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2016 Summer Economic Institute for Teachers: Economic Challenges Facing the Nation

Event Details:

Monday, July 25, 2016 - Friday, July 29, 2016
8:30am - 1:00pm PDT

Location

SIEPR Gunn Building
Koret-Taube Conference Center
366 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Twenty-Ninth Annual Stanford Summer Economic Institute for the Teachers

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Schedule

Monday, July 25, 2016

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    Coffee

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    Institute Overview and Introductions

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    Immigrants and Cultural Assimilation

    Ran Abramitzky, Associate Professor, Economics, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, SIEPR

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    Lunch

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    An Assessment of the ACA

    Kate Bundorf, Associate Professor, Health Research & Policy, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, SIEPR; Associate Professor (By courtesy), Political Economy, Stanford University

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    The Causes and Consequences of the Rise in Disability Program Enrollment

    Mark Duggan, The Trione Director of SIEPR; The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

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    Coffee

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    Review and Preview

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    Global Economic Outlook

    Jonathan Coslet, Chief Investment Officer of TPG Capital, Chairman of its Investment Committee, Member of TPG Holdings Executive Committee

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    Econ 1 @ Stanford

    Mark Duggan, The Trione Director of SIEPR; The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, Stanford University

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    Lunch

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    Adam Smith, Netflix, and Business Strategy

    Hamilton Helmer, Chief Investment Officer, Deep Strategy LLC; Lecturer, Business Strategy, Stanford University

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    Discussion of Economics Blogs

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    Reception

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    Dinner: Why is the American Electorate So Angry?

    David Brady, Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science, Stanford

    Graduate School of Business; Davies Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution;

    Senior Fellow, SIEPR

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

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    Coffee

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    Review and Preview

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    Presidents and Economics: Lessons from American History

    Gavin Wright, Emeritus William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History, Stanford University

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    Lunch

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    FCC Spectrum Incentive Auctions

    Greg Rosston, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, SIEPR; Director, Stanford Public Policy Program

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    Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Challenges

    Workshop Participants

Thursday, July 28, 2016

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    Coffee

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    Review and Preview

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    On the Economics of Free Trade and Trade Agreements

    Kyle Bagwell, Donald L. Lucas Endowed Professor in Economics, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, SCID; Senior Fellow, SIEPR

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    Lunch

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    History, Health and Development

    Marcella Alsan, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Investigator at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System

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    Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Challenges

    Workshop Participants

Friday, July 29, 2016

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    Coffee

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    Review and Preview

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    More Evidence that we are Living Life in the Slow Lane

    John Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Buzz and Barbara McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, SIEPR 

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    Lunch

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