Economics professor to address global financial crisis

Menzie Chinn, a professor in the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will discuss “The Global Financial Crisis: What You Need to Know Now” in a lecture sponsored by the UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).

The talk will be held from noon-1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, in 5120AB Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave. The event is free and open to the public.

Chinn was a senior economist for international financial issues on the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2000-01. He is currently a research associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research, and has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve Board. He served as a WAGE senior fellow from fall 2005-spring 2008, leading a research collaborative on current account sustainability.

The event is sponsored by WAGE, the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, the Department of Economics, the Center for International Business Education and Research, the Division of International Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association.

For more information, e-mail wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu.