June 22 – 26, 2008 — Wianno Club in Cape Cod
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Sunday,
June 22 |
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4:00
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Arrival
and Registration
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6:00 – 9:00 p.m. |
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Dinner and Program Overview |
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Monday,
June 23 |
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7:30
– 8:30 a.m. |
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Breakfast
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8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Session
One: The Tricks of the Trade (Russ Roberts) - An interactive session on common mistakes and pitfalls when using charts and numbers |
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10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
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Break |
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10:30 – noon |
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Session Two: Telling Stories About the Economy (Steve Fazzari) - The pitfalls of forecasting and backcasting the path of macroeconomic data using examples from debt and savings behavior |
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noon – 1:00 p.m. |
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Lunch
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1:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
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Session
Three: Understanding Public Opinion Polls (Steve Smith) - How polling numbers get used and abused |
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2:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
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Break |
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3:00
– 4:30 p.m. |
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Session Four: Inaction in the Face of Uncertainty: Policy Design in a Risky World (Don Coursey) - How numbers get used and abused when making policy choices |
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4:30
– 6:00 p.m.
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Free
Time
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6:00 – 9:00 p.m. |
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Cocktails, Dinner |
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Tuesday,
June 24 |
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7:30
– 8:30 a.m. |
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Breakfast |
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8:30
– 10:00 a.m. |
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Session
Five: The Competition of Ideas (Murray Weidenbaum) - The strange and often ignored world of think tanks and the research they produce |
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10:00
– 10:30 a.m. |
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Break
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10:30
– noon. |
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Session
Six: How Numbers on Economic Development are Used and Abused (Don Coursey) - Looks at museums, sports stadiums, and other projects where multipliers and economic impact analyses are used |
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noon
– 6:00 p.m. |
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Box
lunches — Free time |
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6:00
– 9:00 p.m. |
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Cocktails,
Dinner |
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Wednesday,
June 25 |
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7:30
– 8:30 a.m. |
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Breakfast
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8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Session
Seven: Gas Prices - A case study in numbers that are used, abused, and unused |
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10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
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Break
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10:30 – 12:00 p.m. |
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Session
Eight: The Corporate Numbers Game (Richard Mahoney) - How CEOs and the media use and abuse financial numbers |
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noon
– 1:00 p.m. |
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Lunch |
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1:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
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Session
Nine: Going Door to Door (Don Cox) - How survey numbers get used and abused |
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2:30
– 3:00 p.m. |
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Break |
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3:00
– 4:30 p.m. |
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Session
Ten: Trade Deficits, Weight-Loss, and Traffic at the Cape: Looking at Data When Nothing is Held Constant (Russell Roberts) - How complexity theory affects our understanding of data analysis |
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4:30
– 6:00 p.m. |
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Free
Time |
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6:00
– 7:00 p.m. |
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Cocktails |
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7:00
– 9:00 p.m. |
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Dinner
discussion and interactive session |
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Thursday,
June 26 |
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7:30
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Breakfast
and Departure |
