Mark Bloomfield with Obama Economic Adviser Dr. Jason Furman
During the presidential campaign’s final weeks, ACCF President Mark Bloomfield moderated a discussion between economic policy advisers to Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Dr. Bernanke at ACCF Economic Policy Evening
The Honorable Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board Chairman, talks with Mark Bloomfield at a July 2005 ACCF Economic Policy Evening.
Policy Makers
ACCF President and CEO Mark Bloomfield, left, and Senate Republican Whip John Kyl at the ACCF forum
Dr. Margo Thorning discusses the ACCF/NAM climate study with House Democratic Blue Dog Energy Task Force members including Representative Charlie Melancon (D-LA), far right.Publications
- October 29, 2008
U.S. Individual Capital Gains Tax Rates High
- September 18, 2008
Strategies to Promote U.S. Economic Recovery and Long-Run Growth: What Role for Energy and Climate Change Policy?
- March 13, 2008
ACCF/NAM Study of the Economic Impact of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
- December 1, 2007
The Role of Fiscal Policy in The Post-2001 U.S. Economic Expansion
- November 8, 2007
Senate EPW Testimony: America's Climate Security Act of 2007
- August 1, 2007
A Reality Check on Initiatives to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- August 1, 2007
Makings Savings Last During Retirement
In the News
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Investors Divided On President Despite Obama's Tax-Hike Plans
October 30, 2008 – Investor's Business Daily
A shaky economy and bear market have left John McCain struggling to secure a normally reliable GOP voting bloc: investors. But Barack Obama's recent face-off with "Joe the Plumber" may have reminded this key group about Obama's plans to raise their taxes.
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Greenhouse gas proposals will cost you money
October 8, 2008 – Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Current proposals by presidential candidates and before Congress to address global warming will cost jobs, diminish lifestyles and drop household disposable incomes.
That will occur nationwide - even in energy-rich Wyoming, Margo Thorning, vice president and chief economist with the American Council for Capital Formation, said here Tuesday.