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Reuters on remarks by John Williams at State of the West

George Shultz begged to differ with John Williams on State of the West, The Bay Citizen reports

State of the West speech by John C. Williams, transcript with graphs on SF Fed web site

"Long slog" to full employment. John Williams at State of the West in the Wall Street Journal:

"Recovery looks sustainable," Bloomberg reports on speech by John Williams at State of the West:

Comprehensive analysis of John Williams' talk at State of the West by Steven Beckner, iMarketNews.com

State of the West wrap-up in Stanford Daily

Pension politics "red hot" says Calpers official in Reuters story on our State of the West symposium

John Williams State of the West speech in Chicago Tribune via Reuters:

San Francisco Chronicle announcement before State of the West

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Federal Reserve - John Williams EVP and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco shares the Fed's views on the state of the economy.

Pensions - Joe Nation, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at Stanford and Joe Dear, Chief Investment Officer of CALPERS debate the current pension crisis. John Shoven, SIEPR Director is the panels' moderator.

Environment - Lawrence Goulder, Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at Stanford; Donald Kennedy, Professor of Environmental Science; and Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner DBL Investors discuss how the environment plays a major role in the economics of the West. John Christensen, Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West is the panels' moderator.

Economy - Ed Leamer, Director of UCLA's Anderson Forecast and Ken Rosen, Chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at Berkeley discuss their views on the economy.  David Kennedy is the panels' moderator.  He is also a Professor of History at Stanford and Co-Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West.

Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana spoke to the audience about what it means to be a patriot in the American West.