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"Somehow, Toto…" Kansas City Blogging

Robert Litan writes:

Growthology: Economics Bloggers Forum 2012: [T]he Kauffman Foundation is hosting the fourth annual Economics Bloggers Forum in Kansas City, MO. Check back here at growthology.org for a live stream of the event starting around 8:30 AM. There will be presentations from some of your favorite bloggers. An agenda follows below.

8:30 a.m.     Welcome

  • Robert E. Litan, Vice President, Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation   

8:45 a.m.     Panel discussion – Recovery and Long-Term Growth

  • Brad DeLong, Grasping Reality
  • Scott Sumner, TheMoneyIllusion
  • Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
  • Karl Smith, Modeled Behavior

9:45 a.m.     Break

10:00 a.m.   Panel discussion – After the Election, How Do We Fix the Budget?

  • John Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis
  • Ezra Klein, The Washington Post
  • Donald Marron, www.dmarron.com

11:00 a.m.   Panel discussion – After the Election, What is the Solution to Income Inequality?

  • Mark Thoma, Economist’s View
  • Arnold Kling, EconLog
  • Matt Yglesias, Moneybox

12:00 p.m.   Working Lunch – Open discussion

  • Participants are invited to share current/upcoming mind-blowing, hair-raising, tantalizing projects they have in the works.

1:30 p.m.   Panel discussion – Intellectual Property: Protecting Rights or Protectionism?

  • Michael Mandel, Mandel on Innovation and Growth
  • Tim Lee, Disruptive Economics
  • Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution

2:30 p.m.   Closing remarks

  • Robert E. Litan, Vice President, Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 
: http://www.growthology.org/growthology/2012/03/economics-bloggers-forum-2012-1.html

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