On February 23, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, representative of the 8th District of Texas and the Republican Leader of the House Ways and Means Committee, to talk about the domestic and international challenges related to the negotiations of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that updated the […]
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U.S. Congressman to Speak at the Bush School about USMCA
U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady will speak at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service about the challenges of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, who has served the Eighth District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives for the past 25 years, will be on campus to discuss “Negotiating the […]
Higher Electricity Efficiency through Better Consumer Price Information
This issue of The Takeaway explores a practical strategy for transitioning consumers away from the inefficiency and overuse of fixed-rate electricity plans. Fixed-rate electricity plans lead to less environmentally sound outcomes because they have no incentives for consumers to limit usage during peak times when electricity generation is very expensive. Dynamic rate plans offer monetary […]
Exploring the Broken Link between Trade Liberalization and Labor Markets in Egypt
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 […]
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
