Marquette University’s College of Business Hosted an Economics/Finance
Pre-Election Panel Discussion and Student Q&A Session on Thursday, November
3, 2016
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| Panelists at the Pre-Election Policy Forum at Marquette University |
The Applied Investment Management (AIM) program and the Department of Economics at Marquette University assembled a panel of academics and practitioners to discuss the policy positions of the two presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The event was attended by over 50 students and faculty – it was held on Thursday, November 3rd.
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| Dr. Joseph Daniels |
- Christian Bartley, Managing Director, Faleiro (International Trade and Development), Washington D.C. (who joined the discussion remotely)
- Thad Beversdorf, Finance Lecturer at Marquette University, avid blogger and a self-stated ‘reformed’ investment banker
- Dr. John Davis, Professor, Economics, Marquette University
- Dr. David Krause, Director Applied Investment Management & Assistant Professor, Finance, Marquette University
- Dr. Kathryn Wagner, Assistant Professor, Economics, Marquette University
- Dr. Richard A. Wall, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Economics and Finance, Canisius College
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| Christian Bartley, Managing Director, Faleiro |
Topics covered during the discussion (and in the question and
answer session that followed focused on: Healthcare (Affordable Care Act); Taxes
(including carried interest, income taxes and repatriation); Financial market
regulation (Dodd-Frank Act); Social Security and Medicare; Trade (Trans-Pacific
Partnership and North American Free Trade Agreement); Foreign Policy; Immigration;
Labor and wages (federal minimum wage); Economic Growth and Productivity;
Monetary and Fiscal Policy; Environmental Policy; Student Loans, and Other Issues
(including infrastructure spending, deficits, and the Federal Reserve Bank).
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| Dr. Richard Wall |
Each panelist focused on their area of resulting in a useful and
lively discussion. Dr. Krause said, “The feedback after the event from the
students was very positive. One student said they learned more in one hour at
the event than they learned after watching Fox and CNN for over 20 hours. He
said that it was great the panelists didn’t show partiality and were able to
speak to the positions in detail of the two candidates.”
Dr. Joe Daniels said, “We’d like to thank all of the panelists
for their time and expertise. The student Q&A was great and I wish we had
more time to discuss the important economic and financial positions of the
candidates. This was a very useful event and we were pleased with the students’
participation. I know I learned much from the assembled experts.”
