Institution Fellow Ed Lazear on whether government spending is easing unemployment. . . .
The effect of the stimulus package on education(November 24, 2009)
Paul Peterson and Checker Finn, Hoover senior fellows and members of Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discuss how the education sector. . . .
Reinhart on Financial Crises(November 23, 2009) EconTalk
by
Russell Roberts
Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her book This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly (co-authored with Kenneth Rogoff). . . .
Panelists Tackle College Graduation Stagnation(November 20, 2009) National Journal
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Chester E. Finn Jr.
The United States has made strides in making higher education accessible to more people, but a new challenge has arisen: getting these college attendees to graduate. . . .
Payroll Tax(November 19, 2009) CNBC
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Michael J. Boskin
Discussing alternative stimulus plans, with Michael Boskin, Stanford University and Steve Moore, The Wall Street Journal. . . .
Posner on the Financial Crisis(November 16, 2009) EconTalk
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Russell Roberts
Richard Posner, federal judge and prolific author, discusses the financial crisis with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Posner (despite the title of his recent book on the crisis, A Failure of Capitalism) places most of the blame for the crisis on the Federal Reserve, inattentive regulators and the subsidization of risk. . . .
Education Reforms . . . or Union Jobs?(November 12, 2009) National Review
by
Chester E. Finn Jr.
this item mentions
Eric Hanushek
What the stimulus really stimulates. . . .
Sumner on Monetary Policy(November 9, 2009) EconTalk
by
Russell Roberts
this podcast mentions
John B. Taylor
Scott Sumner of Bentley University and the blog The Money Illusion talks with host Russ Roberts about monetary policy and the state of the economy. . . .
Road to Economic Recovery(November 3, 2009) CNBC
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Edward Paul Lazear
Today's construction spending data, pending home sales data and ISM Index were strong examples of an economic recovery...
House Oversight Cmte. Hearing on Executive Compensation(October 29, 2009) C-Span TV
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Russell Roberts
Recently, TARP Adviser Kenneth Feinberg announced plans to revise compensation packages for the highest-paid executives at banks receiving federal bailout money...
Ferguson, Rogoff Speak (October 29, 2009) Bloomberg
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Niall Ferguson
Harvard University professors Kenneth Rogoff and Niall Ferguson talk with Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt about the outlook for the global financial crisis...
Is An Economic Relapse Coming?(October 29, 2009) CNBC
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Niall Ferguson
Discussing whether the economy should brace itself for a relapse, with Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report; Niall Ferguson, Harvard University and James Paulsen, Wells Capital Management...
Calomiris on the Financial Crisis(October 26, 2009) EconTalk
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Russell Roberts
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Charles Calomiris
Charles Calomiris of Columbia Business School talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis...
Calomiris on the financial crisis(October 26, 2009)
Charles Calomiris, member of Hoover’s Property Rights Task Force and professor at Columbia University’s Business School, talks with Hoover research fellow and EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis.
Taylor provides opening statement(October 22, 2009)
John Taylor, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, provides an opening statement about bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy alternatives for failing non-bank financial institutions before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Ferguson Discusses US Banking System, Economy(October 19, 2009) Bloomberg
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Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson, a professor at Harvard University, talks with
Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton about the state of the US...
Ed Lazear, White House Council of Economic Advisers(October 12, 2009) CNBC
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Edward Paul Lazear
A discussion about expectations for earnings season amid concerns about the economic recovery, with skyrocketing gold and commodities prices, and a weakening dollar...
Gary Stern on Too Big to Fail(October 5, 2009) EconTalk
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Russell Roberts
Gary Stern, former President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Stern's book, Too Big To Fail (co-authored with Ron Feldman), a prescient warning of the moral hazard created when government rescues creditors of financial institutions from the consequences of bankruptcy...
Cohan on the Life and Death of Bear Stearns(September 28, 2009) EconTalk
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Russell Roberts
William Cohan, author of House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Steet, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the life and death of Bear Stearns...
Did the Stimulus Work?(September 18, 2009) CNBC
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John B. Taylor
Discussing household net worth turned positive for the first time in two years, with John Taylor, Stanford University economics professor and CNBC's Steve Liesman...
Lehman Anniversary(September 16, 2009) KQED
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David R. Henderson
One year ago today, the global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy...
