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Conversations with Economists is presented by the Boston University Department of Economics and is open to the public. For information, please contact Norma Hardeo at <\/span>hardeo@bu.edu<\/span><\/a> or 617-353-4623.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upcoming Lectures<\/b><\/h2>\n

There are no upcoming lectures scheduled at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent Lectures<\/b><\/h3>
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Conversation<\/span>\u00a0with<\/span>\u00a0Larry Kotlikoff \u2014 US and Global Economies in Light of Trump 2.0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Date: Wednesday, <\/strong>December 11 2024<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are questions\/topics for discussion:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Is the U.S. insolvent?<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Why is the U.S. saving next to nothing?<\/span><\/p>\n

3. What’s the truth about U.S.\u00a0inequality?<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Is the U.S. trapping the poor into poverty?<\/span><\/p>\n

5. When will the U.S, lose economy hegemony?<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Global demographic challenges<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Will AI produce economic immiseration?<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Will Trump’s tariffs kick off inflation?<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Will national digital currencies arise and kill banking as we know it?<\/span><\/p>\n

10.How\u00a0economist<\/span>s destroyed climate policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Previous Lectures<\/b><\/h3>

\nTuesday, October 27, 2020: COVID-19 – The Way Forward for Healthcare and Economics<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Zoom<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Profs. Randy Ellis and Larry Kotlikoff<\/span><\/p>\n

Larry Kotlikoff and Randy Ellis spoke this week via zoom to over forty attendees for our first Conversations with Economists of the Fall 2020 season. Their subjects ranged from the pandemic, vaccines, and rapid home testing to the election and the short term and long term effects of the economic fallout. If you missed the event on Tuesday night, you can watch it here in its entirety:<\/p>\n

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Thursday, March 2, 2017: The Euro and the Battle of Ideas<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: CAS Room 211 (725 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215)<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Prof. Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University<\/span><\/p>\n

For more detailed information, please click<\/span><\/i> here<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Thursday, November 14, 2013: Quantitative Easing and the Role of Forward Guidance<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Hillel House, 213 Bay State Road<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Michael P. Dooley, UCSC<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael P. Dooley joined the faculty at UCSC in 1992 following more than twenty years service at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. His research covers a range of issues in open economy macroeconomics including Bretton Woods II, crises in emerging markets, debt management, capital controls, capital flight and liberalization of financial markets. He is a Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, International Research Fellow, Kiel Institute of World Economics and edit the International Journal of Finance and Economics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other affiliations have included visiting teaching positions at Bucknell University, George Washington University, the University of Texas, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the IMF Institute, the World Bank Economic Development Institute and the Kiel Institute of World Economics. Consulting relationships include the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday, October 3, 2013: The US is Bankrupt and Nobody Knows It<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Room 315, Department of Economics, 264 Bay State Road<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Larry Kotlikoff, William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics, Boston University<\/span><\/p>\n

The US is, perhaps, in the worst long-term fiscal shape of any developed country, including Greece. But rather than face the facts, successive Administrations have dug our country into an ever deeper hole. This Conversation with Economists will explain why things are so bad, explain how to fix them, explain why things won\u2019t get fixed, and clarify the economic carnage that will likely result.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday, April 8, 2013: The Euro Crisis<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Room 315, Department of Economics, 264 Bay State Road<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Hans-Werner Sinn, President, Ifo Institute<\/span><\/p>\n

The Eurozone is experiencing a major crisis. In his lecture, Hans-Werner Sinn offers insights into the current situation and shows that system failure poses a threat to Germany, and is forcing it to make concessions in negotiations over bailout packages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013: Stand-Up Economist Yoram Bauman<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:30 to 7:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Yoram Bauman, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s first and only stand-up economist. Comedian, author, and economist!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012: Left Populism in Bolivia: Economic Policies and Consequences<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Room 315, Department of Economics, 264 Bay State Road<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Juan Antonio Morales, Former President of the Central Bank of Bolivia<\/span><\/p>\n

Juan Antonio Morales will present a critical examination of the policies and politics of the government of Evo Morales.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012: Culture Change: The Greatest Challenge in Business<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:30 to 7:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Room 315, Department of Economics, 270 Bay State Road<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Steve Brown, Former Chairman and CEO of John Hancock Financial Services<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Brown believes that corporate culture is both the most critical determinant of success, and the most difficult thing to change. He will illustrate this in relation to his own career at John Hancock, and comment, as well, on the impact of corporate culture on the many ethical and other issues we read about in today\u2019s business pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday, September 27, 2012: Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 4:00 to 5:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Photonics Room 206, 8 St. Mary\u2019s Street<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Sylvia Nasar<\/span><\/p>\n

In a sweeping narrative, the author of <\/span>A Beautiful Mind<\/span><\/i> will take you on a journey through modern history with the men and women who changed the lives of every single person on the planet. It\u2019s the epic story of the making of modern economics, and of how economics rescued mankind from squalor and deprivation by placing its material fate in its own hands rather than in fate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday, October 3, 2011: International Money<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:30 to 7pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: CAS, Room 224, 725 Commonwealth Avenue (<\/span>map<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Philip Turner, Bank of International Settlements (BIS)<\/span><\/p>\n

What is international money? The 2007\u20132009 financial crisis has given this old question new life. Central banks are not only the ultimate providers of domestic money, but also have the capacity to influence exchange rates and long-term debt markets. Because most international contracts are in dollars, the Federal Reserve has a pivotal role that has been reinforced by the crisis. But the massive dollar investments of other central banks also have an impact.What the international banking system does to \u201cmultiply\u201d (or more recently\u201cdivide\u201d) the money that central banks \u201ccreate\u201d will change over time. We try to understand how central banks should in turn respond to the reactions of international banks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 28, 2011: Trailer Park Economics<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: CAS, Room 313, 725 Commonwealth Avenue (<\/span>map<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by<\/span>
\n<\/span>Charles M. Becker, Research Professor of Economics, Associate Department Chair, Duke University<\/span>
\n<\/span>Caitlin Gorback, Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Bank, New York, undergraduate honors student, Duke<\/span><\/p>\n

While the mortgage crisis has focused attention on the housing market, virtually no attention has been paid to a particular segment\u2014manufactured housing. And within the manufactured housing market, of particular interest is the peculiar American institution of mobile home parks. Yet manufactured housing and trailer parks are important components of the housing market, especially in the southeast and southwest. In North Carolina, more than 1.5 million of the state\u2019s 9 million people live in manufactured housing. Yet, those who live in trailer parks have minimal security of tenure: as a rule, structure and site owners differ, \u201cmobile\u201d homes are not really mobile, and homeowners face disastrous losses if evicted. We explore economic models that would give rise to this phenomenon\u2014there turns out to be several\u2014and offer preliminary empirical indications of the importance of different explanations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 31, 2011: Psychology of a Superorganism: Collective Decision-making by Ant Colonies<\/b><\/p>\n

Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: 264 Bay State Road, Room 315<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Stephen Pratt, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University<\/span><\/p>\n

Ant colonies can be thought of as \u201csuperorganisms\u201d that combine the actions of many individuals into a highly integrated whole. Like an organism, a colony acts as a single cognitive entity, making decisions about what to eat, where to live, and how to defend itself. I will describe the behavioral rules and communication networks that allow many poorly informed ants to make a good collective choice. Borrowing ideas from psychology and economics, I will show how colonies amplify the limited cognitive capacity of single ants and how they evade certain irrational consequences of individual choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

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