Supply chain resilience has become a United States policy priority. The latest issue of The Takeaway offers some promising ideas to meet that challenge. In the latest issue of The Takeaway, Dr. Eleftherios “Lefteris” Iakovou, the Harvey Hubbell Professor of Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University and a co-director of the Mosbacher Institute’s Global Value […]
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Education Policy Workshop Highlights Survey Evidence on Latinos and Colorism
On March 31, 2022, Dr. Mark Lopez, Director of Race and Ethnicity Research at the Pew Research Center, presented an Education Policy Workshop on the topic “Latinos and Colorism: Survey Evidence on How Skin Color Impacts Opportunity and Shapes Daily Life” at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. The Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, […]
The Bush School’s Mosbacher Institute Examines Working Conditions in Supply Chains
On May 4, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University partnered with the International Labour Organization Office for the United States and Canada (ILO-USAC) to host a hybrid (in-person and online) symposium on improving working conditions in supply chains. The symposium brought together policymakers, representatives […]
Productivity and “War Vulnerability”
The latest issue of The Takeaway examines the drivers behind productivity changes during warfare.
Mosbacher Institute Speaker Addresses Big Picture Questions about Global Value Chains
On March 23, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute’s Global Value Chains Program hosted a talk by Dr. Kei-Mu Yi, Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the M.D. Anderson Professor of Economics at the University of Houston. The talk, Global Value Chains in the Macroeconomy, discussed big picture questions about global value […]
When Is Government Spending More Effective in Stimulating the Economy?
This issue of The Takeaway reminds us that not all recessions are the same and that some respond more to government stimulus spending than others.
2022 ConocoPhillips White House Lecture Features Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick
On April 12, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute hosted the 2022 ConocoPhillips White House Lecture, featuring Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, the 11th President of the World Bank Group and the 13th U.S. Trade Representative, to discuss the critical role of U.S. economic diplomacy. The ConocoPhillips White House Lecture Series brings to public attention the various offices […]
Bush Library & Museum Given Historic Books from the Barco Family
On April 13, Ambassador Carolina Barco, former Colombian foreign minister, honored the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum with the donation of a three-volume set of books commemorating the life of her father, past-President Virgilio Barco Vargas. Over the past year, as part of a time-honored tradition to honor former presidents during the year […]
Bush School Student Presented Research on Exurb Growth in Texas to the Texas Lyceum
Bush School graduate student and Texas Lyceum Research Fellow Rebekah Barfield presented her research on Infrastructure Consequences of Exurb Growth in Texas at the Texas Lyceum’s PubCon.
Bush School Hosts Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez for a Talk about the Border
On March 9, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Gloria I. Chavez, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, to give a talk entitled “Securing America’s Border in Theory and Practice.” The event was part of The Other Side of the Border: Ties That Bind and […]
