PARTICIPANTS
Niall Ferguson, George Shultz, Boaz Abramson, Scott Atlas, Gregor Boehl, Jennifer Burns, Chirantan Chatterjee, John Cochrane, Tom Church, Darrell Duffie, Shana Farley, Tom Gilligan, Paul Gregory, John Gunn, Brian Higgins, Bob Hodrick, Mathias Jimenez, Ken Judd, Anjini Kochar, John Kramer, Hongbin Li, Livio Maya, Sarah Myers, Josh Rauh, Bob Rosenkranz, George Shultz, Tom Stephenson, John Taylor, Ramin Toloui, Andres Yani Anich, Jiwei Zhang.

ISSUES DISCUSSED
Market and policy antecedents and repercussions of the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Great Recession began long before and lasted long after the Lehman bankruptcy in September 2018. This four-part series of presentations and discussions held on four different days during the fall of 2018 aims to delve into the causes, but also to examine the actions and interventions taken during the crisis and the recession, and to draw policy lessons for the future. Each part of the series began with two short paper presentations followed by active discussions and critiques. Niall Ferguson, the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and George P. Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, discussed “the Panic,” the second session in the series.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 4:30 PM Pacific Time
Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont
Book Talk: "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives Reflections, Explorations, And Opportunities" By Lisa Blaydes And Samuel Helfont
The Hoover History Lab and Hoover Institution Library & Archives are co-hosting a hybrid event with Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont to discuss… Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 6:30 PM ET
Markus Wolf
Book Talk: "The Troika: The Troika: A Story of Three Families, Friendship, and the Cold War"
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives is partnering with the International Spy Museum to co-host a hybrid event on "The Troika", Markus Wolf'… International Spy Museum (700 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington DC 20024)
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Kay Udea leading a discussion during the Second international workshop on Japanese diaspora 2022
第4 回ジャパニーズ・ディアスポラ国際ワークショップ
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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