Haas School Feb. 5 teach-in on economic slowdown |
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31 January 2008 ATTENTION: Economics, energy and housing writers and editors |
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Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations
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WHAT
A teach-in hosted by the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business will offer expert insights into the causes and effects of the current economic slowdown that is making headlines and impacting national and international markets and economies.
Panelists will make brief remarks and then answer questions about the economic issues. Haas School of Business Dean Tom Campbell will introduce the participants.
WHEN
12:30-2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, the same date as Super Tuesday elections in California, New York and 20 other states. Panelists will be on hand until 2:30 p.m. to speak with reporters.
WHERE
Wells Fargo Room, fourth floor of the Haas School of Business's Cheit Hall. The school is located on Gayley Road, on the eastern edge of campus. A map is online at: http://www.berkeley.edu/map.
WHO
Haas School panelists and their topics will include:
- Severin Borenstein, a professor of business administration and public policy and the director of the University of California Energy Institute, on concerns about energy and oil.
- Thomas Davidoff, an assistant professor in the Haas School's Real Estate Group, on the housing and real estate meltdown.
- Christopher Hennessy, an associate professor in the Haas School's Finance Group, on the current financial crisis.
- James Wilcox, a professor of financial institutions who served as an economist with the Federal Reserve Board from 1991-1992 and as a senior economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1990-1991, on the downturn's impacts on the United States.
- Andrew Rose, a professor of international trade and director of the Haas School's Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, on the economic slowdown's global consequences.
DETAILS
The program is free and open to the public. Media are advised to arrive early because space is limited. For more information, contact Ute Frey at the Haas School at (510) 642-0342 or frey@haas.berkeley.edu.