The Role of of Labour Market Changes in the Slowdown of European Productivity Growth ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Presented at Macro Workshop Northwestern University, September 24, 2007 Unsettled Issues in the Rise of American Inequality ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Presented at Brookings Panel on Economic Activity Washington, DC, September 7, 2007 League Table of Authors and Discussants, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1970-2007 ~(Excel Spreadsheet) Presented at Brookings Panel on Economic Activity Washington, DC, September 7, 2007 Tribute to William Brainard, George Perry, and 38 years of the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity ~(Word Document) Presented at Brookings Institution Washington, DC, September 6, 2007 Unsettled Issues in the Rise of American Inequality ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Presented at Conference on Europe’s New Social Reality: The Winner Takes it All? Brussels, June 21, 2007 Welfare, Employment, Productivity, and Policy Issues in the Comparison of Europe and the United States ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at IMF Institute Washington, DC, May 21, 2007 Unsettled Issues in the Rise of American Inequality ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Summary for Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods, Social Security Administration Washington, DC, May 18, 2007 Ned Phelps’ Contributionsas Viewed from Todaythrough My Personal Filter ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at OFCE Paris, France, April 26, 2007 Europe’s Productivity Growth Slumps But Employment Surges ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Presented at Sciences-Po and OFCE Paris, France, April 24, 2007 Productivity and Related Economic Assumptions for the 2007 TPAM Report ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods, Social Security Administration Washington, DC, April 20, 2007 Unsettled Issues in the Rise of American Inequality ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Realistic Growth Policy for Our Times: A Conference in Memory of David Gordon New School, New York, April 13, 2007 Was the Post-1995 Productivity Growth Upsurge a Will-o'-the Wisp? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Productivity Panel, Presented at Productivity Program Meetings, Cambridge, March 9, 2007 Productivity Growth and the Distribution of Income: Results and Explanations ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Presented at Speakers' Series, Department of Finance Canada, Ottawa, February 16, 2007 Unresolved Issues in the Rise of American Inequality ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at AEA Session, Taxes and Income Distribution, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, January 7, 2007 The U. S. Productivity .Growth "Explosion":.Dimensions, Causes, Consequences, Aftermath ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at NABE 48th Annual Meeting,NBER Session, Copley Place Marriott, Boston, September 11, 2006 The Slowdown in European Productivity Growth: A Tale of Tigers, Tortoises, and Textbook Labor Economics ~(Powerpoint Presentation) (with Ian Dew-Becker) Presented at NBER Summer Institute Macroeconomics and Productivity Workshop July 20, 2006 Issues in the Comparison of Welfare Between Europe and the United States ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Venice Summer Institute, C&S and CESifo, Joint Conference on the Performance of the Continents' Economies Venice International University, San Servolo June 21, 2006 Issues in the Comparison of Welfare Between Europe and the United States ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at NAPW IV Conference NYU Stern School, New York City, June 28, 2006 The Boskin Commission One Decade Later ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at AEA Meetings Boston, January 7, 2006 Why Did Europe's Productivity Growth Catch-up Sputter Out? A Tale of Tigers and Tortoises ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at FRBSF/CSIP Conference San Francisco, November 18, 2005 How Could the BEA.Communicate Better? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at BEA Advisory Committee Panel Washington, November 4, 2005 An Economist Views Journalists as they Write about Economics ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Co-Sponsored Medill School of Journalism Washington Area NU Alumni Club Forum National Press Club Washington November 3, 2005 Why Was Europe Left at the Station When America's Productivity Locomotive Departed? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at ATP Investment Summit Copenhagen, October 10, 2005 Why Was Europe Left at the Station When America's Productivity Locomotive Departed? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Berkeley-Vienna Conference Moses Hall, Berkeley, September 12, 2005 What Caused the Decline in U. S. Business Cycle Volatility? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Reserve Bank of Australia, July 11, 2005 The Future of Social Security and Medical Care in the U.S. ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Conference on Bank Structure and Competition Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, May 6, 2005 Two Centuries of Economic Growth: Europe Chasing the American Frontier ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at MIT Macro Seminar April 26, 2005 Understanding Economic Growth, Session #1, Rich vs. Poor Countries ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented for IMF April 15, 2005 How Long Can the Business Expansion Continue? