At this event, panelists discussed how to prevent the next real estate bubble.

The Obama administration does not allow states to limit eligibility for Medicaid, which is a major way they usually reduce costs while providing coverage for the most needy.

In response to the bursting of the housing and credit market bubbles, the Federal Reserve has resorted to an array of unorthodox policy measures. Interest rates have been cut at a record pace, a rescue of Bear Stearns was orchestrated, and policy measures not used since the 1930s have resurfaced.

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Since the beginning of the subprime meltdown, policymakers, housing experts, and economists have been looking for data that would enable them to predict housing price declines for individual states and for the nation as a whole. To date, no academic study has offered a quantitative basis for evaluating the potential...

The fiscal stimulus was both so expensive and so badly flawed that it was rendered ineffective; a recent paper that vindicates the plan fails to measure the number of people who found work and the effectiveness with which the Obama stimulus created jobs.

Future stock and bond returns will have a direct impact on the personal accounts which are at the core of the proposed Social Security reforms. Critics are already arguing that an aging U.S. population will lead to lower economic growth and lower financial returns as well. At this event, Jeremy...

A panel of experts will address current economic policy issues, including rebuilding after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, tax reform, and the state of the U.S. economy.

Some politicians realize extending this debate over a tiny share of the budget will detract from the bigger questions that will hit the fiscal 2012 budget starting in April.