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

Economist Michael Boskin will present the annual Pope Lecture at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the NC State Poole College of Management's Nelson Auditorium, 3400 Nelson Hall.

The title of Boskin's 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.

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

The lecture is open to faculty, staff and students at NC State University, and the general public. There is no charge to attend and reservations are not required.

The John W. Pope Lecture Series is hosted by North Carolina State University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Poole College of Management to encourage dialogue on topics of political and economic interest. The lecture series is supported by a grant from the John W. Pope Foundation.

About the speaker

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.

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