Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S....

Students of comparative politics have long faced a vexing dilemma: how can social scientists draw broad, applicable principles of political order from specific historical examples? In Analytic Narratives, five senior scholars offer a new and ambitious methodological response to this important...

February 21, 2013. Presentation. "Perspectives on the Current Stance of Monetary Policy." NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business, New York, N.Y.

June 29, 2012. Presentation. "U.S. Monetary Policy: Still Appropriate." Presented at Dialogue with the Fed, Little Rock, Arkansas.

February 14, 2013. Presentation. "U.S. Monetary Policy: Easier Than You Think It Is." Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi

October 2, 2013. Opening Remarks. Given at the Federal Reserve/CSBS Community Banking Research Conference, Community Banking in the 21st Century, St. Louis

April 11, 2013. Opening Remarks. Given at the 2013 Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference, Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities: Research to Inform Policy and Practice, Washington, D.C.

April 5, 2012. Presented at the InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum, St. Louis.

April 3, 2013. Opening Remarks. Given at the Homer Jones Memorial Lecture, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Is there one best way to run the modern business corporation? What is the appropriate balance between shareholders, executives, and employees? These questions are being vigorously debated as layoffs, scandals, and restructurings rattle companies around the world. The common assumption is that...