You Are Invited: OECD Economic Survey of the United States, 2012

 

 

The Program on America and the Global Economy (PAGE) and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) present:

OECD Economic Survey of the United States, 2012

 Tuesday, June 26, 2012

3:00 – 4:30pm

5^th Floor Conference

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 Ambassador Richard Boucher, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Ambassador Karen Kornbluh, US Mission to the OECD

 Moderator:

 Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy

 Discussants:

Patrick Lenain, Division Head, Economics Department, OECD

Wendy Dunn, Economist, Economics Department, OECD

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The OECD’s 2012 Economic Survey of the United States is an in-depth analysis of the U.S. economy and offers policy recommendations to promote sustainable economic growth and employment. The Survey also explores policy options to reduce income inequality and poverty. A special chapter in this year’s report is focused on fostering innovation.

We invite you to join us at the Woodrow Wilson Center for a presentation and discussion on the findings of the report with OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Richard Boucher, US Ambassador to the OECD Karen Kornbluh, and members of the OECD Economic Survey team.

The 34-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) regularly assesses economic policies of its member countries and key emerging economies. OECD Economic Surveys are prepared as part of a peer review process and its recommendations are endorsed by all OECD member counties. They  provide timely analysis, guidance and options for policymakers to shape “better policies for better lives” and have proven to be essential reading in assessing global economic challenges and opportunities.

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You are Invited: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution

The History and Public Policy Program Present

The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution

November 7, 2011   4:00-5:30pm

4th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

The Civil Rights revolution has been an inspiration to oppressed minorities around the world and is now an essential component of both national and regional civic culture. But was it also a revolution in economic life?  Contrary to many pessimistic accounts, economic gains for black southerners were real and substantial, sufficient to reverse a fifty-year pattern of black outmigration from the South. With few exceptions, southern whites did not lose economically from desegregation; instead they also gained.

Gavin Wright is William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University. He received his PhD in economics from Yale University and is a past president of the Economic History Association. His books include: The Political Economy of the Cotton South (1978);Old South, New South (1986); and Slavery and American Economic Development (2006).

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You are Invited: Emissions, Ecology, and the Economy: U.S. and European Perspectives on Waste Management

The Environmental Change and Security Program and

the Program on America and the Global Economy present:

Emissions, Ecology, and the Economy: U.S. and European Perspectives on Waste Management

Christian Egenhofer, Centre for European Policy (Brussels)
Jochen Flasbarth, President, Federal Environment Agency (Germany)
Suzanne Rudzinski, Office Director, Resource Conservation and Recovery, Environmental Protection Agency
Lori Scozzafava, Deputy Executive Director, Solid Waste Association of North America
Karen Stiles, Business Development Manager, Sustainable Services, Waste Management

Ecological waste management has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Germany has already proven that significant energy and costs can be saved by replacing the practice of landfilling untreated municipal waste with energy efficient treatment techniques and by separating the collection and use of recyclable materials.

Please join us for a discussion by European and US experts to showcase the greening of the waste management sector.

This event is part of the “Transatlantic Climate Bridge”, an initiative launched by the German government in 2008 to foster transatlantic cooperation and partnerships between Germany and the U.S. in the climate and energy area at the local, state and federal level

Wednesday, May 11, 12:00 – 2:00 pm 5th floor conference room 

Lunch will be provided

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