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Join the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) for a moderated discussion with EIG Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee and Kenneth Rogoff on the current economic situation and lessons from the Great Recession for mitigating the fallout from COVID-19 and setting the country on a path for a strong, dynamic, and inclusive recovery.

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Join us on Thursday, May 21, from 1:00 pm to 2:00pm ET

Dr. Kenneth Rogoff is a Professor of Economics and the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. A leading scholar of financial crises, Rogoff is formerly Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund and author of “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.”

Dr. Austan Goolsbee is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and a member of President Obama’s cabinet from 2010 to 2011.

Event Speakers

Dr. Austan Goolsbee

University of Chicago

Dr. Kenneth Rogoff

Harvard University

Event Moderators

John Lettieri

Economic Innovation Group