In the News

November 2009

New College Grads and Where the Jobs Are, New York Times reporter Amy Zipkin's Blog (Nov. 18, 2009)
Recently I spoke to Elaine Romanelli, Mr. Chasen’s entrepreneur professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Dr. Romanelli’s research focuses on the characteristics of firms and regional industry environments that are likely to promote new business foundings.
http://www.amyzipkin.com/?p=115

Essays Expound Flaws of Net Neutrality, The Hill (Nov. 19, 2009)
By glancing at the authors, it's no surprise that the 14-essay pamphlet's thesis is that net neutrality regulations would ultimately be harmful for consumers and thwart innovation. The table of contents has familiar names: Randolph May (Free State Foundation), Wayne Leighton (Empiris), John Mayo (Georgetown University) and Hance Haney (Discovery Institute), to name just a few. You most likely already know their positions.
http://thehill.com/hillicon-valley/605-technology/68555-essays-expound-flaws-of-net-neutrality

Taxpayers on Hook as Some Bailed-Out Firms Prove Frail, The Washington Post (Nov. 16, 2009)
"We all hoped that all of the TARP investments would be good, and the taxpayers certainly have gotten a very strong return on many of those investments, but it's inevitable when you invest in hundreds of institutions, that some of them are going to go bad," said Phillip Swagel, who served as assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy until January. Swagel, who was a member of the five-person committee that vetted each application for bailout funding, said CIT had been approved on the merits of its application and not because it was deemed vital to the health of the financial system.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/15/AR2009111502280.html

Broadband Investment and 100 Percent Adoption: Who Pays?, Roll Call (Nov. 16, 2009)
Reaching universal broadband may well depend in large part on who pays for that additional investment. One option is to raise the monthly fees of all broadband subscribers. But a new study we conducted with support from Georgetown University’s Center for Business and Public Policy found that this approach would make broadband too costly for many Americans, especially many of those with lower incomes who are not yet online, and so would delay universal broadband access.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/40649-1.html

Big Ideas in a Small Room, The New York Times (Nov. 14, 2009)
(Article about alumnus Michael Chasen and how his company, Blackboard, came to be.)
I found the college application process tedious and thought it would be easier if people could apply electronically. I worked on a business plan in my entrepreneurship class while getting my M.B.A. at Georgetown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/jobs/15boss.html?_r=1

Venturing into new territory - capitalism with a conscience, The Guardian (UK) (Nov. 14, 2009)
(Article about alumna Michele Giddens.)
Veteran private equity tycoon Sir Ronald Cohen talks glowingly of the transforming power of entrepreneurialism, which, he argues, represents the best ladder out of poverty. Putting his theory into practice is Michele Giddens. Giddens runs Bridges Community Ventures, a venture capital firm she founded with Cohen, that invests either in businesses located in the poorest parts of Britain, or in enterprises with a social or environmental mission.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/14/venture-capitalist-ethical-investments

Jury Acquits Ex-Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers, Reuters (Nov. 11, 2009)
"It sends a strong message to prosecutors that they need to be able to prove their case. Just losing money in and of itself is not a crime," said Jim Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5A94RW20091111

Practicing What They Teach, Baseline Magazine (Nov. 10. 2009)
Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business (www.msb.georgetown.edu) doesn't just talk about the importance of green initiatives--it follows through with decisive actions. In fact, the Aspen Institute recently ranked MSB the 35th most socially responsible business school for "integrating social and environmental issues into their curriculum."
http://blogs.baselinemag.com/bottom_line/content/infrastructure/practicing_what_they_teach.html

Trading's Wild West Cleans Up its Act - With Caveats, The Financial Post (Nov. 10, 2009)
"The Pink Sheets still has a whole realm of penny stocks that has always given the SEC problems," says James Angel, a professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. who specializes in the structure and regulation of financial markets around the world. "[In] a lot of little companies there are scams waiting to happen, so the SEC has a real enforcement nightmare."
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=2204249

