Thursday, January 24, 2013

NEC #215 Deficit Outlook and Negotiating Reductions Robert Litan, Bloomberg Government

Robert Litan is the director of research at Bloomberg Government.  Prior to Bloomberg Government, he was Vice President for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, where he oversaw research relating to entrepreneurship, and a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution.  At Brookings, Litan pursued a wide-ranging research agenda, which included topics in regulation, financial institutions, telecommunications, and general economic policy.
http://www.national-economists.org/podcasts/130124%20Litan.mp3

Thursday, January 10, 2013

NEC #214 Animal Spirits with Chinese Characters

Mark DeWeaver is a principal and cofounder of  Quantrarian Capital Management. He recently published Animal Spirits with Chinese Characteristics in December 2012 with Palgrave Macmillan. He lived and work in China between 1985 – 1994 first as a student and then a research analyst with Peregrine Brokerage.
http://www.national-economists.org/podcasts/130110%20Mark%20DeWeaver.mp3