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...entire presidency,” chimed in Robert Dugger, former policy director for the American Bankers Association. The panel, entitled “Financial Re-Regulation: The Economics and the Politics,” was moderated by Richard Parker, a senior fellow at the Shorenstein Center and a HKS lecturer. Former U.S. Senate Staff Attorney Jack Blum—who has worked on bank and securities firm compliance, international financial crime, money laundering, and offshore tax evasion—rounded out the panel. The panel spent much of the time addressing the root causes of the economic crisis, and generally...
...level can come from cutting emissions in personal residences. “The problem is connecting [individual] behaviors to the implications of this problem [of climate change] that they all admit is there,” Clark said. Robert N. Stavins, director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program at HKS, presented an opposing view, arguing that “voluntary initiatve and reliance on unilateral action is...insignificant.” Stavins said that a solution founded on market-based instruments and government regulation, in which institutions and businesses focus on the environmental impact of their products, would be more...
...Alex Castellanos, who is also an IOP Fellow this semester. The recommended donation for attending was $20, and the minimum was $10. Attendees said they viewed the evening as a great success. “It turned out fantastic,” said Adam G. Cooper, chair of the HKS Democratic Caucus. “It gives me a lot of optimism for the next three weeks...
...McCarthy, a dean at HKS, said the IOP data is of “tremendous value,” and that it reflected trends he’d seen among his students...
...HKS] saw a 50% jump in applications following 9/11, and this higher level has been sustained ever since,” he said...