WC Eliot Society Luncheon - December 17

Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Breakfast Meeting
On December 18, Rebecca Dresser, Professor of Law at Washington University, will speak on Bioethics and the Stem Cell Research Debate.
Speaker bio

Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Breakfast Meeting
On January 23, Gordon Black, Harris Interactive, will speak on Innovations in Public Opinion Polling and the Polling Business.


Weidenbaum Center Forum - Debate
On February 12, John Geer of Vanderbilt University and Thomas Patterson of Harvard University will debate the pros and cons of Negative Campaign Advertising.


Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Breakfast Meeting
On February 20, Mike Orlando, Vice President for Research at Evolve 24, will speak on The Link Between Role and Reputation at the Federal Reserve.

Weidenbaum Center Multinational Program Forum
On March 3, Matthew Slaughter, Professor of International Economics at Dartmouth College, will speak.

Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Breakfast Meeting
On March 19, Roger Beachy of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, will speak on Genetically Modified Food.

Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Breakfast Meeting
On April 1, Allan Mendelowitz, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board, will speak on The Volatile Housing Market and the Financial Challenges of Housing.

Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Breakfast Meeting
In May 2008, Murray Weidenbaum, Honorary Chairman of the Center, will discuss his research on Think Tanks and the Marketplace for Ideas.

2008 Regulators' Budget Report    The FY 2008 Budget of the United States Government calls for expenditures on regulatory activities of $46.6 billion, a 1.7 percent real increase.  Growth in Regulation Slows: An Analysis of the U.S. Budget for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008, this year's edition of the annual report on regulatory spending and staffing by the Weidenbaum Center's Melinda Warren and Mercatus Center's Jerry Brito, analyzes projected spending and staffing for the 70 regulatory agencies as proposed in President Bush's 2008 Budget of the United States Government.
Authors' Bios:   Melinda Warren              Jerry Brito
Press Release              Executive Summary                    Download 2008 Regulatory Budget Report

Advising Reagan:  Making Economic Policy, 1981-82.  This short memoir covers the highlights of economic policy in the early years of the Reagan presidency.  The publication provides an insight into Ronald Reagan's powerful personal involvement in policymaking, along with a bit of humor.  If interested in purchasing a printed copy of the memoir, please contact the Washington University Bookstore by calling 314-935-5580.
Download PDF file                                  News Release

Media Retreat The Center held its annual retreat for members of the print and broadcast media June 25-29. The retreats bring reporters, editors and producers together with speakers for an intense four day seminar on policy issues.     More Info

Summer Program, 2003-2008 Summer Institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models   More Info

The University Of Michigan's Summer Institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models   More Info

Newsletter      The Weidenbaum Center's Winter '06 Newsletter is now available.