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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Tax Policy and the Economy
Jeffrey Brown: Organizer
September 23, 2010
National Press Club
529 14^th Street, NW
Washington, DC
PROGRAM
8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Introductory Remarks
9:05 am	JAMES SALLEE, University of Chicago and NBER
	The Taxation of Fuel Economy
9:40 am	Break
10:00 am	KATHERINE BAICKER, Harvard University and NBER
	JONATHAN SKINNER, Dartmouth College and NBER
	Health Care Spending Growth and the Future of U.S. Tax Rates
10:35 am	JOHN SHOVEN, Stanford University and NBER
	GOPI SHAH GODA, Stanford University
	SITA SLAVOV, Occidental College
	Implicit Taxes on Work from Social Security and Medicare
11:10 am	Break
11:30 am	RAY FAIR, Yale University and NBER
	Possible Macroeconomic Consequences of Large Future Federal Government Deficits
12:05 pm	MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER
	Preventing a National Debt Explosion
12:40 pm	Luncheon
	Luncheon Speaker:
	LAWRENCE SUMMERS, Director, National Economic Council
2:00 pm	Adjourn