PARTICIPANTS
Bob Hall, Caroline Hoxby, John Taylor, Boaz Abramson, Anat Admati, Adrien Auclert, Gregor Boehl, Kate Bundorf, Jennifer Burns, Charles Calomiris, Scarlet Chen, Chirantan Chatterjee, John Cochrane, Tom Church, Chris Dauer, Ricardo De la O, Darrell Duffie, Shana Farley, Niall Ferguson, Andrew Friedman, Alex Galetovic, Paul Gregory, John Gunn, Steve Haber, Wen Hao, Ben Hebert, Daniel Hiel, Brian Higgins, Nick Hope, Matthias Jimenez, Ken Judd, Dan Kessler, Anjini Kochar, John Kramer, Matteo Leombroni, Hongbin Li, Frederic Martenet, Livio Maya, David Mulford, Alvin Rabushka, John Raisian, Josh Rauh, Lorenzo Rigon, Doug Rivers, Paul Schmelzing, Amit Seru, George Shultz, Tom Stephenson, Ramin Toloui, Andres Yany 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. Bob Hall, Robert and Carole McNeil Joint Hoover Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics, Stanford University, Caroline Hoxby, Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics at Stanford University, and John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution, discussed “the Recession,” the third session in the series. 

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 4:30 PM Pacific Time
Ba'th Party Research
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
Fourth International Workshop on Japanese Diaspora
The call for papers is now open. Submissions are due May 18, 2026. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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