Live Q&A Discussion with National Journal's Ron Brownstein WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Economic Council Director Dr. Larry Summers will be the keynote guest at National Journal LIVE's Workforce of the Future Conference tomorrow, September 28, in Washington, D.C. Dr.

NEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Economist announced today that it will hold its second annual Buttonwood Gathering on October 25th-26th in New York City.

Professor Joseph Stiglitz and Expert Panel Join Announcement of Post-Crisis Recommendations for Resource Rich Countries NEW YORK, April 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To manage the ravages of the global downturn, nations rich in oil and minerals must diversify their economies and create stronger policies that protect revenues from volatility in commodity and credit markets, according to a new series of recommendations released yesterday by the Revenue Watch Institute. At an expert panel at Columbia University, Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz joined economist Chris Canavan and Revenue Watch authors to announce the new set of policy prescriptions: "Boom, Bust and Better Policy: Crisis Lessons for Resource Rich Countries," based on months of original research on economic conditions, transparency and governance in more than 80 resource rich countries. Professor Stiglitz highlighted weaknesses in the tools most often used to offset risk in resource-dependent economies.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Policy Innovations" is the Carnegie Council's online magazine for a fairer globalization. Its most popular articles of 2009 point to key themes: ethics and economics, foreign policy fault lines, and "low-hanging fruit" for clean energy and climate.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he agrees with a U.S. economist that happiness and well-being should be part of a country's gross national product. Sarkozy on Monday voiced support for a new method of measuring economic output unveiled by a panel of international economists led by U.S.