On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy and the Texas A&M Economics Department hosted a Conversation in Public Policy featuring Dr. Jonathan Gruber, the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and noted health economist. Dr. Gruber, who served as a technical consultant to the […]
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Bush School Researchers Analyze Chinese Currency Manipulation, Impact on Trade Deficit
In the wake of heighten concerns over US tariff policy comes a new study at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University suggesting that Chinese monetary policy may be contributing to the US trade deficit. Entitled “Understanding China’s Currency Manipulation,” the research is summarized in the latest publication from the […]
Mosbacher Institute Awards Texas Lyceum Fellowship
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy is pleased to announce the selection of Ashley Thomas, Bush School Master of Public Service and Administration degree candidate, as the inaugural Texas Lyceum Fellow for 2018. The Texas Lyceum is an independent, nonpartisan institution dedicated to cultivating the state’s young leaders and promoting research-driven solutions […]
NAFTA 2.017: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Ways Forward
Featuring:Ambassador Carla Hills, US Trade Representative for President George H.W. Bush and chief NAFTA negotiator With panelists:Michael K. Young, President, Texas A&M UniversityAlejandrina Salcedo Cisneros, Director of Economic Measurement, Banco de MexicoJesus Cañas, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of DallasRaymond Robertson, Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service (moderator) On Wednesday, November 15, […]
John L. Nau III Honored with the 2017 McLane Leadership in Business Award
On Monday, November 6, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service was honored to present the 2017 McLane Leadership in Business Award to John L. Nau III, Chairman and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products. The McLane […]
Texas A&M Economist Proposes Eliminating Itemized Tax Deductions
One day after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution, paving the way for tax reform, Dr. Lori Taylor, an economist and Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University, explores this topic in the latest issue of The Takeaway. Those privileged […]
Nation’s Largest Anheuser-Busch Distributor to Receive McLane Leadership in Business Award
John L. Nau III, Chairman and CEO of the nation’s largest Anheuser-Busch distributor, Silver Eagle Distributors LP, will receive the McLane Leadership in Business Award on Monday, November 6, 2017. The award program will be presented by the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, […]
What’s Next for National Security?
Governor Tom Ridge, who served as the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, recently visited the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Ridge was on campus to take part in the 2017 George H. W. Bush Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series presented by Wells […]
Sen. Orrin Hatch, Former Homeland Security Sec. Tom Ridge Headline Oct. 10 Bush Foundation Lecture
On Tuesday, October 10, the George H. W. Bush Foundation Lecture Series by Wells Fargo will present “What’s Next for National Security?” The program will feature Tom Ridge, the first Department of Homeland Security Secretary and former governor of Pennsylvania; US Senator Orrin Hatch via video; and Mark Welsh, Dean of the Bush School and […]
Giving Up on NAFTA Will Disrupt Trade but Won’t Bring Jobs Back
President Trump has announced that the United States will be renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). However, research conducted by Dr. Raymond Robertson of the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, shows strong evidence for NAFTA’s benefits and warns against throwing the baby out with the bath water. Robertson […]