Taylor's Ruling: Government Created Credit Crisis(September 11, 2009) Wall Street Journal
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John B. Taylor
James Freeman interviews Stanford professor John Taylor about how Washington created the credit meltdown...
Becker defends Chicago school(September 8, 2009) Financial Times
interview with featured guest
Gary S. Becker
The ”Chicago school” of free market-centric economics, highly influential in forming laisser faire policies, has faced fierce criticism in the wake of the financial crisis...
Evaluating the Stimulus Package(September 8, 2009) KQED
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John B. Taylor
This week Vice President Joe Biden touted the economic stimulus package, saying that the $787 billion stimulus has created or saved 150,000 jobs in its first 200 days...
Spotlight on Jobs(September 4, 2009) CNBC
interview with featured guest
John B. Taylor
Insight on the jobs front, with John Taylor, Hoover Institution; and CNBC's Steve Liesman & Larry Kudlow...
Ferguson Interview on Banking Industry, 'Fiscal Crisis' (September 3, 2009) Bloomberg
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Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson, a professor at Harvard University, talks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt about efforts to aid the U.S. economy and the potential for a fiscal crisis...
GOP Principles with Thaddeus McCotter: Chapter 2 of 5(September 1, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
by
Peter M. Robinson
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter explains the substantive differences between conservatives and the Obama administration relative to the stimulus...
Red Ink Watch: How Bad Is the Deficit?(August 26, 2009) Fox Business News
interview with featured guest
John B. Taylor
Hoover Institutions John Taylor on why the deficit poses a systemic risk...
Hopey Changey Give-Away(August 19, 2009) townhall.com
by
David Davenport
My new favorite bumper sticker reads: "How's that hopey-changey thing working out for you?"...
More Americans Choosing to Rent(August 7, 2009) Fox Business News
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Thomas Sowell
Economist Thomas Sowell on what the shrinking rate of U.S. homeowners means for the future...
Stimulus has yet to really boost GDP(August 4, 2009) CNN
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Edward Paul Lazear
The nation's economy is starting to rebound, but the Obama administration's massive stimulus package had little to do with it...
Letter: It’s Worth the Trouble To Value Toxic Assets (August 3, 2009) Wall Street Journal
by
John B. Taylor and Kenneth E. Scott
The letters (July 27) on our July 20 op-ed on the complexity and pricing difficulty of toxic assets raise practical issues...
Recession's end near?(August 3, 2009) CNN
interview with featured guest
Niall Ferguson
Are we done with this recession?...
Jobs and the Economy (July 30, 2009) KQED
interview with featured guest
David R. Henderson
Recent economic data indicate that the economy may be slowly creeping out of recession...
Voight Blasts Obama's Job Performance(July 15, 2009) Fox News
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Thomas Sowell
Actor Jon Voight came under attack for criticizing the president in a recent speech, but that's not stopping him from vocalizing his anger with the administration...
Chimerica(July 14, 2009) Aspen Institute
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Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson and James Fallows discuss the influence of China on the U.S. economy with moderator Scott Stossel...
Justin Fox on the Rationality of Markets(July 13, 2009) EconTalk
by
Russell Roberts
Justin Fox, author of The Myth of the Rational Market, talks about the ideas in his book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts...
Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 5 of 5(July 10, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell scrutinizes the economic proposals of the Obama administration...
Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 4 of 5(July 9, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
interview with featured guest
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell details the pitfalls of New Deal thinking...
Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 3 of 5(July 8, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell describes the origins and unique features of the housing bust...
Taylor Says Previous Stimulus Package `Not Working': Video (July 8, 2009) Bloomberg
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John B. Taylor
John Taylor, an economics professor at Stanford University, talks with Bloomberg Carol Massar and Mark Crumpton about the potential for a second U.S. economic stimulus package...
Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 2 of 5(July 7, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell discusses the politics of the housing boom...
Rolling the Dice (Video)(July 7, 2009) Fox News
interview with featured guest
Thomas Sowell
You thought the housing crisis was a blast, you ain't seen nothing yet...
Is inflation or unemployment worse?(July 7, 2009) BBC News
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Niall Ferguson
Business Daily unravels the big debate of our time with the help of two of the biggest thinkers on the planet...
