Huntington Economist Mokrzan to Serve on National Economic Advisory Committee

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Mokrzan earned his doctorate in macroeconomics, international economics
and econometrics from Duke University in 1990.

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George Mokrzan,
senior economist for the Private Financial and Capital Markets Group at
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN), will serve on the American
Bankers Association Economic Advisory Committee (EAC) beginning in September. Huntington provides innovative retail and commercial financial
products and services through more than 300 regional banking offices in
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

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"The primary concern when it comes
to funding think tanks is in funding rigorous research that strives to
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technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of
approximately 700 ATMs.
In contrast , the conservative approach is: "When you finish the
research, your job is only half done," said Rich in an interview with
the Review.
"After all, they're already spending the money," he said.

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He also earned a master's
degree in economics from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in economics
from the University of Rochester. "Conservatives have found ways to package
and market their ideas in more compelling ways, and their money is
providing more bang for the buck," he writes.
"They don't see that as their role.

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"I will be representing the banking industry and our part of the Midwest
on macroeconomic policy and working with groups at the forefront of U.

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STANFORD, Calif. This is what you have to do to make your
project resonate.
"Almost ten years later, very little has changed ," observed Rich,
whose next book will delve further into the war of ideas in American
politics .

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Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Florida, Maryland, and New Jersey.----Mainstream and
liberal foundations are pouring more money into public policy
institutes, or think tanks, than conservative foundations, yet the
latter have been far more successful in actually influencing public
policy and mass media, according to an article in the Spring 2005
issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (www.

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"As a member of the investment management staff, George provides our team
and our clients with a detailed understanding of the economy and its impact on
our investment philosophy," said Randy Bateman, Huntington's chief investment
officer. Huntington also offers
retail and commercial financial services online at huntington. And they are winning
because conservatives are spending resources more effectively to
advance their ideas. "They are not necessarily
going to support progressive efforts in the war of ideas," he said.

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Mokrzan has developed economic analysis and forecasting for Huntington for
over nine years.
Rich's first book, Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of
Expertise (Cambridge University Press, 2004) examined the nineties'
rise of the "conservative attack machine," which did not come from
conservative groups as he had expected , but grew out of conservative
think tanks pushing politicians to be more conservative in their
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He performs macroeconomic analyses of the U. "To make matters more difficult , progressive think
tanks have a hard time getting general organizational support," Rich
writes .

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dr. As a result, progressive organizations have difficulty
sustaining operating staff and functions.

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As one of 10 economists on the committee geographically distributed across the
United States, Mokrzan will help the EAC provide guidance on national and
regional banking and economic conditions. "You then find audiences in the news media and among the
general public and you republish the work fashioned to those specific
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The Stanford Social Innovation Review is published by the Center
for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Building on the Business School's 34-year-old commitment to public and
nonprofit management, the Center promotes solutions to social problems
through a unique combination of interdisciplinary research and
teaching that extends beyond the classroom.

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newscom. "We are extremely pleased with the recognition of George's excellent
work and his growing reputation as a national class economist. For them, think tanks and policy institutes should be
homes to the disinterested expert," Rich writes. You do all this not as an afterthought but as a full
partner in the project .

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The committee meets with the Federal
Reserve Governors and the President's Council of Economic Advisors twice per
year and prepares a semi-annual economic forecast widely circulated to the
general public and the banking community.

Mainline Foundations and Think Tanks Outspend Their Opponents Yet They're Losing the ''War of Ideas '' Says Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review

Here's why:
Mainline and liberal foundations are preoccupied with generating
unbiased and scientific research.

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monetary and fiscal policy," said Mokrzan. "The advantage lies in how the money is spent,"
writes Andrew Rich, an assistant professor of political science at
City College of New York.

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Whether the issue is privatization, welfare , healthcare, or
foreign policy, conservative ideas are winning.

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About Huntington
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $32 billion regional bank holding
company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its affiliated companies,
Huntington has more than 139 years of serving the financial needs of its
customers."
Nevertheless, Rich hopes to push the world of philanthropy to take
these strategies more seriously and engage in the battle.

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and world
economies in support of Huntington's investment management business, which
manages over $10 billion in financial assets ."
Also, think tanks on the left tend to specialize by issue area and
are therefore unable to be as nimble in redeploying their resources
toward promoting top-of-mind ideas as priorities shift in Congress and
the White House. For now, he does not expect the current crop of liberal and
mainline foundations to change their strategy in order to compete head
on with their conservative counterparts .
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