Agenda - Thursday May 8, 2025
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Presenter: Jonathan Levin, President, and Bing Presidential Professor, Stanford University
John Taylor’s Contribution to Economics
Presenters: Michael Bordo, Hoover Institution and Rutgers University
John Cochrane, Hoover Institution
Jon Hartley, Hoover Institution, Stanford Department of Economics
Moderator: Michael Boskin, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
Macro Policy Models, Rational Expectations and Overlapping Contracts
Presenters: Robert Barro, Harvard University
Robert King, Boston University
Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago
Moderator: Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College
Break
The Taylor Rule in Macroeconomics
Presenters: Richard Clarida, Columbia University, formerly Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University
Lawrence Christiano, Northwestern University
John Cochrane, Hoover Institution
Moderator: David Papell, University of Houston
International Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy; Central Bank Coordination
Presenters: Michael Boskin, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
Valerie Ramey, Hoover Institution
Robert Hodrick, Hoover Institution
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: John Cogan, Hoover Institution
Break
Taylor in Government
Presenters: Condoleezza Rice, Director, Hoover Institution
John Lipsky, Johns Hopkins University, formerly International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University, formerly IMF
Peter Fisher, MIT Sloan, formerly Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and US Treasury
Moderator: Sebastian Edwards, University of California, Los Angeles
Remarks
Condoleezza Rice, Director, Hoover Institution
John Taylor, Hoover Institution, Stanford
Allyn Taylor, Retired Partner, DLA Piper
Reception
Dinner Talk: From Friedman to Taylor: The Revival of Monetary Policy Rules in the 1990s
Introduction: John Cochrane, Hoover Institution
Presenter: Edward Nelson, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System