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Policy Seminar on Stresses and Strains in China’s Financial System

Thursday, April 2, 2015
George Shultz Conference Room, Herbert Hoover Memorial Building

Darrell Duffie, the Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, presented his recent research on “Stresses and Strains in China’s Financial System.”

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Know the Score

by Edward Paul Lazearvia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

The House’s new “dynamic scoring” rule puts some badly needed economic sense into lawmaking.

Keynesians in Retreat

by John H. Cochranevia Hoover Digest
Monday, April 20, 2015

They’ve been too wrong for far too long.

Analysis and Commentary

Minimal Financial Reforms Can Lead To Poor Economic Performance

by Michael Spencevia World Finance
Monday, March 9, 2015
At a time of lacklustre economic growth, countries around the world are attempting to devise and implement strategies to spur and sustain recovery. Multiple objectives should be pursued to avoid half-baked results.
Analysis and Commentary

Rubio-Lee Isn't Great

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Co-blogger Scott Sumner, over at his TheMoneyIllusion blog, has a post titled "Rubio-Lee is great, so why not make it even greater?"

Analysis and Commentary

The Minimum Wage Harm That Few Are Talking About

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Ball State University economists Philip R.P. Coelho and James E. McClure wrote a short piece recently that makes an obvious and telling point. But even though it's obvious, few people who discuss the minimum wage are talking about it. And that's tragic.

Analysis and Commentary

Republican Senators Lee And Rubio Timidly Talk Tax Reform

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Saturday, March 7, 2015

In their Wall Street Journal article of March 3, 2015, Republican Senators Mike Lee and Marco Rubio throw their tax reform hat into the ring.

Interviews

Ed Lazear On CNBC

interview with Edward Paul Lazearvia CNBC
Friday, March 6, 2015

CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses jobs report, productivity gains, and trade promotion authority, with Ed Lazear, Hoover Institution senior fellow.

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Charles Blahous On The John Batchelor Show (9:35)

interview with Charles Blahousvia John Batchelor Show
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Charles Blahous talks about the Congressional Budget Office and the influence on elections.

Analysis and Commentary

Krugman Versus Krugman On Labor Versus Butter

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Thursday, March 5, 2015

"But labor economists have long questioned this view. Soylent Green -- I mean, the labor force -- is people. And because workers are people, wages are not, in fact, like the price of butter, and how much workers are paid depends as much on social forces and political power as it does on simple supply and demand."

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