Harvard Business Review Special Issue, “Managing in the New World,” Examines Transformed Business Landscape(July 1, 2009) Business Wire
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Niall Ferguson
As the global economy shows signs of recovery, a special issue of Harvard Business Review (www.hbr.org) explores how the economic crisis has fundamentally altered the business landscape and what the implications are for business leaders, organizations, and public policy...
Watch Niall Ferguson's "The Ascent Of Money" (June 30, 2009) Business Insider (NY)
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Niall Ferguson
The first episode of Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money won't air on PBS until July 8...
GPS: Krugman and Taylor (June 29, 2009) CNN
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John B. Taylor
Paul Krugman and John B. Taylor debate the origins of the financial crisis and the proposed health care plan...
China v. US: My empire is bigger than yours(June 25, 2009) GlobalPost.com
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Niall Ferguson
What happens when a rising power lends money to the world's biggest power?...
The State of the Economy(June 24, 2009) CNBC
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Edward Paul Lazear
Discussing what to expect from tomorrow's Fed decision, with Ed Lazear, former Council of Economic Advisers chairman and Martin Baily, Brookings Institute senior fellow...
John Taylor, Fmr. Treasury Undersec., Bush Admin. (2001-05)(June 24, 2009) C-Span TV
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John B. Taylor
Fmr. Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor (2001-2005) spoke about the economy, including the deficit, and the stimulus passed by the Obama Administration...
Obama proposes remaking rules governing finance(June 22, 2009) Minnesota Public Radio
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Russell Roberts
The way the financial industry is regulated will change dramatically if a proposal by the Obama administration passes Congress...
Need credit? Ask your community(June 18, 2009) Marketplace
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Stephen Haber
Working around unavailable credit, Mexican communities developed a system called tanda to borrow money from their community...
Government Caused, Prolonged and Worsened Financial Crisis, Respected Stanford Professor John Taylor Tells CFALA Members (June 12, 2009) Business Wire
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John B. Taylor
The primary causes of the current financial crisis were government actions and interventions, not sub-prime mortgages, misbehavior on Wall Street or any inherent flaw in the U.S. economy, Stanford University Professor John B. Taylor told attendees at the annual meeting of the CFA Society of Los Angeles (CFALA) Wednesday night...
Rebonato on Risk Management and the Crisis(June 8, 2009) EconTalk
by
Russell Roberts
Riccardo Rebonato of the Royal Bank of Scotland and author of Plight of the Fortune Tellers talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of measuring risk and making decisions and creating regulation in the face of risk and uncertainty...
Recession Is 'All About Gord & Godzilla' (June 2, 2009) Sky News (UK)
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Niall Ferguson
One of the world's most distinguished economic historians has called for "pathetic" Gordon Brown to step down...
A New Approach to Regulating the Economy?(May 29, 2009) WAMU 88.5
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Russell Roberts
President Obama has overseen sweeping changes in the role of government in the economy, intervening to prevent massive failures and promising to step up anti-trust laws...
Thomas Sowell on 'Glenn Beck'(May 29, 2009) Fox News
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Thomas Sowell
I asked our guest at the beginning of the program tonight if we are still a capitalist nation...
Bernanke & the Bond Market(May 29, 2009) CNBC
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John B. Taylor
John Taylor, fmr. Under Secretary of Treasury of International Affairs; James Bianco, of Bianco Researcy; and the CNBC news team discuss the bond market and the Fed...
Economist Says Regulators Started Crisis(May 18, 2009) NewsMax
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Thomas Sowell
Economist examines how it happened, who's to blame and why it may happen again...
Sorting Out the Economic Mess(May 15, 2009) Fox News
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Thomas Sowell
And tonight in "Your America," it's been almost three months since President Obama signed his so-called stimulus plan and yet the new jobs and the economic turn-around that he promised have yet to come to fruition, and my next guest has written, perhaps, the most definitive book on how we've got into this mess in the first place, and it's called, "The Housing Boom and Bust."...
Housing Boom and Bust (May 12, 2009) Creators Syndicate
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Thomas Sowell
Let us go back to square one to consider the empirical consequences of policies in the housing market...
Count On This: Two Entertaining Economics Books(May 4, 2009) NPR
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Niall Ferguson
Like many people, I'm being kept awake at night by a financial crisis that I don't even understand...
The Aussie Way with John Howard: Chapter 4 of 5(April 30, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
John Howard discusses the origins and implications of the global financial crisis...