By the Numbers, Business Schools Barely Care About Right and Wrong, The Chronicle of Higher Education (Nov. 8, 2009)
Article written by Professor Daniel Baer:
I certainly agree with those who suggest that the way we think, write, and teach about business ethics leaves room for improvement. But scholarship doesn't write itself, and pedagogy doesn't improve over the long run without a stable group of people-however small-who will invest their careers in expanding the frontiers of knowledge, and who will share that knowledge effectively with students.
http://chronicle.com/article/By-the-Numbers-Business/49054/

MSB Ranked 35th Most Socially Responsible Business School by Aspen Institute, The Georgetown Voice (Nov. 4, 2009)
The Aspen Institute recently released its biannual “Beyond Grey Pinstripes” ranking of business schools that do the best job of integrating social and environmental issues into their curriculum, and Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business came in a very respectable 35th.
http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/04/msb-ranked-35th-most-socially-responsible-business-school-by-aspen-institute/

What we should be teaching kids that isn't found in heavy book bags, Shanghai Daily (Nov. 2, 2009)
The following article is co-authored by Professor Michael Czinkota:
We just concluded the fall school vacation. Between us two brothers, we have three children, 6, 7, and 10, with whom we spent the week in conversation, playing and thinking. Here are some of the issues that we considered, but are not sure that we solved:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091102/article_418142.htm

Schwarzenegger Honored by Georgetown University, The Epoch Times (Nov. 1, 2009)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is respected for his business savvy in D.C. even with a democrat in the White House. Schwarzenegger spoke Oct. 29 at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University on the economic opportunities and environmental benefits offered by the development and use of green technologies. In the speech addressed to members of the Washington, D.C. business community at a dinner gala, the Republican governor voiced support for the Obama administration’s clean energy policies.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24613/

October 2009

The Terminator Keeps a Promise, WTOP News (Oct. 30, 2009)
WTOP's Man About Town reports on Arnold Schwarzenneger's visit to Georgetown's McDonough School of Business.
http://wtopnews.com/emedia/168332.mp3

The Terminator Returns: Arnold Schwarzenegger Receives MSB Dean's Medal, The Georgetown Voice (Oct. 30, 2009)
“I’ll be back.” Two years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger reiterated the famous phrase during a speech at Georgetown. Last night, he kept his promise. The California Governor offered influential words to a community of business leaders at a dinner event celebrating the new Rafik B. Hariri Building of the McDonough School of Business.
http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/30/the-terminator-returns-arnold-schwarzenegger-receives-msb-dean%e2%80%99s-medal/

Schwarzenegger Accepts MSB Dean's Medal, The Hoya (Oct. 29, 2009)
In the highlight of a gala celebrating the opening of the Rafik B. Hariri Building, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) was awarded the Dean’s Medal by McDonough School of Business Dean George Daly last night in the MSB’s new home.
http://www.thehoya.com/news/schwarzenegger-accepts-msb-deans-medal/

Is Treasury Getting too Bullish, Fox Business (Oct. 29, 2009)
Professor Phillip Swagel is interviewed following his testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/search-results/m/27150007/is-treasury-getting-to-bullish.htm#q=swagel

Fuzzy Areas in Financial Reform Bill, Forbes (Oct. 29, 2009)
Phillip Swagel, a professor at Georgetown and a former assistant Treasury secretary under Henry Paulson, said he does not think it is Geithner's intention to do this, but the legislation would allow it.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/29/financial-regulation-banking-business-washington-reform.html

Rise of the Consumer, Marketing Management Magazine (Sept./Oct. 2009)
An article by professors Michael Czinkota and Charles Skuba. 
Read a PDF of the article.

