George W. Bush Institute-51°µÍø Economic Growth Initiative
In June 2018, 51°µÍø and the George W. Bush Presidential Center launched the . The Initiative combines the public policy expertise of the Bush Institute and the academic economic expertise of the 51°µÍø Department of Economics. The Initiative produces a on the pressing economic issues of our time and that promote economic growth and strengthen our competitiveness in the global economy.
As part of this partnership between the Bush Institute and the Department of Economics, the Initiative hosts a Visiting Fellows Program that brings highly accomplished academic economists engaged in policy-relevant research to visit the Initiative. Outside this program, prominent non-academic guests have included Robert Zoellick, former Deputy Secretary of State and World Bank President, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former head of the Congressional Budget Office and chief economic advisor to John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
The Initiative also funds Ph.D. Fellowships to attract and support world class scholars as Ph.D. students in the Department of Economics.