Congressional Oversight Panel; Printed from http://cop.senate.gov.

Taking Stock: Independent
Views on TARP's Effectiveness

The Congressional Oversight Panel met on Thursday, November 19, at 9:30 a.m. in room 138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to hold a hearing entitled "Taking Stock: Independent Views on TARP's Effectiveness." The Panel heard testimony from several prominent economists about their perspectives on the performance to date of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

Video of the hearing is available below.

Testimony
Witness Testimony

Dean Baker
Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

 Testimony

Charles Calomiris
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School

Testimony

Simon Johnson
Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Testimony

Alex Pollock
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

 Testimony

Mark Zandi
Chief Economist and Cofounder, Moody's Economy.com

 Testimony

Opening Statements
Panel Member Statement
Elizabeth Warren,
Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel		 Statement
Paul Atkins Statement
Damon Silvers Statement

November 19, 2009
Washington, D.C.

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