MEMBER BLOG TAG: bill bradley
| Monday, May 4, 2009 10:22AM | | | | Solving the Financial Crisis | Tags: Jeff Madrick, Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Robin Wells
| | | | I don’t know much more about economics than John McCain. Or Ronald Reagan who as president said the size of the national debt showed the strength of the American economy. I don’t believe ballooning debt indicates a growing economy or that lowering taxes increases revenues. Neither did I marry a woman rich enough to make earning a living irrelevant. I was lucky enough to marry a woman who believed numbers meant something, that numbers preceded by a dollar sign had consequences, and that those followed by zeroes had more consequences
That’s why I went to hear people who did understand economics discuss “The Economic Crisis and How to Deal With it” sponsored by the New York Review of Books. The members of the panel bristled with... | | | | | | | Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:45PM | | | | How Many Economists Does it Take... | Tags: George Soros, Bill Bradley, The New York Review of Books, Paul Krugman, Niall Ferguson, Nouriel Roubin, Robin Wellsl
| | | A huge crowd stormed the doors early at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday evening, eager to hear the megastar lineup (constellated by PEN World Voices and the New York Review of Books) talk about the global financial meltdown, the future, where we stand. Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, and Robin Wells.
As the economic crisis swirled in the background, some of the best economic thinkers/authors in the land sat together to answer the question of the day posed by moderator Jeff Madrick of The Cooper Union and The New School.
What is the state of the economy? Do we need to change policy? And what is the future…. And what will we learn on... | | | | | |
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