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Concern Grows Over A Fiscal Crisis For U.S.
July 17, 2008
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It costs what?! Calculating the CPI requires a lot of shopping around.
July 17, 2008
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New Docs on the Block.
July 1, 2008
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Jay Bhattacharya, doctor and economist at Stanford's School of Medicine, is quoted in Newsweek article
New Docs on the Block.
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American torchbearer gets warm welcome in Pingyao.
June 26, 2008
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For a Good Retirement, Find Work. Good Luck.
June 22, 2008
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2007 Arrow Prizes for Senior Economists
June 16, 2008
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Why gas costs more, more, more
June 11, 2008
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SCID hosted a segment of India's most watched TV show--We the People. Moderator Barkha Dutt
asked a world-renowned group of panelists’ questions about India and the American perception of India.
June 5, 2008
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SIEPR Director John Shoven talks about new ways to look at age during his presentation
on New Age Thinking given to SIEPR Associates.
June 10, 2008
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Soohyung Lee's paper on the "Preference and Choice Constraints in Marital Sorting:
Evidence from Korea" won the 2008 Ralph and Claire Landau prize.
June, 2008
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A distinguished group of panelists discussed What is Holding India Back at the 9th Annual India Conference sponsored by SCID.
June 6, 2008
Nadir Godrej, Anne Krueger, NK Singh, George Scalise
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Secondary Sources: Recession?, Obama Bailout, $4 Gas.
June 4, 2008
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Metrics: Wasted Energy.
June 1, 2008
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Easy Policy Behind Global Inflation.
May 28, 2008
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With Bold Steps, Fed Chief Quiets Some Criticism.
May 28, 2008
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Toughest Summer Job This Year Is Finding One
May 25, 2008
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Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Harvard University spoke on
Is the US Sub-Prime Crisis So Different? An International Historical Comparison to SIEPR Associates.
May 14, 2008
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Northwestern University announced that Paul Milgrom was
awarded the 2007-08 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in economics for contributions
dramatically expanding the understanding of the role of information and incentives
in a variety of settings, including auctions, the theory of the firm, and
oligopolistic markets.
April 22, 2008
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Donors, faculty and staff joined forces to celebrate the groundbreaking of the
new John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn building slated to open in the fall 2009.
May 12, 2008
Gunn Building
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John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn
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John Pencavel received the prestigious Jacob Mincer Career Achievement Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics.
His work truly represents a lifetime of accomplishment and it embodies the finest aspirations for using economic analysis to interpret and
explain how labor markets work and how they can be improved.
May 10, 2008
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William Easterly spoke at the SIEPR Policy Forum on Reducing Global Poverty. He is a Professor of
Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute.
May 9, 2008
John Shoven introduces William Easterly
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William Easterly
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William Easterly and Student Panel
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Student Tests – and Teacher Grades
May 9, 2008
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Why Uncle Sam must stop subsidizing inefficient companies
May 9, 2008
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How The Kibbutz Survived
May 9, 2008
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Putting Our Entitlements in Order
May 7, 2008
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In an interview in Reasononline, Putting Our Entitlements in Order, George Shultz comments on the book
Putting Our House In Order: A Guide to Social Security & Health Care Reform,
co-written with SIEPR Director John Shoven.
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Adnan Mazarei and Ted Truman spoke about Sovereign Wealth Funds: Analyzing Trends and Promoting Best Practices.
There are 56 funds in 36 countries with over $53 trillion in assets.
May 5, 2008
John Taylor, Adnan Mazarei, Ted Truman
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Ballmer's Next Challenge Still The Same: Fending Off Google
May 5, 2008
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To The Editor - proposals to suspend the gas tax for the summer
May 5, 2008
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Dollar's fall forces new standard of frugality
April 27, 2008
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Talk show host Charlie Rose interviews George Shultz about Social Security, retirement and other issues discussed
in Putting Our House in Order
--A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform-- co-authored by John Shoven.