Congressmen Paul Kanjorski and Scott Garrett Host Second Bipartisan Financial Regulatory Roundtable(April 28, 2009) PR Newswire
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John B. Taylor
Chairman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) and Ranking Member Scott Garrett (R-NJ) of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, announced today that they will host an educational roundtable on Monday, April 27, 2009 with guest speakers Jamie Dimon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase, and John Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University...
What caused the U.S. crisis: deregulation or overregulation?(April 28, 2009) Ecommerce-Journal (MA)
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Michael J. Boskin
On Monday at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday the CEO of Bank of New York Mellon Corp Robert Kelly noted that American companies are controlled today by too many regulators which could undermine the U.S. recovery...
Reacting to the Spending Spree: Policy Changes We Can Afford(April 27, 2009)
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Terry Anderson, Jagdish Bhagwati, Charles Calomiris, Richard A. Epstein, Stephen Haber, Kevin Hassett, James Huffman, F. Scott Kieff, Gary D. Libecap, and Henry E. Smith
edited by
Terry Anderson and Richard Sousa
In this nine-chapter volume, the authors examine the challenges the Obama administration faces today, and in the foreseeable future, and the administration’s planned responses.
Please visit the Hoover Press web site for more information on this book or to place an order.
Reinventing GSEs Treasury's Plan for Financial Restructuring(April 15, 2009) RGE Monitor (NY)
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John B. Taylor
In late March--timed to impress the G20--the Obama administration revealed its plan for regulating and restructuring the U.S. financial system...
Treasury Covering Up Massive Fraud?(April 14, 2009) Fox News
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John B. Taylor
Taylor on Geithner and North Korea...
G-20 Expanding Global Trade(April 14, 2009) Fox News
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John B. Taylor
"Just -- and I hope you were able to hear of some of the points that Peter was making job reaction what what what's coming out of London again."...
Inside Look - Grading the TARP (April 14, 2009) Bloomberg
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John B. Taylor
Interview with Former Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor, Author of "Getting Off Track" (Bloomberg News)...
Global Leaders Gather in Los Angeles to Address Unprecedented Economic Challenges and Search for Solutions at 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference (April 8, 2009) Business Wire
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Gary S. Becker
At this extraordinary moment in financial and economic history, hundreds of CEOs, elected leaders, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, educators, philanthropists and global decision-makers are bringing their expertise and ideas to the 12th Milken Institute Global Conference to offer solutions to the urgent challenges facing the world – from the economy and health care to energy and education...
Econ Expert John Taylor on G-20(April 8, 2009) Fox News
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John B. Taylor
" Okay let's get John Taylor out of Stanford the former undersecretary...
Crisis & the Law with Richard Epstein: Chapter 3 of 5(April 1, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
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Richard A. Epstein
Richard Epstein rates the separate responses of the Bush and Obama administrations to the financial crisis...
Crisis & the Law with Richard Epstein: Chapter 2 of 5(March 31, 2009) Uncommon Knowledge
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Peter M. Robinson
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Richard A. Epstein
Richard Epstein discusses the financial crisis, determining that “government incentives were perverse, so the actions of the private parties were perverse.”...
Taylor Says U.S. Risks Financial System Overregulation: Video (March 30, 2009) Bloomberg
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John B. Taylor
John Taylor, economics professor at Stanford University, talks with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin about U.S. financial system regulation...
Getting Off Track(March 26, 2009) Reason
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John B. Taylor
John B. Taylor, professor of economics at Stanford University, challenges the conventional wisdom that it was an excess of deregulation that precipitated our current financial crisis...
John B. Taylor "How Government Interventions Caused the Financial Crisis."(March 26, 2009) Reason
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John B. Taylor
Author John B. Taylor discusses his book "Getting Off Track -- How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis," with Reason.tv's Michael C. Moynihan...
Who's to blame for the financial crisis?(March 25, 2009) Minnesota Public Radio
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Niall Ferguson
In an Oxford-style debate, six financial experts discuss whether Washington or Wall Street is to blame for the economic crisis...
The State of the Economy and Principles for Fiscal Stimulus(November 21, 2008) United States Senate
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John B. Taylor
Thank you, Chairman Conrad, Ranking Member Gregg, and other members of the Senate Budget Committee for giving me the opportunity to testify about the state of the economy and options for a second fiscal stimulus...