Policy Responses to the Great Recession: The Interaction of Leadership and Economic Ideas
Date/Time: | Thursday, 01 Dec 2011 at 8:00 pm |
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Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Diversity Lectures |
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An expert in economic history and macroeconomics, Christina Romer is a leading scholar on the causes of the Great Depression and the impact of monetary and fiscal policy. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times "Economic View" column in the Sunday business section. She is also a contributing editor for Bloomberg Television.
Romer is the recipient of numerous awards for her scholarship and teaching, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, a Simon P. Guggenheim fellowship, membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a BA from the College of William and Mary and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Recent NY Times columns:
A Plan on Jobs Deserves a Hearing, September 24, 2011
From World War II: Economic Lessons for Today - The Hope that Flows from History, August 14, 2011
Raising Taxes vs. Cutting Spending: The Rock and the Hard Place on the Deficit, July 3, 2011