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March
27-282025
BPEA Spring 2025 Conference
Thursday, 1:00 pm - 5:15 pm EDT
Friday, 9:00 am - 1:15 pm EDT
2025
The Brookings Instituion, Washington D.C.
Thursday, 9:30 am - 11:00 am EDT
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Marta Wosińska appears on NPR’s Planet Money to discuss shortages of generic drugs in the US healthcare system.
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” interviews Don Kohn about the dangers of presidents trying to influence the Federal Reserve and its monetary policy efforts.

Donald Kohn
Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesBen Harris joins Bloomberg TV to discuss the U.S. presidential candidates’ economic agendas and how immigration policy could affect the national economy.
Reuters columnist Jaime McGeever interviews Gian Maria Milesi Ferretti about the U.S. government’s borrowing and how AI could affect those liabilities.
Bloomberg quotes Ben Harris on the importance of the business community for a potential Harris administration.
Marta Wosinska discussed supply chains and prescription drug prices on the Race to the Bottom podcast.
Ben Harris joins CNBC Squawk Box to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic agenda and her speech laying out plans to tackle price gouging and the U.S. housing shortage.
David Wessel joins PBS Newshour to discuss recent turbulence in the U.S. stock market, the significance of the Bank of Japan’s rate hike, and renewed fears of an economic slowdown.

David Wessel
Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @davidmwesselRichard Frank speaks with Barron’s about the Medicare drug-price negotiation process, and how companies could try to make their drugs exempt.

Richard G. Frank
Director - Center on Health Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesLauren Bauer speaks with the New York Times about how a lack of affordable and available child care services could keep mothers from joining the workforce.

Lauren Bauer
Fellow - Economic Studies, Associate Director - The Hamilton ProjectBrookings Papers on Economic Activity
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day.
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March 27, 2024

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March 27, 2024

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