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A SIEPR Policy Forum held in May 2019 focused on examining America's debt crisis, and included in-depth discussions about the federal deficit and student loan debt in the U.S.
At a SIEPR Policy Forum focused on America's debt crisis, Bill Gale of the Brookings Institution and SIEPR Senior Fellow John Cochrane discussed the rising federal deficit in the U.S. Following the...
At a SIEPR Policy Forum focused on America's debt crisis, Lesley Turner of Vanderbilt University and Kristin Blagg of the Urban Institute delivered presentations on student loan debt in the United ...
The 16th SIEPR Economic Summit took place at Stanford on March 8, 2019, and featured discussions on cybersecurity, marijuana policy, trade and more. The event concluded with a keynote from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Mehraan Keval, '18, is spending the 2018-19 academic year in Stockton, Calif., working with Mayor Michael Tubbs, '12, MA '12, to study the effectiveness of the city's universal basic income program, which gives $500 a month to hundreds of randomly selected low-income households with no strings attached. This video series will follow Mehraan throughout the year as he embarks on his research.
As California prepares for new leadership, a SIEPR Policy Forum focused on the issues that the state's next governor will face as he sets his priorities. The daylong event included panels on housing, pensions, poverty and more, and included a keynote address from Governor Jerry Brown. The event took place on November, 2, 2018.
Watch as Stanford undergraduates follow the money, dig for data and work with a titan of business to measure government performance and understand how economic policy affects everyday lives.