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Myron Scholes' Global Markets Forum, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
A Panel Discussion:"Evaluating Obama's Proposed Stimulus Package" (16 Jan 2009)

Video (cues below; each speaker has own slides--links below)

Speaker Main Topic
Moderator Introductions, House of Representatives proposal
John Huizinga How bad is it? (2:18-17:15, slides)
Kevin Murphy What conditions are necessary for the stimulus to succeed? (17:26-31:40, slides)
Robert Lucas Overview of situation and policy (32:10-43:15, slide, full presentation)
questions from audience 43:40-1:00:00



The Subprime Primer


Wall Street Journal

Friday, October 28, 2011: "Default Insurance Market Takes Hit," A10; "Ed DeMarco: Public Enemy," A15