09:05–09:45
Why Didn’t the U.S. Unemployment Rate Rise at the end of WWII?
Valerie Ramey (UCSD), joint with Shigeru Fujita (Philadelphia Fed) and Tal Roded (MIT FutureTech)
Conference program
Conference in Honor of Bob Gordon
Friday, April 25, 2025
Session 1:
09:45–09:55
Discussion
Session 2:
10:10–10:50
The World War II U.S. Rubber Famine
Alexander Field (Santa Clara)
10:50–11:00
Discussion
Session 3:
11:15–11:55
Recovering From COVID
Mark Watson (Princeton)
11:55–12:05
Discussion
Session 4:
13:15–13:55
Bob Gordon: Economic Historian
Joel Mokyr (Northwestern)
13:55–14:05
Discussion
14:05–14:45
Idea Rents and Firm Growth
Peter Klenow (Stanford) joint with Timo Boppart (IIES), Huiyu Li (San Francisco Fed), and Reiko Laski (Stanford)
14:45–14:55
Discussion
Session 5:
15:10–15:50
Another Great Wave
Barry Eichengreen (Berkeley)
15:50–16:00
Discussion
Session 6:
16:10–16:50
Mr. Keynes and the Classics: A Suggested Reconciliation
Gauti Eggertsson (Brown)
16:50–17:00