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June 2008	Region Recap [MP3]
Top of the Ninth Issues in Macroeconomic Policy, Gary Stern’s remarks at the European Economics and Financial Centre in London, March 2008. [PDF] Interview with James Poterba   MIT economist and incoming president of the National Bureau of Economic Research on the potential for tax reform, the wealth effect of housing prices, and the future of economic research. [PDF]

Licentious Behavior
Should mortgage brokers face tougher licensing regulations?
In light of the mortgage meltdown, many think the answer is an obvious yes, but recent research urges caution. [In Brief] [PDF]

Wanted: Entrepreneurs
(Just don't ask for a job description)
If entrepreneurship is so important, why don't we know more about it?
[In Brief] [PDF]

Laying the Foundation
Researchers look for better ways to quantify the benefits of investment in early childhood development. [PDF]

The History of a Powerful Paragraph
Section 13(3) enacted Fed business loans 76 years ago. [PDF]

Prescott Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Kocherlakota Presents at Toulouse

Book Reviews: Markets Meet Humans: Three Books   [PDF]
                      Predictably Irrational
                     The Logic of Life
                     The Mind of the Market

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