NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES LECTURE:
"THE WORLD ECONOMY AFTER THE U.S. RECESSION: BOB KERREY INTERVIEWS ROBERT
RUBIN"
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002, 7:00 PM
(New York, NY - April 2, 2002) New School University announces the first lecture
in the Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture Series and Project in Markets, Equality
and Democracy, "The World Economy After the U.S. Recession: Bob
Kerrey Interviews Robert Rubin." New School University President Bob
Kerrey will interview former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and
will be joined by economist Stanley Fischer on Tuesday, April 30, 2002
from 7-8:30 p.m. in Swayduck Auditorium, New School University, 65 Fifth Avenue
Street, NYC. For more information, please call 212-229-5662, ext. 250.
New School University President Bob Kerrey remarked, "Im
thrilled that Robert Rubin will be our first distinguished lecturer in the inaugural
event of the Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture Series. As Treasury Secretary Robert
Rubin guided the U.S. and world economies on a path of unprecedented growth.
Over the years he has become one of the key shapers of public policy in America.
The discussion reflects what our new Bernard L. Schwartz initiative is all about."
The topics that will be discussed include: the Bush administration's economic
policies (in particular, the consequences of planned tax cuts and budget deficits);
Bushs energy policy; the role of the Federal Reserve in todays economy;
the Enron scandal and business ethics. Kerrey will also interview Rubin on the
regulation of international finance: How the Argentina collapse occurred, and
how we can avoid future Argentinas. The discussion will conclude with a look
at the future of the Democratic Party, focusing on the new role of the Democrats
as fiscal conservatives and free traders.
A graduate of Harvard University, Robert Rubin also attended the London
School of Economics before receiving his law degree from Yale in 1964. Rubin
joined the investment firm of Goldman, Sachs Co. in 1966, becoming general partner
in 1971 and eventually becoming co-chairman of the firm. He served as director
of the National Economic Council under President Bill Clinton and in 1995 succeeded
Lloyd Bentsen as Treasury Secretary. During his tenure, Rubin worked to stabilize
the value of the dollar. He held the post during a long boom, and some analysts
credit his policies for the massive U.S. economic growth of the late 1990s.
He resigned in 1999 and was succeeded by his deputy, Lawrence Summers. Robert
Rubin is now a co-chairman of the Citigroup financial services company.
Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund from September 1994 to August 2001 and as Special Adviser to the
Managing Director from September 1, 2001 until January 31, 2002. Prior to taking
up his position at the Fund, Fischer was the Killian Professor and the Head
of the Department of Economics at MIT. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Economics)
from the London School of Economics and obtained his Ph. D. in Economics from
MIT. He is the author of Macroeconomics (with Rudi Dornbusch) and of
several other books. He has published extensively in professional journals.
The Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture Series and Project in Markets, Equality
and Democracy is a four-year project that includes a series of high profile
public lectures, research workshops, scholarly books, doctoral dissertations
and public policy briefs aimed at understanding the conditions under which the
profit-seeking activities of private firms also serve broader social goals,
including the creation of good jobs, the improvement of public health and education,
the diffusion of socially-useful new technologies and the reduction of economic
inequality. The project is based at the Graduate Faculty's Center for Economic
Policy Analysis (CEPA), which is one of New School University's most prominent
research centers.
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