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SamLeila Janah talked about her book Give Work, in which she discusses a business model designed to lift poor communities out of poverty. She spoke with Professor Laura Tyson.

Current and former White House advisers Valerie Jarrett, Jason Furman, Douglas Holtz- Eakin, and others spoke at the seventh annual Washington Ideas Forum.

Panelists talked about the future of work in an age of rapid mechanical and technical advancements. They spoke about new technology innovations and their impact on entrepreneurs and small bu…

Laura D’Andrea Tyson was interviewed at an Atlantic summit on economic recovery in the United States and globally. She argued that better education, investment in research and development, a…

Panelists talked about the Clinton administration’s economic policies, focusing on the 1993 budget battle and the negotiations associated with it. They also focused on the lessons learned fo…

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined two panels of business and labor representatives to discuss creating jobs through infrastructure investment. They also talked about the state of th…

The McKinsey Global Institute held a forum on its study of future U.S. job creation. Charles Kolb and Austan Goolsbee made opening remarks on the current economic situation, and James Manyik…

Women executives in the financial industry talked about their professional experiences and obstacles to promotion women in finance jobs. They also responded to questions from the audience.

The opening day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado focused on Senator Barack Obama’s background, experience, character, and vision for America’s fu…

Moderated by General Clark, the panelists talked about domestic issues facing the U.S. after the Iraq War. Journalists, corporate and union leaders, and economists offered their perspectives…

Julie Green, the Communications Director for the Democratic National Convention, briefed the pressed on the timeline of the convention and the events that surrounded the convention, such as …

Participants discussed various aspects of needed reform in the Medicare system. They focused on a proposal by Sen. Breaux that called for private competition within the system while increasi…

Participants discussed a plan proposed by Senator Breaux to remodel Medicare in the image of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The program would offer a fixed amount of money to…

Representatives debated a proposal by Senator John Breaux, D-LA, which would raise the age of eligibility for Medicare and require that fifteen percent of the budget surplus be spent on Medi…

President Clinton and other participants talked about ways to use the federal budget surplus to fund Social Security reforms and provide better aid to the elderly.

The panelists discussed many troubling issues facing the world. They focused on the economy and the increasing world unemployment. They also stressed that technology needs to be made availab…

Alan Greenspan spoke at the University of California at Berkeley.

The NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON MEDICARE heard testimony from its Remodeling Task Force, Reform Task Force, and Restructuring Task Force on a variety of issues. The first panel discuss…

In a meeting on Capitol Hill, members discussed the challenges facing Medicare, and heard witness testimony on how best to improve the system. They testified that challenges are not confined…

In a meeting on Capitol Hill, members discussed challenges facing Medicare and heard witness testimony on how best to improve the system.