PARTICIPANTS
George Shultz, Conny Arvis, Scott Atlas, Michael Boskin, John Cochrane, LtCol Jer Garcia, Paul Gregory, John Gunn, Ken Judd, Kirill Kalinin, Dan Kessler, David Mulford, Elena Pastorino, John Shoven, CDR David Slayton, CDR Michael Schoonover, Richard Sousa, Peidong Sun, John Taylor, Ramin Toloui, Nicholas Wapshott, Sean Xu.

ISSUES DISCUSSED
The Honorable George P. Shultz, Hoover Institution Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, former Secretary of Labor, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary State, presented the remarks he gave on September 15, 2017 at the Economic History Association: “Dreams Can Be Nightmares.” Please see the attached speech. 

Dreams Can Be Nightmares by George Shultz

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