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The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy at the Hoover Institution to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.

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Seminars are by invitation only

Wednesdays from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm Pacific Time

FALL QUARTER | SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2026

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September 30, 2026 - 4:15–5:45 PM PT

The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism

Book →

Phil Gramm, former U.S. Senator Don Boudreaux, George Mason University
October 7

Survival and Development: The Ecological Foundations of the Wealth of Nations

 

Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
October 14

Terra Incognita: The Economics of a Shrinking World

Paper →

 

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania Patrick Norrick, Northwestern University
October 21

Compound Delay: The Causes and Consequences of Later Grandparenthood

Paper →

Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California
October 28

Money and Power: Historical Lessons for Stablecoins and U.S. Dollar Dominance

 

Michael Bordo, Hoover Institution and Rutgers University Carolyn Wilkins, Princeton University
November 4

American Relief and the Soviet Famine of 1921–22

Paper →

Natalya Naumenko, George Mason University Volha Charnysh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Andrei Markevich, University of Helsinki
November 18

Lump of Labor? Employment Effects of Pension Reforms in Firms and Labor Markets

Adrian Lerche, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Santiago Caicedo, Northeastern University Henning Schatz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
December 2

Topic to be announced

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