Fall 2017 Meeting of the M-RCBG Advisory Council
- Thursday Nov 16, 6-9pm: Dinner
- Friday Nov 17, 7:30am - 1:45pm: Meeting
- AGENDA
- Speaker biographies
- Map
Background Reading
(1) Political Economy & Populist Urge: E.J. Dionne, Jr., and David Gergen
- Trump’s real constituency isn’t the white working class at all (E.J. Dionne)
- One Nation after Trump (E.J. Dionne)
(2) Economic and Financial Outlook: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Kenneth Rogoff
- Outlook for US Economic Policy and Growth (Doug Elmendorf)
- Crypto-Fool’s Gold? (Kenneth Rogoff)
- Trump’s 3% Growth for the 1% (Kenneth Rogoff)
(3) Prospects for Tax Reform: James Poterba, Jason Furman
- Reforming Taxes to Promote Economic Growth (James Poterba)
- Interview with James Poterba: Retirement Finance and Tax Policy (James Poterba)
- The Middle-Class Tax Cut That's Really a Hike (Jason Furman)
- The U.S. Can No Longer Afford Deficit-Increasing Tax Cuts (Jason Furman)
- Destination Basis with Border Adjustment as Tax Policy and as Macroeconomic Policy (Jason Furman)
- Three (almost) inexplicable parts of the Republican tax plan (Lawrence Summers)
(4) CEO's Role in the Trump Administration: Lawrence H. Summers, Ben Heineman, Lynn Forester de Rothschild
- Why don’t all CEOs quit Trump’s advisory councils? (Lawrence Summers)
- Can Corporations Help Heal Broken Policy and Politics in an Era of Upheaval? (Ben Heineman)
- Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy (Ben Heineman)
(5) National Security Challenges: Ash Carter
- Behind the Plan to Defeat ISIS (Ash Carter)
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