The former chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer visits Scripps College April 3 to address “The Aftermath of Financial Crises: It Doesn’t Have to Be That Bad.” This free event, which is open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St.
Christina Romer, former chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, visits Scripps College April 3
Currently, Romer is the Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and is also co-director of the Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She is best known for her work on the causes of the Great Depression and the subsequent recovery.
She is the recipient of numerous awards for her scholarship and teaching, including the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Young Investigator Award and Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award. She is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has written for The New York Times and appears frequently on television news programs.
Priority seating will be given to members of the Scripps community with their Scripps ID. All other seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact the Office of Public Events at 909-607-9372 or visit scripps-staging.skybox0.com/campus/malott-commons/christina-romer.php.