Previous SGE Luncheons
This is a list of previous SGE luncheons and speakers. Information on the upcoming lunch is here.
2008
March
Speaker: Carol A. Robbins
Affiliation: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce
Title: "How Should We Treat R & D Expenditures in National Accounts? New
Thinking from the BEA "
February
Speaker: Rakesh Kochar
Affiliation: Pew Hispanic Center
Title: "U.S. Immigration: Demographics and the Workplace"
January
Speaker: Jenny Randall
Affiliation: Department of Homeland Security
Title: "An Economic View of the Pandemic Influenza"
2007
December
Speaker: Gary Hoover
Affiliation: University of Alabama
Title: "Plagiarism in the Economics Profession"
November
Speaker: Alan Viard
Affiliation: American Enterprise Institute
Title: "The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Balkanization of the Muncipal Bond Market "
October
Speaker: Michael Hoffman
Affiliation: General Accountability Office
Title: "Politico-Economic Determinants of America Trade Policy Attitudes"
September
Speaker: James Capretta
Affiliation: Fellow, Ethics and Policy Center
Title: "Building Automatic Solvency into U.S. Social Security: Insights from Sweden and Germany"
August
No Luncheon
July
Speaker: Len Burman
Affiliation: Urban Institute, Tax Policy Center
Title: "The AMT: Why it Matters and Why it is Hard to Fix"
June
Speaker: Douglas Elemdorf
Affiliation: Brookings Institution
Title: "The Evolution of Earnings and Income Volatility"
May
Speaker: Steven Camarota
Affiliation: Director of Research, The Center for Immigration Studies
Title: "Immigration”
April
Speaker: Diane Lim Rogers
Affiliation: Chief Economist of the House Budget Committee
Title: "Can We Really Eliminate Our Budget Deficits?"
March
Speaker: Chester Spatt
Affiliation: Securities and Exchange Commission
Title: "Economic Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Substitutes or Complements?"
February
Speaker: Roberton Williams
Affiliation: Principal Research Associate, Tax Policy Center, The Urban Institute
Title: An Evaluation of the President’s Health Insurance Proposal
January
Speaker: Ike Brannon
Affiliation:Principal Economic Adviser to Sen. Orrin Hatch
Title: "Tax Credits and Capital Taxation"
2006
December
Speaker: Harry Holzer
Affiliation:Georgetown University
Title: "Employment in the 1990's Boom: Implications for 2007 and Beyond.
November
Speaker: Dr. Frank E. Nothaft
Affiliation: Chief Economist at Freddie Mac
Title: The Housing and Mortgage Market Outlook: Soft Landing or Hard Fall?
October
Speaker: David Warsh
Affiliation: Editor of EconomicPrincipals.com
Title: "Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations"
September
Speaker: Ronald Blackwell
Affiliation: Chief Economist, AFL-CIO
Title: "Reclaiming the American Dream"
July
Speaker: Roger Betancourt, Professor of Economics Department of Economics Affiliation: University of Maryland
Title: “The Economics of Retailing and Distribution”
Dr. Betancourt discussed his book on retailing and distribution.
June
Speaker: Kristina Shelley, Supervisory Economist, American Time Use Survey (ATUS)
Affiliation: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Title: "The American Time Use Survey: Overview and Results"
Slides (PDF, 285 K)
May
Speaker: Michael W. Horrigan, Assistant Commissioner
Affiliation: Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Title: "Reflections on the Service-sector Expansion and Non-Residential Construction Initiative in the PPI: Progress to date and where do we want to go in the future?"
April
Speaker: Servaas Deroose, Director, Economic Forecasting
Affiliation: European Commission, Brussels
Title: "The Economic Outlook in the Euro Area: Good News from the Other Side of the Pond"
March
Speaker: L. Josh Bivens
Affiliation: Economic Policy Institute
Title: "Did the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts Work? Defining ‘Boom’ Down"
February
Speaker: John Irons
Affiliation: Director of Tax and Budget Policy, Center for American Progress
Title: "The Long-Term Budget Outlook"
January
Speaker: Jack Galvin
Affiliation: Associate Commissioner for the Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Title: "New Quarterly Data on Business Employment Dynamics by Size of Firm from BLS"
2005
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