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91ÇÑ×Ó and the George W. 91ÇÑ×Ó Presidential Center launched the 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute-91ÇÑ×Ó Economic Growth Initiative in June 2018. The new Initiative represents an exciting new partnership between 91ÇÑ×Ó’s Department of Economics and the 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute, the public policy arm of the 91ÇÑ×Ó Center. The mission of the Initiative is to advance policy ideas to promote economic growth and opportunity in this country and around the world. The Initiative combines the 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute’s pre-existing Economic Growth Initiative with the economic policy work of scholars in 91ÇÑ×Ó’s Department of Economics and other parts of the University.

From the point of view of 91ÇÑ×Ó, the new partnership will advance the University’s strategic goal of building a stronger policy voice on pressing issues of our time at the local, national, and global levels, as well as the effort by the Department of Economics to showcase the work of 91ÇÑ×Ó economists and further the research mission of what is already one of the most productive economics research programs in the country.

The partnership will also advance the 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute’s goal of broadening and deepening its policy work, widening the range of issues the 91ÇÑ×Ó institute addresses and bringing additional intellectual depth to its work through close collaboration with a leading research university. The 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute’s economic policy team is already a recognized national voice on international trade and immigration policy. The new partnership strengthens these programs and advances the 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute’s plans to address a number of domestic economic policy issues as well.

The Initiative is already off to a very productive start. Visiting Fellows have included Professors Mary Lovely, David Weil and Kyle Bagwell whose expertise spans U.S.-China economic relations, the sweeping impacts of technological change on the U.S. economy and the role that multilateral trade institutions play in mediating international trade conflicts. And, non-academic guests have included Robert Zoellick, former Deputy Secretary of State and World Bank President, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former head of the Congressional Budget Office and chief economic advisor to John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.

The Initiative has featured the work of 91ÇÑ×Ó economists Klaus Desmet and James Lake in 91ÇÑ×Ó Center publications and looks forward to a long tradition of collaboration that combines policy and academic expertise of the 91ÇÑ×Ó Institute and the 91ÇÑ×Ó Department of Economics while advancing policies that promote economic growth and opportunity both in the US and around the world.