Apr 23
Annual Veblen-Clark Lecture by Dr. Christina Romer
Wed, April 23, 2025
• 4:00pm
- 5:15pm (1h 15m) • Weitz 236
"Uncertainty and the Macroeconomy: Lessons from the Great Depression for Today"
by Dr. Christina Romer
Professor of Graduate School and Garff B. Wilson Professor Emerita of Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration
Tariffs, stock market plunges, and government layoffs are generating great uncertainty about economic policy and the economic outlook. What are the likely effects of this surge in uncertainty? The experience of the U.S, following the Great Crash of the stock market in 1929 may provide some clues. Are there reasons to expect different outcomes today?
Refreshments served.
The Economics Department's annual Veblen-Clark Lectureship brings an outstanding scholar in economics to Carleton each year for a public lecture and meetings with students and faculty. The lectureship presumes no ideological bias, but celebrates the variety of viewpoints and paradigms demonstrated by Veblen and Clark that have historically enriched the study of economics at Carleton.
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