ACCF Scholars

ACCF Scholars

President Biden’s Fraying Coalition

The Wall Street Journal
The general election begins this week. When all the Super Tuesday votes are counted and delegates allocated, both President Biden and Donald Trump will...

ACCF Scholar: Battle Between Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Bloomberg TV
On Bloomberg TV, Jason Furman, Harvard Kennedy School Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Former Council of Economic Advisers Chairman and ACCF CPR...

Numbers Don’t Lie: Spending Is the Cause of Our Out-of-Control Deficits

The Hill
In recent years, federal deficits have exploded and debt outstanding has grown rapidly. Considering continued high interest rates and modest economic growth, as well as consensus projections that these conditions will continue and...

Ukraine May Have to Accept a Cease-Fire

The Wall Street Journal
According to a recent report in the Washington Post, troops on the front line are running out of ammunition. Artillery shells are being rationed,...

Trump’s Fate and Other 2024 Cliffhangers

This has been a wretched year. At home, political dysfunction has deepened, and increasing numbers of young Americans are disaffected from constitutional democracy. Abroad,...

Amid Dismal Polls, the Optimist’s Case for Biden Falters

The Wall Street Journal
Mr. Biden’s low standing in head-to-head general-election polls reflects voters’ dour appraisal of his performance as president. In surveys of polls from both RealClearPolitics...

Biden and Ukraine Need a Senate Deal

The Wall Street Journal
If the continuing Senate negotiations on border security fail, U.S. economic and military aid to Ukraine will end. And if this happens, a pillar...

A Conversation with former CEA Chairman Jason Furman

On December 7, the ACCF hosted ​A Conversation with Jason Furman, Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama. Jason Furman is...

Are Americans in the Mood for More Trump?

The Wall Street Journal
In 1960, John F. Kennedy campaigned on a pledge “to get this country moving again.” He understood that while older Americans welcomed the Eisenhower...

University of Chicago Professor of Economics Joins Bipartisan ACCF Center...

Washington, DC – The American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research (ACCF-CPR) announced today that Casey B. Mulligan, Professor of Economics at...

ACCF Scholar: The Fed Should Carefully Aim for a Higher Inflation...

The Wall Street Journal
If it can stick to stabilizing the economy now, then it could start thinking long term in 2025.

ACCF Webinar with John Taylor, Professor of Economics, Stanford University

The ACCF proudly hosts a webinar with John B. Taylor, Ph.D., Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Professor Taylor is renowned...

In Memoriam: Robert Lucas, ACCF Board of Scholars

The ACCF bids farewell to Nobel laureate, University of Chicago Professor of Economics, and long time ACCF Board of Scholars member Robert Lucas. A...

ACCF Scholar: Inflation not ‘going away anytime soon’

CNBC
Former Obama economist Jason Furman (ACCF Scholar) rejected any inflation happy talk on Tuesday and said it was not going away time soon. Former Obama...

ACCF Scholar: The Post-Midterm Scramble Begins

The Wall Street Journal
If Republicans end up with a majority in the House, their margin will be much smaller than expected, giving factions within the caucus substantial...

In Memoriam: ACCF Scholar Ed Prescott

The ACCF is saddened to learn of the passing of Ed Prescott, a longtime member of the ACCF Board of Scholars. A 2004 winner...