IGP Rapid Response Breaks Down Federal Budget Bill

On June 12, the Institute of Global Politics held a Rapid Response webinar titled “The Fight Over the Federal Budget.” The discussion featured Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, associate professor of international and public affairs and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member; R. Glenn Hubbard, dean emeritus of Columbia Business School, Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, director of the Jerome A. Chazen Center for International Business, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; Jennifer Klein, professor of practice and IGP Women's Initiative Director; Jacob Lew, professor of international and public affairs, IGP Faculty Policy Director, former Office of Management and Budget Director, 25th White House Chief of Staff, and 76th US Secretary of the Treasury; and Natasha Sarin, professor of law at Yale Law School and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the US Treasury. The conversation was moderated by Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics, professor of international and public affairs, IGP Affiliated Faculty member, IGP Faculty Advisory Board member, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.