The Case Against 2 Percent Inflation

November 2018

Past Event

The Case Against 2 Percent Inflation

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

November 15, 2018

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November 2018

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:

Alex J. Pollock

Distinguished Senior Fellow, R Street Institute

On November 15, Hudson Institute hosted Hudson Senior Fellow Brendan Brown to discuss his new book, The Case Against 2 Per Cent Inflation: From Negative Interest Rates to a 21st Century Gold Standard. The conversation was moderated by Alex Pollock, a financial markets expert with the R Street Institute, and included a discussion on central banking.

Brown’s new book explores key questions regarding the controversial and critical issue of two-percent inflation targeting. Currently practiced by central banks in the U.S., Japan and Europe, the broadly prescribed two-percent inflation standard is contributing to the economic malaise currently gripping many advanced economies.

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Expanding Defense Production with New Technology and Techniques

Featured Speakers:

Jeff Frankston

Andy Magliochetti

Rolf Ziesing

Bryan Clark

Nadia Schadlow

Jai Malik

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Expanding Defense Production with New Technology and Techniques

Join Hudson Institute for a discussion of how the DoW and industry are changing defense manufacturing for twenty-first century deterrence and combat.

Featured Speakers:

Jeff Frankston

Andy Magliochetti

Rolf Ziesing

Bryan Clark

Nadia Schadlow

Jai Malik

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September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

A Conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Featured Speakers:

Alain Berset

Peter Rough

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

A Conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Please join Secretary General Alain Berset as he explains the Council of Europe’s role today and its plans for the future. After his remarks, Secretary General Berset will sit down with Senior Fellow Peter Rough for a fireside chat.

Featured Speakers:

Alain Berset

Peter Rough

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September 2026

Past Event

Inertial Confinement Fusion Bolsters Strategic Deterrence

Featured Speakers:

Mark Herrmann

Keith LeChien

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Madelyn Creedon

September 2026

Past Event

Inertial Confinement Fusion Bolsters Strategic Deterrence

Join Hudson Institute’s Keystone Defense Initiative for a discussion of Inertial Confinement Fusion Is Key to America’s Nuclear Deterrent, a new memo authored by Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs and Former Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration Madelyn Creedon.

Featured Speakers:

Mark Herrmann

Keith LeChien

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Madelyn Creedon

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September 2026

Past Event

Tablet Magazine’s What Really Matters: A Live Episode at Hudson Institute

Featured Speakers:

Walter Russell Mead

Jeremy Stern

September 2026

Past Event

Tablet Magazine’s What Really Matters: A Live Episode at Hudson Institute

Join Hudson Institute and Tablet Magazine for an exclusive live recording of What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead. Mead, the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, and his cohost Jeremy Stern, editor in chief of Colossus, will bring their wide-ranging perspectives to help make sense of the news and understand the most consequential developments in American politics and world affairs.