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Everyone Should Have The Retirement Plan Federal Employees Enjoy
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by Teresa Ghilarducci, Kevin Hassettvia The Washington Post
All Eyes On Digital Payments
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by Raghuram Rajanvia Project Syndicate
Kevin Hassett On His Plan To Open Up The Retirement System
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interview with Kevin Hassettvia Yahoo
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Socialism and The Constitution
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by Michael McConnellvia Defining Ideas
The Essence Of Marxism
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by Niall Fergusonvia Defining Ideas
Portrait of Karl Marx
Liberal Democracy Vs. Communism
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by Peter Berkowitzvia Defining Ideas
How Socialist Is Bernie Sanders?
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by Paul R. Gregoryvia Defining Ideas
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A Cautionary Note On Price-Level Targeting
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by Charles I. Plosservia Defining Ideas
Furman, Summers And Taxes
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by David R. Hendersonvia Defining Ideas
The Bonds Of Colonialism
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by Terry Anderson, Wendy Purnellvia Defining Ideas

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Wilbur Hamilton Ross

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

What’s interesting, beyond their assertion that consumers won’t notice the slightly higher prices, is that both Hamilton and Ross use this an an argument for tariffs. We economists who apply Public Choice to understand government policy often point out that one reason tariffs are so popular is that they benefit a concentrated group (domestic producers) at the expense of a dispersed group (consumers.)

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Policy Seminar with Dan Kessler

Friday, February 15, 2019
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Dan Kessler, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School, discussed “The Effect of Medicare Benefit Design on Opioid Use.”

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Policy Seminar with Lawrence Summers

Monday, February 11, 2019
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Lawrence Summers, President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, and former U.S. treasury secretary, talked about “Secular Stagnation and Fiscal Policy.”

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Policy Seminar with Michael Boskin

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Michael Boskin, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University, discussed “Inequality Shocks and Redistribution.”

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Policy Seminar with Martin Feldstein

Thursday, January 31, 2019
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Martin Feldstein, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, presented “the Future of Economic Growth in the United States.”

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Policy Seminar with Michael Bordo

Thursday, January 24, 2019
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Michael Bordo, Board of Governors Professor of Economics and director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discussed “The Imbalances of the Bretton Woods System 1965 to 1973: U.S. Inflation - The Elephant in the Room.”

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Policy Seminar with Alex Galetovic

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Alex Galetovic, Professor of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile, presented "Renegotiations and Corruption in Infrastructure: The Odebrecht Case.”

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Statement Backing Hoover Fellow And Stanford Professor’s Carbon Tax Proposal Garners Record-Setting Support From Economists

featuring George P. Shultzvia Stanford Daily
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

A record-setting 3,333 economists, including 32 at Stanford, have signed a statement supporting a carbon tax proposal co-authored by Stanford Professor Emeritus and former Secretary of State George Shultz, the nonprofit Climate Leadership Council announced on Monday. The proposal would levy a tax on the production and use of carbon emissions that increases over time but remains revenue neutral; collected money would be returned to U.S. citizens in equal payments, so the government would spend none of the money.

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Who’s Afraid Of Budget Deficits? I Am.

by David R. Hendersonvia Defining Ideas
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Taking issue with Jason Furman and Larry Summers

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quoting Thomas Sowellvia Tri-County Times
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

I agree with Thomas Sowell who said that Walmart has done more for poor people than any program the government has ever initiated.

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The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.

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