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Economic Policy and the Economic Crisis is Topic of Feb. 15 Pope Lecture

The title of his lecture is “Economic Policy and the Economic Crisis: Successes, Failures, Unfinished Agenda.” A reception will follow immediately after the lecture, in the Nelson Hall Commons, on the second floor.

Boskin is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He served as chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 to 1993. He also chaired the blue-ribbon Commission on the Consumer Price Index, whose report transformed the way governments around the world measure inflation, GDP, and productivity.

The author of more than one hundred books and articles, Boskin is internationally recognized for his research on economic growth, tax policy, and U.S. saving and consumption patterns. His op-eds appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal and other leading newspapers. Boskin was early to raise concerns about state and federal debts and unfunded obligations, and continues to address these problems in his current work.

In addition to his public lecture, Boskin will meet give informal presentations to faculty at 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, in the Nelson Hall boardroom. He will give a presentation to student members of the Society of Politics, Economics and Law (SPEL) at NC State in 1140 Nelson Hal.

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