Undermining Democratic Institutions: A Hidden Threat to Economic Growth

Nov. 12, 2025
12:10PM - 1:00PM
SLB Room 128
Open to the Yale Community

How is the current political moment shaping the country's economic trajectory? The long-term stability of the U.S. economy is understood to depend on stable democratic institutions. What have we learned from recent threats to these institutions, and where are we headed?

Please join the Budget Lab for a panel moderated by New York Times contributing opinion writer Josh Barro with:

  • Cristina Rodríguez, deputy dean and Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Eric Van Nostrand, former assistant secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
  • Martha Gimbel, executive director of the Budget Lab

Lunch will be provided.

Livestream also available upon registration.

Sponsoring Organization(s)

The Budget Lab

Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund