Upcoming Events (click here for membership information)

2013 Special Dinner: September 19, 2013
Meredith Whitney, CEO of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC.
Invitation Only

2013 Fall Symposium: Prospects for Long-Term Growth in the U.S. Economy, October 11-12, 2013
Keynote conversation between Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Nobel Prize winner, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times, and Robert Gordon, Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Northwestern University.
Invitation Only

Past Events

2013 Undergraduate Student Research Forum, Thursday, May 2, 2013
Co-sponsored by the Center for Health and Wellbeing

Friend Center Convocation Room
4:30 pm – 6:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
Open to the public – no registration required

Maeve Drablos ’13, "Easing Transition to Adulthood for Students with Disabilities: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Community-Based Instruction in New Jersey"

Samuel Dresner ’13, "Symptoms of Hospital Congestion: An Empirical Study of the Impact of Hospital Competition on the Quality and Cost of Medical Care in California"

Ameer Elbuluk ’13, "Hospital vs. Hospice: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Care in End-of-Life Patients"

Shirley Lee ’13, "Effects of Stimulant Treatment for ADHD on Long-term Academic Outcomes in Children"

Jio Park ’13 , "Consolidation in the Health Care Industry: An Empirical Study of the Impact of Hospital Mergers on Quality of Care in California"

2013 Spring Symposium: The Future of the Chinese Economy, April 19-20, 2013

A keynote conversation between Governor Jon Huntsman, former ambassador to China and Singapore and former governor of Utah, and Stephen Roach, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, following dinner on Friday, April 19.

Economic Outlook:
Jan Hatzius, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Panel: China: Hard or Soft Landing?
Gregory Chow, Princeton University
Nicholas Lardy, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia Business School

Panel: China and the Rest of the World
Edward Dunne, Willowbridge Associates
Cheng Li, Brookings Institution
Burton Malkiel, Princeton University
Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University

2013 Special Dinner: After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead, March 1, 2013
Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Vice Chairman of the Promontory Interfinancial Network

2012 Fall Symposium: Health Care Spending and the Deficit, November 16-17, 2012
Keynote address by Robert D. Reischauer, president emeritus of the Urban Institute and former director of the Congressional Budget Office

Post-election Economic Policy Issues:
Alan S. Blinder, Princeton University

Panel: Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care
Joseph R. Antos, American Enterprise Institute
Mark V. Pauly, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton University

Panel: The Future of Medicare
Henry J. Aaron, Brookings Institution
Katherine Baicker, Harvard School of Public Health
Stuart M. Butler, The Heritage Foundation

2012 Special Dinner: The 2012 Elections: Issues and Answers, September 21, 2012
David R. Gergen, Director of the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, and Senior Political Analyst for CNN

Dedication of the Benjamin H. Griswold III, Class of 1933, Center for Economic Policy Studies, May 18, 2012

Panel: The Griswold Center, Bringing Together Members of the Academic, Business, and Government Communities (panelists discussed lessons learned from the economic events of the last five years)

Anshu Jain, Deutsche Bank AG
N. Gregory Mankiw, Harvard University
Christopher A. Sims, Princeton University

2012 Undergraduate Student Research Forum, May 3, 2012

Student Speakers with Griswold Center Co-Director Hyun Song Shin:



Danielle D. Cohen-Shohet '12, "It's not Who You Know, but What You Know: The Performance and Strategies of Affiliated and Unaffiliated Firms amidst India's Institutional Transition"
Kameron R. Knab '12, "Health Insurance Reform and its Effect on Hospital Utilization for Young Adults"
Daniel J. Lewis '13, "Liquidity Assistance During the Financial Crisis of 2007-2010: Efficacy and Spillovers in Europe and the United States"
Samuel A. Roeca '12, "A Paradox of Internal Capital Markets: The Effect of Regional and Systematic Stress on Lending in Regionally Diversified US Banks"

2012 Spring Symposium: Reforming the U.S. Tax System, February 10-11, 2012
Keynote address, The Moment of Truth: Tough Issues Confronting America, by Alan K. Simpson, retired U.S. Senator from Wyoming (1979–1997)

Economic Outlook:
David Greenlaw, Morgan Stanley

Panel: In the Box Tax Reform
Leonard E. Burman, Syracuse University
James R. Hines, University of Michigan
Pamela F. Olson, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Panel: Out of the Box Tax Reform
Mihir A. Desai, Harvard Graduate School of Business
Ted Gayer, Brookings Institution
Harvey S. Rosen, Princeton University

2011 Fall Symposium: Currencies in Crisis?, November 18-19, 2011
Keynote address, The Second Wave of the Second Great Contraction, by
Kenneth S. Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

Panel: Whither the Yuan?
Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Eswar S. Prasad, Cornell University and Brookings Institution
Min Zhu, International Monetary Fund

Economic Outlook:
James E. Glassman, JPMorgan Chase

Panel: Sovereign Debt and the Future of the Euro
Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Peter Hooper III, Deutsche Bank Securities

2011 Panel Discussion: Europe at the Crossroads, October 24, 2011

Panelists:
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics, Princeton University: European Debt Crisis slides
Paul R. Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Hyun Song Shin, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics, Princeton University: Europe at the Crossroads slides
Christopher A. Sims, Harold H. Helm '20 Professor of Economics and Banking, Princeton University: The future of the Euro slides

2011 Special Dinner: Economic and Fiscal Outlook, October 21, 2011
Peter R. Orszag, Vice Chairman of Global Banking, Citigroup, Inc.,
former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2009–2010), and
former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (2007–2008)

Economic Policy Speech by New Jersey Governor Christopher J. Christie, May 20, 2011
Photos

Debrief with Joseph J. Seneca, Rutgers University

2011 Spring Symposium: Obamanomics: An Early Report Card, April 1-2, 2011
Keynote address, An External Perspective on the What and How of Policies, by Mohamed A. El-Erian, PIMCO

Economic Outlook:
Neal M. Soss, Credit Suisse

Panel: Evaluating Financial Reform
Jon S. Corzine, MF Global, Inc. and former Governor of New Jersey
Robert E. Diamond Jr., Barclays PLC
Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University

Panel: Rescuing Ourselves from the Rescue Operations
Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University and former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy
Steven L. Rattner, former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and Lead Auto Advisor
Phillip L. Swagel, University of Maryland and former former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy

2010 Special Dinner: Reagan, Obama, Midterm Elections, and the Economy, November 19, 2010 James A. Baker, III, former Secretary of State (1989–1992)

2010 Fall Symposium: Fixing Economics: Lessons from the Crisis, September 24-25, 2010
Keynote address, Implications of the Financial Crisis for Economics , by Ben S. Bernanke,
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee

Economic Outlook:
Ethan S. Harris, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Panel: Has the Efficient Markets Theory Been Damaged Beyond Repair?
Harrison Hong, Princeton University
Burton G. Malkiel, Princeton University
Jose A. Scheinkman, Princeton University

Panel: Credit Markets and Macroeconomics
Alan S. Blinder, Princeton University
Mark L. Gertler, New York University
Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University

2010 Special Dinner: Health Care Reform: What Happened and Why?, May 7, 2010
Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

2010 Spring Symposium: A Slow Motion Train Wreck? Long-Term Prospects for the Federal Budget, April 9-10, 2010
Keynote address, Train Wreck Dead Ahead, by Joshua B. Bolten,
John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School,
former White House Chief of Staff (2006–2009) and
former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2003–2006)

Economic Outlook:
Richard B. Berner, Morgan Stanley

Panel: Are We Heading for Higher Taxes?
Keith Hennessey, former Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
Harvey S. Rosen, Princeton University
Joel B. Slemrod, University of Michigan

Panel: Controlling Expenditures
Charles P. Blahous III, Hudson Institute, former Deputy Director of President Bush's National Economic Council
David M. Cutler, Harvard University
Donald B. Marron Jr., Georgetown University, former member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and former Acting Director of the Congressional Budget Office

2009 Fall Symposium: Never Again? Building a Stronger Financial System, November 13-14, 2009
Keynote address, More Lessons from the Crisis, by William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Economic Outlook:
Mark Zandi, Moody's Economy.com

Panel: Remaking U.S. Bank Regulation
Randall S. Kroszner, University of Chicago
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University
Phillip L. Swagel, Georgetown University

Panel: Financial Reform Beyond U.S. Banks
Stephen Friedman, Stone Point Capital
Malcolm D. Knight, Deutsche Bank
Neal M. Soss, Credit Suisse

2009 Special Dinner: The View from the Crow’s Nest (in Fog); Perspectives on the Financial Markets’ Turmoil and Its Implications for One Long-Term Focused Investor, October 23, 2009
Andrew K. Golden, President of Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO)

2009 Spring Symposium: Obama and the Economy: An Early Report Card, April 17-18, 2009
Keynote address by Paul R. Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, New York Times op-ed columnist, and Princeton professor of economics and international affairs

Economic Outlook:
James E. Glassman, JPMorgan Chase

Panel: Mitigating the Recession
William G. Gale, Brookings Institution
Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, DHE Consulting
Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University

Panel: Reviving the Financial System
Burton G. Malkiel, Princeton University
Christopher J. Mayer, Columbia Business School
Hyun Shin, Princeton University

2009 Special Dinner: The Crash of 2008, March 5, 2009
George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management, founder of The Open Society Institute, and author of The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means

