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Economists discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy at a virtual event hosted by the Aspen Institute. Speakers included former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, fo…

A House Financial Services subcommittee held a virtual hearing on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on jobs and protecting workers' pay. Witnesses included several economic academic sch…

Economist Joseph Stiglitz talked about his book, People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent, in which he argued that big companies dominating large sectors o…

Joseph Stiglitz talked about his book The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe, in which he looks at the Euro and its future.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf talked about his native country’s relations with the U.S. He also expressed his surprise of the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan before the…

Joseph Stiglitz talked about his book, The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them, about the rising inequality in the United States and what can be done about it. He s…

Linda Bilmes spoke about the costs of the war in Iraq, which she projected to reach $5 trillion. Those projections exceed the original figures in her book The Three Trillion Dollar War, whic…

Joseph Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future, and Paul Krugman, author of End This Depression Now!, talked about the problems facing t…

Witnesses testified on the cost of HIV/AIDS medications and monopolies created in the HIV/AIDS drugs market. The focus was particularly on Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) bill that, if…

Economists testified on the successes and failures of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). This was the final hearing of TARP panel, which is scheduled to dissolve on April 3, 2011.

The Daily Beast held a summit on economic, environmental, and political issues. Participants in this portion talked about the economy, business innovation, and the use of online technology. …

Following opening remarks by Tina Brown and Shane Robison at the Daily Beast’s summit on economic, environmental, and political issues, panelists talked about the economy and ways to stop ri…

Financial industry regulators talked about efforts to prevent another stock market free fall such as the May 6th, 2010, midday drop. The market dropped more than 1000 points in less than a h…

Following opening remarks from Gary Gensler and Mary Schapiro, financial industry executives talked about what can be done to prevent another stock market freefall such as the May 6th, 2010,…

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talked about the 2008 economic collapse in the U.S. and its affect on the global economy. Prof. Stiglitz argued that we need to change the incen…

Witnesses testified about compensation practices at financial and non-financial firms. Among the topics addressed were recent bonuses awarded to financial executives at firms that had receiv…

Contributors to Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover, published by The Nation, participated in a forum on the downturn in the financial sy…

A panel of economists and economic historians discussed historical and modern day efforts to reduce poverty. The discussion was based on books written by Professors Gareth Stedman Jones and …

The congressionally mandated Troubled Assets Relief Program Oversight Panel heard from experts on the regulation of the financial industry in preparation for a report on the use of governmen…

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the possible restructuring of the financial markets, including financial institution oversight and regulation, systemic risk and hous…