Jackson Hole Fed Symposium 2008
Symposium agenda with papers linked
WSJ’s report on the meeting, with some great discussions
Bloomberg reports a debate over the conference was so heated that Stanley Fischer suggested to use fire distinguisher to cool it down.
The two parties’ historical econoic performance
Alan Blinder wrote on NYT: contrary to the common belief that Republicans cut tax thus economy grows faster, history (1948-2007)shows under Dem Presidency, economy grew 1.14% faster than under GOP. And the second historical fact is, not surprisingly, income tended to grow more equalized under Democrats than under Republicans.