2008 Special Dinner: The Financial Crisis and Election 2008, October 1, 2008
Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

2008 Fall Symposium: 21st Century Financial Crises, September 12-13, 2008
Keynote address by Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA, 4th District), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services

Economic Outlook:
Laurence H. Meyer, Macroeconomic Advisers

Panel: The Crisis of 2007-08
Franklin Allen, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
William C. Dudley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Panel: Policy Responses: Prevention, Cure, or Let It Be?
Alan S. Blinder, Princeton University
Vincent R. Reinhart, American Enterprise Institute
Paul A. Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-1987

2008 Spring Symposium: Tax Cuts: Retrospective and Prospective, April 25-26, 2008
Keynote address by Robert E. Rubin, Citigroup Inc. (former Secretary of the Treasury, 1995-99)

Economic Outlook: Recession, Recovery, and Tax Policy for the Short- and Longer-Run
Allen Sinai, Decision Economics

Panel: A 25 Year Retrospective on Tax Cuts
Leonard E. Burman, The Urban Institute
Kevin A. Hassett, The American Enterprise Institute

Panel: Should the Tax Cuts Be Extended?
Larry M. Bartels, Princeton University
Michael J. Graetz, Yale Law School

2008 Special Dinner: Central Bank Commitment, April 3, 2008
Frederic S. Mishkin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Remarks: Central Bank Commitment and Communication

2007 Fall Symposium: Offshoring: Opportunity, Threat, or Both?, November 16-17, 2007
Keynote address, “The World Is STILL Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times

Global Economic Outlook
Jan Hatzius, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Panel: Big Deal or Business as Usual?
Martin N. Baily, The Brookings Institution
Alan S. Blinder, Princeton University
Gene M. Grossman, Princeton University

Panel: Offshoring in Practice: Reports from Ground Level
Margaret M. Cannella, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Kevin Colangelo, Pangea3
Tom Weakland, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants

2007 Special Dinner: Are American CEOs Overpaid, and If So, What If Anything Should Be Done About It?
Judge Richard A. Posner, October 9, 2007
United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and University of Chicago Law School

2007 Spring Symposium: Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect, May 11-12, 2007
Keynote address by William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Panel: A Look Back: The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley
Cynthia A. Glassman, U.S. Department of Commerce
Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Panel: A Look Forward: Possible Reforms
Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Burton G. Malkiel, Princeton University
Thomas A. Russo, Lehman Brothers

Summary: Senator Paul S. Sarbanes
Senator Paul S. Sarbanes

2007 Special Dinner: Psychology for Behavioral Finance
Daniel Kahneman, February 22, 2007
Princeton University's Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and
winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

2006 Special Dinner: The Post Greenspan Fed: Can There Be Too Much Transparency?
David M. Wessel, December 8, 2006
Deputy Washington Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal

2006 Fall Symposium: Healthcare: Prospects and Policy, November 17-18, 2006
Keynote address by Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School, and author, Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results (HBS Press, May 2006).

Panel: Diagnosis: Why Does Healthcare Cost So Much?
Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College

Panel: Prescription Drugs: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Katherine Baicker, Council of Economic Advisers
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton University

Panel: Toward Remedies
Henry J. Aaron, The Brookings Institution
Patricia M. Danzon, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

2006 Spring Symposium: Whither the Dollar?, March 3-4, 2006
Keynote address by Paul A. Volcker, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

Outlook for the Global Economy
Neal M. Soss, Credit Suisse First Boston

Panel: How Much Further Will the Dollar Fall? Does It Matter?
Michael Mussa, Institute for International Economics
David I. Folkerts-Landau, Deutsche Bank

Panel: Is There a U.S. Dollar Policy? Should There Be?
Peter B. Kenen, Princeton University
Jeffrey R. Shafer, Citigroup

2006 Special Dinner: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, February 24, 2006
Remarks: The Benefits of Price Stability

RealVideo and WM Video, WWS 75th Anniversary Public Lecture Series

2005 Special Dinner: Pandemic: What Should the Health and Economic Prescriptions Say?
The Honorable William H. Frist, November 18, 2005
Bill Frist, M.D., Senate Majority Leader (R-TN)

2005 Fall Symposium: Social Security in Perspective, September 23-24, 2005
Keynote address by Harvey S. Rosen, former Chair, President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers and Princeton University's John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy.

Panel: Is There a Crisis?
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Congressional Budget Office
Alicia H. Munnell, Boston College

Panel: The Design of Private Accounts
Peter A. Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kent Smetters, Wharton School of Business
Richard H. Thaler, University of Chicago

Panel: Where to Next?
Charles P. Blahous III, National Economic Council
Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Peter R. Orszag, The Brookings Institution

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