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2007 |
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Medicaid
Financing: Challenges for Missouri and the Nation |
June
8 |
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Cosponsored
with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Washington
University's Center for Health Policy, and the Missouri
Foundation for Health, this Weidenbaum Center forum
featured a keynote address by Tommy Thompson, former
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Wisconsin
governor.
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Global
Challenges to U.S. Business |
March
23 |
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The Weidenbaum
Center Forum on “Global Challenges to U.S. Business.”
Key topics addressed were political developments affecting
American business and new challenges and directions
in political risk analysis.
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Negotiation
and the Gender Divide Forum |
March
5 |
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The Weidenbaum
Center co-sponsored a forum with the School of Medicine's
Office of Faculty Affairs, Women and Gender Studies,
the School of Social Work, the Medical School's Academic
Women's Network, and the Association of Women Faculty.
Linda Babcock, James M. Walton Professor of Economics
at Carnegie Mellon University, gave a talk on women
in negotiation.
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2006
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Map
Quest: Jobs and Community Life During the I-64 Reconstruction |
September
22 |
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This St. Louis Series Forum focused on the planned construction
of Interstate 64 and its impact on the Metro St. Louis
area.
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The
Euro and Dollar in a Globalized Economy |
May
25 |
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Promoting
U.S.-China Business Relations |
May
11-13 |
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On May 11-13, 2006, the Weidenbaum Center cosponsored
a forum with Washington University's Center for New
Institutional Social Sciences.
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The
Federal Deficit and Its Future Consequences |
April
12 |
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Tim
Penny, co-director of the Humphrey Institute Policy
Forum at the University of Minnesota and former congressman
of Minnesota, gave a breakfast talk.
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Improving
Women's Participation in Elected Office |
February
27 |
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On February 27, 2006, the Weidenbaum Center hosted an
evening forum.
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2005
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Alan
Greenspan and My Term at the Fed |
November
30 |
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On November 30, 2005, the Weidenbaum Center cohosted
(with Washington University's Department of Economics)
an evening forum featuring Laurence Meyer, former member
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
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Challenges
to Public Education Financing Facing Missouri and the
Nation |
November
4 |
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The Weidenbaum Center cohosted a forum with the Federal
Reserve of St. Louis entitled "Challenges to Public
Education Financing Facing Missouri and the Nation."
This non-technical, full-day symposium included sessions
on public education funding formulas and the relationship
between funding and student achievement. There was considerable
discussion of these issues as they relate to Missouri
and of the current public education financing debate
occurring in the state. Participants included nationally
recognized scholars in the areas of school finance and
accountability as well as several public school superintendents
and Missouri state legislators. Proceedings from this
symposium are available below.
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The
Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America
— Evening Forum Program |
February
14 |
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Philip K. Howard, a senior corporate advisor and strategist
at Covington & Burling, gave an evening presentation
for this Weidenbaum Center Forum.
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2004
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International
Economics Issues |
October
22 |
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John
Taylor, Undersecretary for International Affairs, Department
of the Treasury, gave for this Weidenbaum Center Forum. |
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Third
Congressional District Debate |
September
21 |
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This
St. Louis Series Forum was a debate of the candidates
for the Third Congressional District, the seat being
vacated by Dick Gephardt. Democratic candidate Russ
Carnahan, Republican candidate Bill Federer, and Libertarian
candidate Kevin Babcock faced off, answering questions
on domestic and foreign policy.
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2003
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The
Prospects for the 2004 Presidential Election |
November
4 |
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The
Weidenbaum Center Forum hosted an evening discussion
of the prospects for the 2004 presidential election,
featuring Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise
Institute and Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution.
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The
Future of the Airline Industry |
October
31 |
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The
Weidenbaum Center held a forum at Washington University
on the airline industry. The panel discussions covered
the topics of challenges to federal policy towards airlines
and the implications of the closing of the American
Airlines hub in St. Louis.
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Changing
Attitudes in City Government |
September
25 |
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This
St. Louis Series forum featured a talk by St. Louis
Mayor Francis G. Slay on "Changing Attitudes in
City Government."
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Economics
of the Movie Industry |
April
3 |
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A
Weidenbaum Center Forum program was held on the Washington
University in St. Louis campus. The goal of this full-day
public forum was to analyze one of America's most powerful
and influential industries - the motion picture industry.
Cosponsored with Washington University's Department
of Economics and Program in Film and Media Studies,
the Weidenbaum Center Forum addressed the major issues
raised by changes in the economic environment of movie
making and brought these issues to the attention of
a larger audience through major conference involving
industry insiders, economists, and others.
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2002
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Finding
Common Ground in Trade Policy |
October
23 |
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A
Weidenbaum Center Forum program was held in Washington,
DC. The overall goal of the conference was to encourage
nonpartisan thinking about important trade issues. The
first panel addressed U.S. concerns about overseas working
conditions while the second focused on sharing the gains
of globalization worldwide.
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Home
Rule for the City of St. Louis |
October
22 |
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A
St. Louis Series forum on Home Rule for the City of
St. Louis, an issue that was decided in the election
on November 5. The two-panel program gave the political
and legal history of the city and provided a opportunity
for a pro and con debate on the subject.
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State-Space
Models, Regime Switching, and Identification |
May
10-11 |
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The
Weidenbaum Center and the Research Department of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis co-sponsored a workshop
for leading researchers in applied time series analysis,
with James Hamilton as the invited lecturer. Topics
of presentations included recent changes in monetary
policy implementation, the interaction between monetary
policy and financial markets, and the dynamics of business
cycle recoveries. For more information, contact  James
Morley or Jeremy
Piger.
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2001
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Executive
Regulatory Review: Surveying the Record, Making It Work |
December
17 |
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A
Weidenbaum Center Forum program on the process of regulatory
review in the White House and Office of Management and
Budget was held at the National Press Club in Washington,
D.C.. The program featured current and former White
House and OMB officials and prominent scholars. The
keynote speech was given by Dr. John Graham, Administrator,
Office of Information and Regulatory Review, OMB. C-SPAN
covered this speech. Full coverage of the conference
in streaming video and transcipts are available.
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