= Providence Journal   = Brown Daily Herald 

The Metcalf-Swearer Lecture
Wednesday, March 12, 8 p.m.
"The New Economy: Where Is It Taking Us?"
    Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor, The American Prospect

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Thursday, March 13, 4 p.m.
"The World of Work: Learning about the Present (and the Future) Through the Past"
  Claudia Goldin, professor of economics, Harvard University

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Thursday, March 13, 8 p.m.
"The World of Work in the 21st Century: Finding Tomorrow's Workers"

Cathy Minehan, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, moderates a panel discussion with

• James Burge, former corporate vice president and director of government affairs - human resources, Motorola
• Henry Kelly, associate director for technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Robert Lerman, director of Human Resources Policy Center, Urban Institute
• Marc Tucker, president, National Center on Education and the Economy

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Monday, March 17, 8 p.m.
"Steering Economic Policy: A Debate on the Clinton Budget"
    Susan Dentzer, chief economics correspondent, U.S. News & World Report, moderates a panel discussion with

• Joseph Minarik, associate director for economic policy, Office of Management and Budget
• William Niskanen, chairman, Cato Institute
• Robert Reischauer, senior fellow, Brookings Institution

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Tuesday, March 18, 8 p.m.
"Corporate Citizenship: What Does It Mean?"
    Paul Solman, business correspondent, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, moderates a panel discussion with

• William Dunkelberg, chief economist, National Federation of Independent Business
• Aaron Feuerstein, president and CEO, Malden Mills Industries
• Mark Green, public advocate, City of New York
• Susan Lee, senior editor, Forbes
• Michael Levy, distinguished visiting professor, Georgetown School of Business
• Don Reed, president, NYNEX
• William Reilly, former administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
• Terry Scanlon, president, Capital Research Center
• John Sweeney, president, AFL-CIO

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Wednesday, March 19, 8 p.m.
"The Growing Divide: Inequality in America"
    Barry Bluestone, professor of policital economy, University of Massachusetts-Boston, moderates a discussion with

• Gary Burtless, senior fellow, Brookings Institution
• Michael Dyson, professor of communications, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
• Glenn Loury, professor of economics and director of the Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University

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Thursday, March 20, 4 p.m.
"Where is Rhode Island Headed?: Our Emerging Economy"
(co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Public Expenditures Council)
  Gary Sasse, executive director, RIPEC, moderates a panel discussion with

• Rob Atkinson, executive director, Rhode Island Economic Policy Council
• Roger Mandle, president, Rhode Island School of Design
• Stephen Moore, director of fiscal policy, Cato Institute
• Merrill Sherman, president and CEO, Bank Rhode Island
• Marcel Valois, executive director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.

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Thursday, March 20, 8 p.m.
"Where is Rhode Island Headed? The Jobs Equation"
  Eleanor McMahon, visiting professor of public policy, Brown University, moderates a panel discussion with

• Carol Grant, vice president of human resources, Textron Inc.
• James Medoff, professor of labor and industry, Harvard University
• George Nee, secretary-treasurer, Rhode Island AFL-CIO
• Keith Stokes, executive director, Newport County Chamber of Commerce

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