House to take on 'too big to fail', CNNMoney (Oct. 27, 2009)
"It's a very useful authority to have, to be able to tell debt holders, you're going to get 80 cents instead of 100 cents.....or turning an insolvent firm into a solvent firm," said Phillip Swagel, an economist and former assistant Treasury Secretary who teaches at Georgetown University. "But the potential for mischief is very high."
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/economy/too_big_to_fail/?postversion=2009102707

Democrats Seek Power Over Failing Companies, Financial Times (Oct. 26, 2009)
Phillip Swagel, assistant Treasury secretary in the Bush administration and a professor at Georgetown University, said on Sunday that Congress should not give the government the power to seize companies.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2455d30e-c199-11de-b86b-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

The Strong Case Against Raj Rajaratnam, Fortune/CNNMoney (Oct. 23, 2009)
"The recordings help prosecutors destroy the 'mosaic defense,' the most common defense against insider trading," says James Angel, a business professor at Georgetown University. "With the mosaic theory defendants try to say that by using lots of little bits of legal information and tips that fall into a gray area, they made investment decisions. It says no one intended to do anything wrong."
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/magazines/fortune/raj_rajaratnam_case.fortune/index.htm

SmartMoney's 2009 Power 30: Government, SmartMoney (Oct. 19, 2009)
Bernake has to decide when and how to slow the economy before inflation returns. "Will he have the guts to put the brake on when the unemployment lines are painfully long?" asks James Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University's business school.
http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/economy/smartmoney-s-2009-power-30-government/

EMBA Rankings 2009, Financial Times (Oct. 19, 2009)
The Financial Times has released its EMBA rankings, and Georgetown's McDonough School of Business is listed as 37th in the world and 14th in the United States. The school also ranks #1 for number of women students and #5 for career progress, and #5 for number of international resident students.
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/emba-rankings

Dole Poses a Test for IPO Market, The Wall Street Journal (Oct. 19, 2009)
"They're an established company that has been around for a while and has great brand recognition. Those attributes are very important in this market. High growth with a very limited history is not what the market wants right now," said Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125590442009793053.html

G20 Supremacy, The Korea Times (Oct. 19, 2009)
Article by Professor Michael Czinkota
The G20 summit in Pittsburgh ended with a grandiose promotion of the event and its future relevance. The participants declared the meeting from now on to be the world's principal economic gathering. But designation alone is not enough. The real question is how the impact of the meeting will change.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/10/137_53777.html

Movers & Shakers, The Washington Times (Oct. 19, 2009)
Jeff Reid was named director of entrepreneurial studies and real estate initiatives at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. Mr. Reid previously served as executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/19/movers-shakers-47294522/

Finding Opportunity in the Recession: Financial Literacy a Potential Mine for Start-Ups, U.S. News & World Report (Oct. 16, 2009)
Every wannabe entrepreneur wants to know: What businesses are recessionproof? Perhaps if you're asking the question, you're already too late. For first-time entrepreneur Reggie Gore, finding a recessionproof business idea wasn't a conscious decision. The 29-year-old graduate of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business has a day job working in a management training program in San Francisco. But he hasn't forgotten his two main passions: economics and working with kids. Gore thought about combining these interests into a side business. The problem with the way kids learn economics today, as Gore sees it, is that it has not been made relevant to their lives. To Gore, the answer was a Web-based computer game that would allow players to explore a virtual world that would teach them personal-finance skills.
http://www.usnews.com/money/business-economy/small-business/articles/2009/10/16/finding-opportunity-in-the-recession-financial-literacy-a-potential-mine-for-start-ups.html

BusinessWeek Interview Elizabeth Griffith, Associate Dean for the MBA Evening Program (October 2009)
http://feedroom.businessweek.com/index.jsp?fr_story=3b0e0dbd044469d95029956f9d334fe886cfcb83

Which MBA?, The Economist (Oct. 15, 2009)
Georgetown's McDonough School of Business is ranked No. 48, up from No. 53 in 2006.
http://www.economist.com/business-education/whichmba/

