To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Richard Thaler

Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of

Behavioral Science and Economics University of Chicago

Thursday, March 29, 2012

6:00 p.m.

Location

Heritage Foundation

RSVP

Richard H. Thaler is one of the founders of the burgeoning field of behavioral economics as well as its most prominent proponent.  Along with his academic appointment he is the director of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago and has a regular column in the New York Times.

Thaler is the co-author (with Cass R. Sunstein) of the global best seller Nudge in which the concepts of behavioral economics are used to tackle many of society’s major problems.

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On March 22, the Prosperity Caucus will team up with America’s Future Foundation to host a debate is the individual health insurance mandate constitutional? at the Americans For Tax Reform headquarters.

In April, the Prosperity Caucus will host Grover Norquist, president of Americans For Tax Reform.

To A Joint Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus and the America’s Future Foundation

with Guest Speakers

Rory Sullivan
Policy Director
Young Invincibles

and

David Barnes
Senior Policy Analyst
e21: Economic Policies for the 21st Century

Is The Individual Health Insurance Mandate Constitutional?

Thursday, March 22, 2012

6:00 p.m.

Location

DCI Group
1828 L Street NW
4th Floor
Washington, DC
Metro stop: Farragut North/West

RSVP

Upcoming Events

Richard Thaler

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Location: The Heritage Foundation

Rory O’Sullivan

Rory grew up in San Francisco, graduating from Pomona College in 2006 with a B.A. in Philosophy Politics, and economics. He just finished a joint J.D./M.P.P. at Georgetown University. He has worked in a variety of policy capacities since coming to Washington, D.C, including interning for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and at the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic at Georgetown Law.

David Barnes

David is a Senior Policy Analyst at e21: Economic Policies for the 21st Century, a new nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies. He is also Deputy Director of e21’s ObamaCare Watch project—a website focused on monitoring implementation of President Obama’s newly passed health care law. David was previously Deputy Research Director and Senior Domestic Policy Analyst at the Republican National Committee. Originally from Chicago, he received a B.A. in philosophy from Yale.

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Jason Furman

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council

Who will talk about

“The Essentials of Pro-Growth Corporate Tax Reform”



Wednesday February 29, 2012

6:00 p.m.

Location

ITIF

1101 K. Street NW, Suite 610

Washington, DC

Directions to ITIF

RSVP

Jason Furman is the Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and a leading expert on tax policy.  He was previously the director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institute—as well as a professor at New York University and a senior economic advisor in the Clinton Administration.  He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus
with Guest Speaker

Andrew Busch

Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist for

BMO Capital Markets and host of

CNBC’s Money in Motion

Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:00 p.m.

Location:
Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999
Get directions to Heritage
RSVP

Upcoming Events

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Location:  TBD

Sylvia Nasar

Author of

Grand Pursuit:  The Story of Economic Genius

December

Daniel Yergin

Author of

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

January

Mallory Factor

Founder of the Monday Meeting and

Contributor to Forbes Magazine

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus
with Guest Speaker

Orrin Hatch

US Senator from Utah

“What Tax Reform Does and Does Not Mean”

Tuesday, September  20, 2011
6:00 p.m.

Location:
Heritage Foundation Rooftop
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999
Get directions to Heritage
RSVP

Orrin Hatch is the Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and a former Chair of the Senate Judiciary and HELP committees. He was also key denizen of the supply-side revolution of the 1980s, playing a crucial role in formulating the original 1978 legislation to reduce marginal tax rates to spur economic growth as well as in securing passage of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts in 1981.

To A Meeting of Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Stephen Rose

“Rebound: Why America Will Emerge Stronger From the Financial Crisis”

Discussant:  Bill Lewis, Founder, McKinsey Global Research Institute

Moderator: Rob Atkinson, President, ITIF

Thursday, June 17, 2010

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

1101 K Street, N.W. Suite 610
Washington, DC 20005
Get directions to ITIF

RSVP

Stephen Rose, the labor economist and author of Social Stratification in the United States, examines the current economic downturn less for the weaknesses of the system that caused it than for the  strengths—the prospect of financial regulation; new investments in education, health care, and energy—we can build on to come back as a robust and thriving economy. More info on his new book, “Rebound,” is available here.

To A Meeting of Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Bruce Bartlett

The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward

(Link)

David Leonhardt Article: Partisan Economics in Action

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

6:00 p.m.

Location:

American Enterprise Institute

1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
[Directions to AEI]

RSVP

Upcoming Events:

November 18^th, Heritage Foundation with Robert Pozen (book)

Bruce Bartlett was deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he served from September 1988 to January 1993. In 1987 and 1988, Bartlett was a senior policy analyst in the Office of Policy Development at the White House.

From 1985 through 1987, he was a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Between 1976 and 1984, Bartlett held numerous positions on Capitol Hill. In 1976, he served on the staff of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas as a legislative assistant. In 1977, he joined the staff of Rep. Jack Kemp of New York as a special assistant and staff economist. While with Kemp, Bartlett helped draft the famous Kemp-Roth tax bill. Between 1979 and 1980, he worked for Sen. Roger Jepsen of Iowa as chief legislative assistant. In 1981, Bartlett joined the staff of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress as deputy director, becoming executive director in 1983. Bartlett is a prolific author, having published over 900 articles in national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, as well as many prominent magazines such as Fortune. In 1996, one of his columns inspired Bob Dole’s 15 percent tax reduction plan.

Bartlett has also written for important academic journals and published four books, including Reaganomics: Supply-Side Economics in Action, published in 1981.

To A Meeting of Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Richard Reeves

Director of the think tank Demos

and author of the new book:  John Stuart Mill–Victorian Firebrand

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999

RSVP

Upcoming Events:

October, AEI

Richard Reeves is the Director of Demos, a London-based think tank.  His latest book is John Stuart Mill – Victorian Firebrand, an intellectual biography of the British liberal philosopher and politician, which was shortlisted for the Channel Four Political Book of the Year, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Richard is a political columnist for Prospect magazine and a regular contributor to The Guardian, Observer and New Statesman as well as a range of British radio and television programmes.

To the Annual Prosperity Caucus Happy Hour

Come join your fellow Prosperity Caucus members in drinks, food and intelligent conversation

(by the way, the food and drinks are on us).

with Special Guests

Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at George Mason University, who will discus his new book Create Your Own Economy

and

Doug Holtz-Eakin, former chief economic advisor to the McCain campaign, who will talk about the Forum for Issues, Ideas, and Innovation

Monday, August 3, 2009 6:00 p.m.

Location: Union Pub

201 Massachusetts Ave, NE (across the street from Heritage Foundation)

RSVP

Upcoming Events:

September, 2009: Tucker Carlson at Heritage Foundation