A Roundtable on the Current Financial Crisis

Presented by the Brown University Department of Economics and Departmental Undergraduate Group

4-5:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008

This event was presented in response to questions of general interest from the campus community about the current financial crisis, and was open to the campus community. Each roundtable member presented his views about the economic downturn, followed by a Q&A session with audience members.

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Introduction Introductory remarks	Ross Levine James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics, and Director, William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics
Peter Howitt Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences	David Weil Professor of Economics
Ivo Welch Professor of Economics	Matthew Rothman Visiting professor, former global head of quantitative equity strategies at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., now in the same position at Barclays Bank PLC
Question and Answer session