Exports have contributed to rising incomes and falling poverty around the world, but for Egypt, rising exports have not translated into better outcomes for workers, which posed an interesting research question for Dr. Raymond Robertson, an economist at the Bush School of Government & Public Service and Director of the Mosbacher Institute. In the latest […]
Mosbacher Institute News
Dallas Fed Senior Vice President Speaks about Economic Challenges in a Post-COVID World
On December 2, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at Texas A&M University hosted a Conversation in Public Policy with Dr. Marc Giannoni, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, titled “Economic Challenges in a Post-COVID World: Inflation, Supply Chains, and Labor Markets.” Giannoni’s […]
Mosbacher Institute Releases Report on Migration and Trade and Apparel
The report includes recommendations on how to address the root causes of migration. The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University has released a report on migration and trade in Central America focusing on apparel. It addresses the root causes of […]
US-Mexico Border Correspondent Speaks at the Bush School
On November 10, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Alfredo Corchado, a journalist and author with broad expertise covering US-Mexico relations, including the drug war, border security, and immigration. The event was part of The Other Side of the Border: Ties That Bind and Issues That Divide speaker series organized by Bush […]
Former Colombian Foreign Minister Speaks about US-Colombian Relations
On October 28, 2021, Ambassador Carolina Barco, former Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the US, spoke to a group of Bush School students and faculty about Plan Colombia, the joint US-Colombian initiative to address violence and insecurity in the region, and ongoing US-Colombian relations. Ambassador Barco began her presentation by highlighting the […]
Dallas Fed’s Senior Vice President to Speak about Economic Challenges in a Post-COVID World
The Bush School’s Mosbacher Institute will host Marc Giannoni of the Dallas Fed in an online Conversation in Public Policy about the economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University will hold an online […]
Considering Municipal Incorporation
A November referendum will determine whether The Woodlands continues to be the only township government in Texas. A report by the Bush School outlines some of the reasons communities incorporate and how they apply in the case of The Woodlands
ConocoPhillips Chairman & CEO Ryan Lance Receives McLane Leadership in Business Award
On October 13, 2021, Ryan M. Lance, Chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips, the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, received the 2021 McLane Leadership in Business Award from the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Bestowed […]
Border Correspondent to Speak about Reporting on Mexico and the Border
Alfredo Corchado, whose expertise spans the gamut of important topics in US-Mexico relations—the drug war, border security, immigration, and more—will give a talk at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center titled “Reporting Crime, Violence, and Narcotrafficking in Mexico: Challenges, Insights, and the Road Ahead” on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Corchado will describe issues he has encountered […]
Bolivian Environmental Activist Speaks to the Bush School
On September 28, 2021, Jhanisse Vaca Daza, cofounder of Ríos de Pie (Standing Rivers), a nonviolent citizen’s movement focused on human rights and environmental rights in Bolivia, spoke about politics and the environment in the Bolivian Amazon. Vaca Daza began her talk with images and descriptions of volunteer firefighters working with little or no equipment […]