Las escuelas de negocios espanolas se lanzan al exterior, Expansion & Empleo (Oct. 13, 2009)
The following article (printed in Spanish but translated here in English) talks about Spanish business schools that are partnering with schools throughout the world:
More recently, ESADE Business School also has launched an international MBA, which has become the crown jewel of this school. Barely a month ago, the school graduated the first class of a program that has been baptized with the same name as the IESE, Global Executive MBA. This executive MBA is given by the McDonough School of Business, the business school of the prestigious Georgetown University (Washington), the oldest and largest Jesuit Catholic university of America.
But the international approach goes much further because their classes are held in no less than eight cities in three continents over a year: Washington and New York, United States, Barcelona and Madrid in Spain, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, Latin America, Moscow, Russia, and Bangalore, India.
http://www.expansionyempleo.com/2009/10/13/desarrollo_de_carrera/1255433225.html

Building for the Future, CEO Magazine (Fall 2009)
An interview with Gordon Swartz, associate dean for executive education programs at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, is featured on pages 18-25 of the magazine.
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1g124/CEOMAGAZINEFALL09/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl

Upturn Hints at Recovery, The Wall Street Journal (Oct. 12, 2009)
But Bradford Jensen, of Georgetown University and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, says protectionist measures haven't been "broad enough to really affect the trade numbers, but I think there's cause for concern about where we're going."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125509067304175871.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

It's Noble to get a Nobel, The Korea Times (Oct. 11, 2009)
(Article by Michael Czinkota)
U.S. President Barack Obama received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Excellent! It is so nice to again receive happy telephone calls from abroad. The prize is seemly to the person but also to the country and demonstrates a renewed popularity. Liking the U.S. is cool again, particularly in Norway, the country from where the peace prize is awarded.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/10/198_53271.html

Mulling a Long-Term Drop in Homeownership Rate, American Banker (Oct. 8, 2009)
Phillip Swagel, who was an assistant secretary for economic policy in the Treasury Department from December 2006 through last January, said that the Obama administration is "not going to celebrate [homeownership] quite in the same way that" President George W. Bush did as a part of his conception of an "ownership society," "but I don't think they will 'go negative' on homeownership."
http://www.financial-planning.com/news/long-term-drop-homeownership-2664183-1.html

Is a 'Jobless Recovery' Not a Recovery Afterall?, NPR's To the Point (Oct. 7, 2009)
Healthcare reform and Afghanistan are getting the headlines, but President Obama's biggest challenge could be creating jobs. The US economy needs 100,000 new jobs every month just to keep up with growth in the population. Instead, more than 200,000 a month are disappearing. Despite talk about economic "recovery," unemployment's at 9.8 percent, the highest in more than 25 years. Full employment isn't likely again until 2017. We hear what it's like to get laid off and how hard is it to get re-hired. What happened to that economic stimulus money? What can the government do now? Instead of promoting a quick fix, should the focus be on new jobs with long-term usefulness to American society?
Guests: Sudeep Reddy: Economics Reporter, Wall Street Journal; Peter Goodman: National Economic Correspondent, New York Times; Ellen Hartnett: temporary employee; Bradford Jensen: Associate Professor of International Business and Economics, Georgetown University
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp091007is_a_jobless_recover

Foundation Honors Nonprofit Execs for Visionary Leadership, PR Newswire (Oct. 5, 2009)
Kelly Sweeney McShane, executive director of Community of Hope, a Georgetown MBA who has used her business skills to improve the lives of homeless families, is a 2009 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award winner.
http://www.sunherald.com/prnewswire/story/1650574.html

The G20 Supremacy: Fact or Wishful Thinking?, Stockholm News (Oct. 4, 2009)
(Article is written by Michael Czinkota)
The G20 meeting in Pittsburgh has ended with a grandiose promotion of the event and its future relevance. The participants declared the meeting from now on to be the world’s principal economic gathering. But designation alone is not enough. The real question is how the impact of the meeting will change.
http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=4083#

Short Sellers Need Closer Monitoring: SEC Panel, IGNITES (Oct. 2, 2009)
Panelist James Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, acknowledged that increased transparency imposes a compliance burden on the industry as well as an enforcement burden on the SEC.
http://www.ignites.com/articles/20091002/short_sellers_need_closer_monitoring_panel