April 24, 2008
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George Shultz
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George Shultz, Charlie Rose
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'Future of Internet' debated at FCC hearing
Free speech threatened by 'corporate gatekeepers,' some say
April 18, 2008
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A perfect storm is brewing
April 17, 2008
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Gregory L. Rosston, SIEPR Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar -
Testimony before Federal Communications Commission
En Banc
Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices.
April 17, 2008
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George Shultz and John Shoven celebrated the launch of their new book Putting Our House in Order A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform at the Cantor Arts Center.
April 15, 2008
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Did the New Deal Work?
April 11, 2008
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His Legacy Tarnished, Greenspan Goes on Defensive; Future of U.S. Financial Reform Is at Stake; 'I Am Right'.
April 8, 2008
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The Ivy League Muscles Up
April 7, 2008
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Fed officials play down rate cut expectations
April 4, 2008
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An Auction That Google Was Content to Lose
April 4, 2008
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Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco began her talk about our financially
troubled times, by saying that more than ever the research done at SIEPR was important and the
debate that takes place may shed light on certain issues.
April 3, 2008
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The Dollar and the Credit Crunch
March 31, 2008
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Dr. Bruce Tolentino and his team from the Asia Foundation spoke at the March Associates meeting about
Local Government Performance and Economic Reform Strategies in South and Southeast Asia.
March 27, 2008
SCID Director and moderator, Dr. Nick Hope, Dr. Bruce Tolentino,
Ms.Véronique Salze-Lozac'h, Dr. Neil McCulloch, Dr. Edmund Malesky
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Next president will inherit fiscal challenge
March 23, 2008
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Lawrence Goulder and Robert Stavins: State fight against climate change benefits everyone
March 18, 2008
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Brainstorming About 'Bailouts'
March 13, 2008
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Green Energy is Making Big Money
March 12, 2008
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Fannie's CEO Visits Asia, Europe As Worries Grow
March 10, 2008
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Jobs Data Suggest U.S. Is In Recession. Largest Payroll Fall In Five Years Spurs New Stimulus Talk.
March 8, 2008
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Paulson Says U.S. Job Losses in February `Are Not Welcome News'
March 7, 2008
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Summers calls for 2nd stimulus package in 2008
March 7, 2008
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson explained that our economy is structurally sound and the long-term outlook is good, but we are currently experiencing tough times.
March 7, 2008
John Chambers, Cisco Systems president and CEO introduced Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at the SIEPR Economic Summit.
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Larry Summers began his talk by praising the work of SIEPR and said that we are in need of serious economic policy thinkers because we have not experienced this kind of macroeconomic or financial stress in over a generation.
March 7, 2008
SIEPR Advisory Board member and Heidrick & Struggles Vice President, John Thompson introduced Larry Summers at the SIEPR
Economic Summit.
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SIEPR Director, John Shoven introduced Anne Mulcahy CEO of Xerox and Jonathan Schwartz CEO of Sun Microsystems;
they spoke about Competing in the Global Economy and what that means to their companies and business in general.
March 7, 2008
Anne Mulcahy, John Shoven, Jonathan Schwartz
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Anne Mulcahy
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Jonathan Schwartz
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The Global Environment
Larry Goulder and Steven Chu
March 7, 2008
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Stanford Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and SIEPR Senior Fellow,
Larry Goulder said that some of the big changes that scientists predicted regarding global
warming have become realities and had a huge economic impact effect on climate change policy both
statewide and nationally.
March 7, 2008
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Steve Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab explained that global climate change has
an impact on our economic, social and security networks; and used water shortage as an example.
March 7, 2008
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Mark Kvamme introduced Caroline Hoxby who talked about incentives
and transparencies in education and how education affects our economy.
March 7, 2008
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Whip inflation now
Not just gas prices are high. The Fed needs to start thinking of raising interest rates.
