Center for Financial Markets and Policy Conducts Capitol Hill
Briefing  November 21, 2011  The Center for Financial Markets
and Policy at Georgetown’s McDonough School Business and the
Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets hosted a Capitol
Hill Briefing Oct. 25, 2011, on strengthening the economy
through policies to boost growth and job creation.  David A.
Walker, John A. Largay Professor and director emeritus of the
Capital Markets Research Center at Georgetown University,
moderated the discussion. Featured panelists included Milken
Institute’s Chief Research Officer, Ross DeVol, as well as
fellows Jared Bernstein, former chief economist to Vice
President Joe Biden, and Phillip Swagel, former assistant
secretary for economic policy at the Treasury Department.  The
panelists provided an overview of the state of the economy and
offered ideas and policies to promote job creation and
sustainable growth. Though there was agreement that
infrastructure investment could serve as a catalyst for growth,
the