Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz will present "Globalization and Public Policy," on Friday, April 8, at 8 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel. Sponsored by Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, this event is free and open to the public. It is part of the College's "Hamilton Today," a weekend-long series of programs designed to give alumni and supporters an in-depth view of the College.
Stiglitz, who won the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, is the author of The Roaring Nineties and Globalization and Its Discontent, an international bestseller. A professor of economics and finance at Columbia University, he is a graduate of Amherst College. Stiglitz received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. and has taught at Yale, Princeton, Stanford, M.I.T. and Oxford. He served as an economic adviser to the White House from 1993-97 and was a chief economist and senior vice-president of the World Bank from 1997-2000. He is co-founder and executive director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a global network of economists and social scientists based at Columbia University established to help developing and transitional countries explore economic policy alternatives.
Other free public lectures during Hamilton Today weekend include:
- "The Founding of America," an analysis of social and political philosophies during the Founding Era, will be presented by Hamilton professors Douglas Ambrose and Robert Martin on Saturday, April 9, at 9 a.m., in the Red Pit (#109) in the Kirner-Johnson Building.
- "Advocacy, Activism and Civic Responsibility on College Campuses" will feature Stanley Fish, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in a debate with Elizabeth Minnich, senior fellow at the Association of American Colleges & Universities' Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives. Hamilton professors Maurice Isserman and Philip Klinkner will provide comments. This event will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 10:30 a.m. in the Hamilton Chapel.
- "Social Security Reform: Implications for U.S. Economy, Policy and Poverty," will be a panel discussion of the pros and cons of proposed changes, economic analysis of causes and consequences of reform and the role of Social Security in preventing poverty among the elderly. It will feature Hamilton professors Vivyan Adair, Ann Owen and Gary Wyckoff. The event will be held on Saturday, April 9 at 2 p.m., in the Red Pit (#109) in the Kirner-Johnson Building.
The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center Speaker Series brings the experiences of policy analysts, policy makers and policy administrators to campus. "The U.S. Budget: Power, Politics and Priorities" is the 2004-2005 Speaker Series theme.
