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July 6, 2010 | Recorded on June 15, 2010
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Economic Headwinds with Lazear and Boskin

with guests Michael J. Boskin and Edward Paul Lazear
interviewed by Peter M. Robinson
Hoover senior fellows Michael Boskin and Edward Lazear discuss the dangers of th
Boskin and Lazear take on the economy, discussing the explosion of deficit spending and the unprecedented increase in the money supply. Following the worst recession since WWII, why does the economic recovery seem so weak? Where, in particular, are the jobs? As a matter of pure economics, what do we need to do? As a matter of practical politics, how can we do it? (36:35) Video transcript
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  • Start video from beginning Hoover senior fellows Michael Boskin and Edward Lazear discuss with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson the dangers of the soaring levels of spending and debt that are occurring under the Obama administration. (5:59)
  • Start segment 2 at 5:59 Hoover senior fellows Michael Boskin and Edward Lazear discuss the pitfalls of the monetary explosion occurring under the Bernanke Federal Reserve. (6:03)
  • Start segment 3 at 12:02 Hoover senior fellows Michael Boskin and Edward Lazear discuss the worst recession since WWII, the weak economic recovery, and the high unemployment rate. (8:21)
  • Start segment 4 at 20:23 How fares the economics profession? And how does one explain the resurgence of the Keynesian model? Hoover senior fellows Michael Boskin and Edward Lazear weigh in. (7:12)
  • Start segment 5 27:35 Hoover senior fellows Michael Boskin and Edward Lazear agree that we are in grave danger as a nation if we continue on the current path of fiscal policy. (9:01)