How to Prepare for Any Crisis, Black Enterprise Magazine (Oct. 2009)
Executive Master's in Leadership alumna Amber Hamilton and Assistant Dean of Executive Degree Programs Mary Anne Waikart are featured in the article.
http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/01/how-to-prepare-for-any-crisis

September 2009

Inside the Consumer Comeback, CNBC (Sept. 30, 2009)
Discussing when consumer spending will pick up again, with Frits Van Paasschen, Starwood Hotels & Resorts CEO; Rob Katz, Vail Resorts CEO; Barney Harford, Orbitz Worldwide president & CEO; Philip Swagel, Georgetown University; and CNBC's Erin Burnett.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1280800729&play=1

Three Short Hours Inside the SEC, and an International Bancshares Coroporation vs. Goldman Sachs Surprise, Market Rap (Sept. 30, 2009)
Georgetown University Professor James Angel pointed out that greater disclosure would essentially be doing legitimate short sellers a favor, by vindicating them in cases when they are incorrectly accused of manipulation in response to stocks dropping in value.
http://www.marketrap.com/article/view_article/91153/three-short-hours-inside-the-sec-and-an-international-bancshares-corporation-vs-goldman-sachs-surprise

Is short-selling an unsavory practice? Marketplace (Sept. 30, 2009)
James Angel: Short-sellers make money when the stock price goes down. And there's this natural feeling that making money off the misfortunes of others is somehow bad.
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/30/am-short-selling/

SEC Probes Securities Lending, Markets Media Online (Sept. 29, 2009)
Short sellers have been blamed for causing precipitous declines in share prices and excess volatility. “Whether short selling is really to blame can only be answered by looking at the data,” James Angel, professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, told Markets Media Tuesday. “Additional disclosure would help enforce the reputation of the markets for integrity.”
http://www.marketsmediaonline.com/news_detailsSec.htm?wP=11&wPI=1&cN=4486

For the Love of Money, BBC Documentary (Sept. 26, 2009)
Professor Phillip Swagel is featured in the series.
In the month that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, the world stared into the abyss of total financial collapse. The third part of the BBC’s definitive series on the crash tells the extraordinary story of how politicians reacted, and asks what has been learnt from the entire calamity. Could it happen again?
http://trading.jr-print.net/2009/09/bbc-the-love-of-money-episode-3-back-from-the-brink/

Officials Concerned about Disturbing Pattern in Domestic Terrorism, Fox News (Sept. 25, 2009)
Chris Voss, a former F.B.I. negotiator, said "It is in the vicinity of the anniversary of September 11th. It's also at the same time Ramadan was just over, so there are a variety of reasons that have heightened the fervor, if you will, of the people who would like to do these things."
(Chris Voss currently teaches business negotiation at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business.)
http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-car-bomb-plot-michael-finton-story-092509,0,5740932.story

Georgetown University's School of Business: Traditional, Modern, and Energy-Efficient, AIArchitect (Sept. 25, 2009)
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has opened its new 179,000-square-foot Rafik B. Hariri Building to house its school’s business education programs. The $82.5 million facility is located on the Georgetown University Washington, D.C., campus. Boston-based Goody Clancy’s design blends traditional stone work with steel and glass.
http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek09/0925/0925d_georgetown.cfm

Tarp's Toll Expected to be Felt for Years, American Banker (Sept. 22, 2009)
"I understand the public uproar on the salaries and bonuses, but I think that will lead to some questioning of the role of the financial system in our society and our economy," said Phillip Swagel, who was a Treasury official when Tarp was created and is now a professor at Georgetown University. "If there is this implicit government backstop of the financial system, why are the salaries so high? They get the upside and we as taxpayers get the downside. I don't have the answer, but I think that's a legacy."
http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/174_182/tarps_toll_expected_to_be_felt_for_years-1002241-1.html

