Prosperity Caucus http://prosperitycaucus.org Economics by the Slice Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:44:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Event: Lawrence Goodman- Managing the U.S. when Debt is No Longer Risk Free http://prosperitycaucus.org/2012/01/18/event-lawrence-goodman-managing-us-when-debt-is-no-longer-risk-free/ http://prosperitycaucus.org/2012/01/18/event-lawrence-goodman-managing-us-when-debt-is-no-longer-risk-free/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:41:43 +0000 admin http://prosperitycaucus.org/?p=378 You are Invited ….

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Lawrence Goodman

President of the Center for Financial Stability

Who will talk about

“Managing the U.S. when Debt is No Longer Risk Free”

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

6:00 p.m.

Location

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave. NE

Washington, DC

Directions to Heritage

RSVP

Lawrence Goodman is the President of the Center for Financial Stability, a think tank based in New York devoted to studying financial markets for the benefit of investors, officials, and the public.  He was previously Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Market Strategy at Bank of America as well as director of Quantitative Policy Analysis at the United State Treasury.

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You are Invited …

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker


Daniel Yergin

Pulitzer Prize Winner and Author of

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

(Books will be available for purchase)

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

Location:
TBD

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Upcoming Events

January

Mallory Factor

Founder of the Monday Meeting and

Contributor to Forbes Magazine

]]> http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/11/29/372/feed/ 0 Event: Sylvia Nasar http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/10/26/event-sylvia-nasar/ http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/10/26/event-sylvia-nasar/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:09:22 +0000 admin http://prosperitycaucus.org/?p=364

You are Invited …

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus


with Guest Speaker

Sylvia Nasar

Author of

Grand Pursuit:  The Story of Economic Genius

(Books will be available for purchase)

Thursday, November 3, 2011
6:00 p.m.

Location:
Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999

Get directions to Heritage

RSVP

Upcoming Events

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
]]> http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/10/26/event-sylvia-nasar/feed/ 0 Event: Guest Speaker CNBC’s Andrew Busch 10/13 http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/10/05/event-guest-speaker-cnbcs-andrew-busch-1013/ http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/10/05/event-guest-speaker-cnbcs-andrew-busch-1013/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:00:21 +0000 jared http://prosperitycaucus.org/?p=355 You are Invited ….

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

]]> http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/10/05/event-guest-speaker-cnbcs-andrew-busch-1013/feed/ 0 Prosperity Caucus Event: Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sept. 20 http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/08/18/prosperity-caucus-event-sen-orrin-hatch-sept-20/ http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/08/18/prosperity-caucus-event-sen-orrin-hatch-sept-20/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:07:48 +0000 jared http://prosperitycaucus.org/?p=339 You are Invited ….

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
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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.

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To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

Annual Happy Hour!!!


Thursday, August 4th, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Loeb’s Deli

1712 I St. NW

Washington, DC

(Formerly the Art Gallery Restaurant)

Directions to Loeb’s

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To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus
with Guest Speaker

Trey Grayson

Director of Harvard University’s

Institute of Politics

Thursday, July 21, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Americans for Tax Reform

722 12th St. NW 4th Floor Washington, DC

Directions to ATR

RSVP

Upcoming Events

PC Happy Hour!

Thursday, August, 4, 2011

Location

Loeb’s Deli

1712 I St. NW

Washington, DC

(Formally the Art Gallery Restaurant)

Directions to Loeb’s

Trey Grayson is currently Director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.  Prior to his appointment Mr. Grayson served two terms as Kentucky’s Secretary of State, and he served as President of the National Association of Secretaries of State in 2009-2010.

Secretary Grayson graduated with honors from Harvard College (A.B., Government, 1994) and from the University of Kentucky (J.D. 1998, M.B.A., 1998). Prior to his election, he was an attorney with Greenebaum Doll & McDonald and Keating, Muething & Klekamp.

]]> http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/06/16/322/feed/ 0 June 9: Senator Robert Bennett http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/06/03/june-9-senator-robert-bennett/ http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/06/03/june-9-senator-robert-bennett/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:32:34 +0000 jared http://prosperitycaucus.org/?p=313 You are Invited …. 

To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Robert Bennett

Former Senator from Utah and Chairman of the

Bennett Consulting Group 

“The Prettiest Pig in the Lot: The Concomitant Debt Crisis of the US & the EU”

Thursday, June 9, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Heritage Foundation Rooftop

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999

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Robert Bennett currently serves as chairman of The Bennett Consulting Group, a full service Washington, DC—based business consulting and government relations firm. Bennett previously served as a United States Senator for eighteen years and was the Chair of the Joint Economic Committee.  

Prior to his senate career, he served as the CEO of Franklin Quest, Assistant Secretary of Transportation, a Senior Senate Staffer, as well as a variety of other positions.  

July 21, 2011:  Trey Grayson, Head of Harvard’s Institute of Politics & Former Sec. of State for KY

Location:  Heritage

Thursday, August, 4, 2011:  PC Happy Hour

Location:  Loeb’s Deli, 1712 I St. NW

]]> http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/06/03/june-9-senator-robert-bennett/feed/ 0 Event May 19: Financial Times’ Tim Harford http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/04/29/event-may-19-financial-times-tim-harford/ http://prosperitycaucus.org/2011/04/29/event-may-19-financial-times-tim-harford/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:37:43 +0000 jared http://prosperitycaucus.org/?p=306 You are Invited …. 

 To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

 Tim Harford

Columnist for the Financial Times & Author of

Adapt: Why Success Always Begins With Failure

(Copies of his new book will be available for purchase at the meeting)

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Heritage Foundation – Rooftop!

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999

Get directions to Heritage

RSVP

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2011 THEME: IF I WERE KING FOR A DAY

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You are Invited ….


To A Meeting of the Prosperity Caucus

with Guest Speaker

Brian Caplan

“Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids”

April 26th, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Location:

Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999

Get directions to Heritage

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Bryan Caplan has made a name for himself with his thoughts of American voters and politics, but if you are looking forward to his thoughts on the 2012 presidential season, you may be a little disappointed. Caplan does have a new book coming out in 2011, but it’s about, well, family planning. Titled Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun than You Think, the book has a planned release date of Mother’s Day.

How did the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter, named the best political book of 2007 by the New York Times, get started writing about behavioral genetics? By blogging.

“Blogging opens more research channels,” says Caplan. “It is great to be able to bypass boring journals where people are just talking to each other and to have an outlet for ideas that don’t fit into a traditional academic format.”

Caplan says he has been interested in behavioral genetics, which is basically the study of twins and adoption, for a number of years. Caplan is also the father of three, including a pair of identical twins who are now seven, which spurred his curiosity.

“People have been arguing about nature versus nurture for centuries,” Caplan says. “Over the past few decades, twin and adoption researchers have finally discovered credible answers, and their punch line surprises people.”

The punch line, according to Caplan, is that in the long run almost all similarities within the family are due to heredity.

“People in this field approach it as pure researchers. They don’t think: What does this mean for the world?” he says. “But as an economist, I look at this and think, ‘Wait a second, this has major implications for behavior.’ What this says is that parents can give themselves a big break without endangering their children’s futures.” The book builds on this “punch line” epiphany, and Caplan has lots of data from which to draw.

Despite his work on the book, Caplan still finds time to blog about political and other topics at Econlog, the blog of the Library of Economics and Liberty.

“Blogging has really helped make economics truly interdisciplinary,” Caplan says. “It is a place where you can really bring together a lot of different ideas and still call it research. I’m very excited about that.”

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