SIEPR Policy Forum on Money, Politics, and the Economy

Friday, May 11, 2012

• 10:05am - 11:00am PDT

  Session I

  Sheila Krumholz (Opensecrets.org):  Who Gives, And Where Does it Go?  

  Larry Bartels (Vanderbilt)  Unequal Democracy: Is There a Partisan Political Economy?

  "Who Gives, and Where Does It Go?"

• 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

  Session II: Can Bad Politics Corrupt the Economy?

  Bruce Owen (Stanford):  Buying Regulation and Type 2 Corruption

  Adam Bonica (Stanford): Are there Republican and Democratic Corporations? 

  Type 2 Political Corruption and the Threat to America's Economy

  Political Gridlock, Corporate Influence, and Campaign Finance

• 12:45pm - 1:30pm PDT

  Session III: Campaign 2012 and the Rise of Super PACS

  Trevor Potter (former FEC Commissioner, Colbert Super PAC and McCain 2008 General Counsel)

  Campaign 2012 and the Rise of Super PACS

• 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT

  Session IV: How the Economy Shapes Campaigns

  Lynn Vavreck (UCLA): The Message Matters: How the Economy Drives the Debate.

  David Brady (Stanford): Does the Unemployment Rate Choose the President?

  The Message Matters: How the Economy Drives the Debate

• 2:30pm - 3:00pm PDT

  Session V: Campaigns and Big Media: A View From Inside

  Joel Hyatt (Co-founder and CEO Current TV, national Finance chair for Gore 2000, former US Senate candidate)

  Campaigns and Big Media: A View From Inside