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Rebuilding Iraq's Economy Off to Rocky Start, Handicapped by U.S. Policy Strictures, Says Economist in Milken Institute Review
As the day-to-day headlines make clear, security is still the overwhelming concern in Iraq. But beyo
nd security issues, a transition to stability and democracy depends on success in rebuilding the economy.
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Greek financial crisis will force overhaul of European Monetary Union, argues Barry Eichengreen in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Barry Eichengreen, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley, examines
the euro zone in the wake of the Greek crisis in the new edition of the Milken Institute Review. His conclusion?
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Flat World = Fat World?
Milken Institute study probes link between "screen time" and rising obesity rates across the world
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Fed's inflation-fighting policies have unintended consequences for millions of retirees, says author in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Low interest rates are just what the doctor ordered for recessions, pumping up spendin
g on big-ticket items ranging from business equipment to housing.
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Policymakers should focus on financial stability, not stock prices, say economists in the latest Milken Institute Review
Four years before the stock market bubble burst in the summer of 2000, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan w
arned investors of "irrational exuberance." Now, in the latest issue of The Milken Institute Review, two economists specializing in monetary polic
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World Decision Makers Tackle Toughest Policy Issues at Milken Institute Global Conference
What do the president of the Czech Republic, an astronaut, the head of Disney, a network anchor, the
Tour de France winner, a leading futurist, half a dozen Nobel laureates, the FDA chief and a former NATO commander have in common?
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Milken Institute welcomes new fellow, Zachary Karabell
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Milken Institute is pleased to announce that Zachary Karabell is the latest ad
dition to the independent think tank′s stable of outside experts.
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Afghanistan opium trade thwarts government's authority, warns Robert Looney in the latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Robert Looney, from the Naval Postgraduate School, writes about America's latest forei
gn quagmire in the Milken Institute Review.
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Milken Institute names top leaders to its Singapore-based Asia Center
LOS ANGELES— Mike Klowden, CEO of the Milken Institute, today announced the appointment of two respe
cted leaders to the Institute's Singapore-based Asia Center:
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Eliminating all health insurance could make primary care more cost-effective, reports Lawrence Fisher in Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Concierge medicine for the masses - in which patients pay an annual fee or retainer di
rectly to their physicians - could succeed where insurance-based health care fails, former New York Times business reporter Lawrence Fisher argues
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D.C.'s failure to contain medical costs could deplete gains of middle class, according to Stephen Nyce and Sylvester Schieber in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — The rising costs of health care, combined with wage stagnation, are eating away at the
middle-class living standard, argue Steven Nyce of Watson Wyatt Worldwide and Syl Schieber, chairman of the Social Security Advisory Board
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Genetically modified crops hold vast promise, but politics threaten their progress, argues Matin Qaim in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES - Matin Qaim, an agricultural economist at the University of Gottingen in Germany, exami
nes the benefits — and stunning potential — of genetically engineered crops in the latest Milken Institute Review.
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