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at BAC Meeting Northwestern, April 7, 2005 Europe's Standard of Living vs. the U. S.: Facts, History, and Diagnosis ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University February 28, 2005 Learning from the Past to Invest for the Future ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Northwestern Nugget Club February 13, 2005 Productivity Growth in the US and EU: Possible Lessons for India? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Sixth Annual NBER-NCAER Neemrana Conference January 17, 2005 The 2004 American Election: Econometrics, Economics, Politics, and Culture ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at OFCE/Sciences Po, Paris December 16, 2004 The Future of Social Security and Medical Care in the U. S. ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at OFCE, Paris December 15, 2004 Why Was Europe Left at the Station when the American Productivity Locomotive Departed? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Talk at Industry Canada Ottawa, November 19, 2004 Economics for the Election Year ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Evanston Rotary Club October 26, 2004 Why Was Europe Left at the Station when the American Productivity Locomotive Departed? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Lunchtime Speech at Illinois Economics Association, 34th Annual Meeting UIC, October 15, 2004 Productivity Growth: Concepts, Causes, and the Diverging U. S. Performance ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Advanced Workshop for Central Bankers Northwestern, September 28, 2004 Panel Discussion on Hedonic Price Indexes ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at CRIW Conference on Price Index Concepts and Measurement Vancouver, June 28, 2004 Missing Emphasis in Discussions of the European Productivity Setback ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Productivity, Innovation and Value Creation Conference Amsterdam Airport, Dorint Sofitel, 22-23 June 2004 The Importance of Competition for Growth and Consumer Welfare ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at European Competition Day Dublin, April 29, 2004 Understanding Economic Performance in Europe vs. the United States ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Institute for International Economics Washington, DC, April 15, 2004 Network Hubs vs. Point-to-Point, Is There a Problem? ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Airline Economics Seminar April 7, 2004 Productivity and Economic Growth in the Election Year and Beyond ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Vanguard March 15, 2004 Panel Discussion on Hedonic Price Indexes ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at CRIW Conference on Price Index Concepts and Measurement Vancouver, June 28, 2004 Panel Discussion on Housing Prices ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Conference on Prices, Productivity and Growth Madrid, October 17, 2003 Thinking about Zvi ~(PDF) Delivered to CRIW audience, Bethesda MD, September 20, 2003 Issues in the Interpretation of the Productivity Boom and IT Investment Slump ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Productivity Workshop Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC, September 18, 2003 Zvi and Hedonic Price Indexes ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Zvi Conference Paris, August 25, 2003 U.S. Economic Growth: Looking Far Into the Future ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at International Conference on Growth Engines for Korea July 24, 2003 The Imminent U. S. Boom and its Implications for the Global Economy ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Prepared for the Korean Standards Association Conference Cheju, Korea, July 23, 2003 The Mainstream Model of U.S. Inflation Dynamics: Explaining the Past and Addressing the Future ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Meeting of Economic Advisors Chicago Fed, June 16, 2003 Issues in Productivity Performance, U. S. vs. Europe ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods, Social Security Advisory Board Washington D.C., April 11, 2003 Did the Phillips Curve Survive the Boom of the 1990s? Presented at AEA Session Washington DC, January 3, 2003 The Unsustainable New Economy Boom and its Lessons for the next Economic Expansion ~(Powerpoint Presentation) Prepared for the Seminar at OFCE Paris, December 3, 2002 Unsustainable Elements in the New Economy: Will a Future Economic Expansion Ever Match the Euphoria of the late 1990s? (Powerpoint Presentation) Presented at the NABE 44th Annual Meeting Capital Hilton, Washington DC, September 30, 2002 Saving and Investment in the Rise and Fall of the New Economy Keynote address at 2002 Forum Risparmio (Transcript Only) Milan, ITALY, January 23, 2002 Five Controversial Propositions About the U.S. Economy. presented at the European Central Bank, Visiting Speaker Series, Frankfurt, GERMANY, April 17, 2001 Panel Discussion on the New Economy. presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association (AEA), New Orleans, Lousiana, January 6, 2001 Explaining the U. S. Economic Miracle Presented at OECD Jobs Conference, Helsinki, January 27, 2000 Reflections on Pin Factory Visits Discussant Comments presented at AEA Meetings, Boston MA, January 9, 2000 Hubs and Routes Since Deregulation: How Did We Get from There to Here? 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