March 5, 2008
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SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor cited in Christian Science Monitor editorial
Whip inflation now
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Bush Told to End Threats to Iran Over Weapons
March 5, 2008
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Study Finds Sharp Math, Science Skills
Help Expand Economy
March 3, 2008
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Multinationals: Are They Good for America?
February 28, 2008
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How Low Can Ben Go?
February 27, 2008
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SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor's Taylor Rule and Federal Reserve actions are discussed in WSJ article
How Low Can Ben Go? pdf
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Americans In Pyongyang
Can a spectacularly successful U.S. concert in North Korea be a catalyst for the normalization of Washington-Pyongyang ties?
February 26, 2008
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Is a Broker Necessary to Sell Your House
February 20, 2008
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What Will Happen to the Dollar?
Managing International Exchange Rates
February 20, 2008
Nick Hope, John B. Taylor, Ronald McKinnon, Hiroshi Watanabe
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Ronald McKinnon, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stanford and Senior Fellow of SIEPR and SCID, John B. Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford and
Hiroshi Watanabe, Special Advisor to the Japan Center for International Finance spoke about
What Will Happen to the Dollar? Managing International Exchange Rates at a SCID SIEPR breakfast on February 20.
The event was moderated by SCID Director, Nick Hope.
Related articles (pdf's)
A Rescue Plan for the Dollar
The silver lining in America's subprime cloud
From Morgan Stanley
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Joe Nation heats up hot state Senate race
February 19, 2008
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Google's Wireless Auction Play
February 14, 2008
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Full steam ahead?
February 13, 2008
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Nick Bloom, SIEPR researcher, is quoted in Financial Times article
Full steam ahead? (pdf)
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If Fed Is Less Potent, Fed Should Do More
February 13, 2008
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Nation Joins Field Challenging Migden
February 10, 2008
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This Time, Microsoft May Meet Its Match In Google.
February 10, 2008
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Consumers Not Likely To Spend Tax Rebates.
February 5, 2008
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Primary Views: John McCain
February 3, 2008
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Tech Workers Are Nervous: Even in the economic engine of Silicon Valley, layoffs are a concern.
January 31, 2008
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Alan Krueger, a Princeton Professor of Economics spoke to SIEPR Associates about his findings on terrorism and economics.
January 31, 2008
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Federal Reserve Rate
January 30, 2008
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Greg Rosston, SIEPR Deputy Director, discusses a key interest rate with KCBS radio.
Listen to 3:52 audio clip
Federal Reserve Rate
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Evolution Of Economy Will Tell Whether Fed Overreacted.
January 25, 2008
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Critiques Of Spending Plan Retrace Old Debate
January 25, 2008
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Two Cheers for Wall St.
January 25, 2008
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How the FCC has set itself up for failure
January 24, 2008
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SIEPR Deputy Director, Greg Rosston talks about
the spectrum auction that begins on 1-24 and how the
FCC has set itself up for failure on
Bloomberg video clip.
NOTE: 30 second advertisement preceds the 3:35 Greg Rossto clip.
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Bernanke to rescue
January 24, 2008
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Short-term bad for long-term good
January 24, 2008
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Vindu's View: For helping overall economy, Fed's rate cut trumps rebate
January 23, 2008
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Make The Most Of Nuclear Power
January 23, 2008
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Letter To The Editor in the Christian Science Monitor Written by Geoffrey Rothwell,
senior lecturer in the Public Policy Program
Make The Most Of Nuclear Power?
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Will A Slower Economy Sink Silicon Valley's Fortunes, Too?
January 20, 2008
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N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Limited spoke to SIEPR Associates
about Indian IT--trends, challenges and the future.
January 18, 2008
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Sports Venues: Vehicles for Change?
January 16, 2008
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SIEPR Director John Shoven talks to KGO Channel 7 about how to stimulate the economy.
January 16, 2008
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Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, David Rubenstein,
spoke to SIEPR Associates about private equity strategies in todays markets.
January 15, 2008
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