NASDAQ Weighs Third Stock Platform as BX Shows Growth, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 22, 2009)
James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University, said another exchange could let Nasdaq OMX experiment with different order types or focus on capturing a specific type of order flow. "The old days of one-size-fits-all are gone," he said. "Trying to appeal to a particular current in the stream is something that makes good business sense."
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090922-710612.html

AARP Head Leaves with Regrets and Victories, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Sept. 21, 2009)
A vigorous exerciser embarking upon a new career on the Georgetown University faculty at age 68, Mr. Novelli sees America's perception of the oldest generation as positive overall, and he believes AARP has had a lot to do with that.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09264/999587-455.stm

Negotiating expert wins fans with his ‘no’ strategy, The Columbus Dispatch (Sept. 20, 2009)
Camp, who has coached executives at hundreds of companies, will hold local workshops on Tuesday and Oct. 27. Voss, a consultant who also teaches business negotiations at Georgetown University in Washington, will be a featured speaker.
http://dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/09/20/Start_With_No.ART_ART_09-20-09_D1_B8F4035.html?sid=101

Euro Value, Forbes (Sept. 17, 2009)
William Droms, finance professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, says American investors should put 30% of their stock portfolios abroad in order to get the most out of diversification. Since Europe accounts for 48% of the $13 trillion combined market value of non-U.S. equities, a neutral starting point for a U.S. investor is to put 14% of an equity portfolio in Europe.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1005/investing-europe-mutual-funds-stocks-euro-value.html

HuffPost Appoints New President and CRO, MediaBistro.com (Sept. 16, 2009)
Currently, Coleman is an adjunct professor at The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, his alma mater, and sits on the board of the Advertising Council, where he formerly held the post of chairman.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/the_revolving_door/huffpost_appoints_new_president_and_cro_131227.asp

Business School Building Debuts at Georgetown U., Washington Business Journal (Sept. 11, 2009)
For the first time in its 52-year history, Georgetown University’s entire business school is housed under one roof.
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/09/14/story8.html

Georgetown Partners with Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington Business Journal (Sept. 11, 2009)
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has partnered with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. to create a customized program in change management.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/09/07/daily66.html

Banking on Geithner, CNBC (Sept. 11, 2009)
Insight on Timothy Geithner's view on the markets and economy, with Mark Zandi, Moody's Economy.com; James Bianco, Bianco Research; Phillip Swagel, Georgetown University; and CNBC's Erin Burnett.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1250521510&play=1

Focus on Broadband Advancement Has Gradually Shifted, Says Authors, Broadband Census (Sept. 11, 2009)
Speaking at the event, John Mayo, a professor of economics, business and public policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and contributing author, said that the focus on broadband advancement is a shift that has happened before.
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/09/focus-on-broadband-advancement-has-gradually-shifted-say-authors/

Lehman Monday Morning Lesson Lost with Obama Regulator-in-Chief, Reuters (Sept. 11, 2009)
That bothers Philip L. Swagel, an assistant Treasury secretary under Paulson and now an economics professor at McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington. He said the White House isn’t doing much to convince investors -- or executives -- that the next bank to wobble won’t be propped up too. “Their answer is basically a permanent TARP,” Swagel said referring to the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aUTh4YMmI6QE

Lessons from the Financial Meltdown, The Kojo Nnamdi Show (Sept. 10, 2009)
Last September, Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering the biggest banking crisis since the Great Depression. A credit crisis and financial market meltdown soon followed. One year later, we're certainly sadder, but are we any wiser? Kojo examines the lessons of the financial meltdown and explores how individuals are adjusting to the new economic reality.
Guests: James Angel, Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University; Janet Bodnar, Editor, "Kiplinger's Personal Finance" magazine; and Chris Farrell, Economics Editor, Marketplace Money; Contributing Editor, Business Week
http://wamu.org/programs/kn/09/09/10.php#25688

Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Announces Fellows for 2009-10, Reuters (Sept. 9, 2009)
"This year we have a truly impressive group that continues our ongoing efforts to expand our policy knowledge," said John Mayo, Executive Director of the GCBPP. "We are working to broaden our capabilities, incorporating a wider array of issue expertise into the program, in turn leading to a larger dialogue."
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS159572+09-Sep-2009+PRN20090909

Sleep-At-Night-Money Lost in Lehman Lesson Missing $63 Billion, Bloomberg.com (Sept. 9, 2009)
“The general feeling was things were working,” said Phillip L. Swagel, Paulson’s assistant secretary for economic policy, who remained in Washington that weekend.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aLhi.S5xkemY

But the economists DIDN'T get everything wrong, TIME Magazine Blog (Sept. 4, 2009)
Among economists with actual influence on policy over the past year-Philip Swagel in the Paulson Treasury, Larry Summers and Christina Romer and Austan Goolsbee and etc. in the current White House-there's been a great willingness to experiment and accept that markets don't always deliver optimal results. The result: an economic recovery that seems to be gaining strength. So don't totally count the economists out.
http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/09/04/but-the-economists-didnt-get-everything-wrong/

John Stossel's Take, ABC News Blog (Sept. 8, 2009)
Last week, the Post claimed: economists generally agree that the package has played a significant part in stabilizing the economy.  …Phillip Swagel, an assistant Treasury secretary in the Bush administration who is now a visiting professor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business: "It's a gigantic amount of fiscal stimulus, and anyone who tells you it has had no impact, you should be skeptical of."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/09/the-long-run-matters.html

Government 'saved' the system, CNN Money (Sept. 7, 2009)
Phill Swagel: A former Treasury insider says that there was nothing else that government could do to help Lehman survive.
http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2009/09/07/f_lehman_government.fortune/

Stimulus Credited for Lifting Economy, But Worries about Unemployment Persist, The Washington Post (Sept. 4, 2009)
"It's starting to play a role, helping us to have slightly positive rather than slightly negative GDP growth," said Phillip Swagel, an assistant Treasury secretary in the Bush administration who is now a visiting professor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. "It's a gigantic amount of fiscal stimulus, and anyone who tells you it has had no impact, you should be skeptical of."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090303317.html?hpid=topnews

An Economic Celebration? CNBC (Sept. 4, 2009)
Discussing good news from the OECD, with Phillip Swagel, Georgetown University; David Min, Center for American Progress; and CNBC's Erin Burnett.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1239864073&play=1

Toxic Assets Plan Poses Quandary for Investment Funds, Daily Journal (subscription only) (Sept. 2, 2009)
"There's a fear that if you get involved with TARP, you just don't know where that will end up - what kind of government involvement there will be," said Phillip L. Swagel, a visiting professor at Georgetown University who served as the assistant secretary for economic policy at the Treasury Department from 2006 to 2009. "Will you have to testify before Congress or be examined by the [TARP] special inspector general?"

Global Round Up, Architecture & Design (Aug. 31, 2009)
The $99 million Rafik B. Hariri Building, which opened earlier this year as the new home of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, has cleaned up at the Washington Business Congress Craftsmanship Awards. The building comprises 15 conference rooms, 15 classrooms, 34 breakout rooms, 11 interview rooms, a 400 seat auditorium, two lounges and 120 faculty offices. A glass atrium serves as the core new building. At the awards, the building was honoured for its slate and copper roofing, exterior stone masonry work and glass fibre reinforced gypsum panels.
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/Global-round-up/496348.aspx

Time to Take Action?, BusinessWeek (Aug. 27, 2009)
Outside of the S&P 500, alluring discounts also may be found among small- and mid-cap companies, where market prices don't necessarily reflect a company's fundamentals as well as they do with better-known companies, says William Droms, finance professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. Here, active managers are often able to add more value than their large-cap peers. That's because information about small companies is less readily available, so original research pays off. The same goes for international and emerging-market stocks, says Droms.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_36/b4145064719209.htm