Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Manfred Keil, associate professor of economics, CMC; co-author, Minimum Wages and Employment (2001) and Why is the Unemployment Rate so Very Low Near Full Employment? (1999); Gregory Hess, Russell S. Bock Chair of Public Economics and Taxation, professor of economics, Dean of Faculty, CMC; co-author, War and Democracy (2001) and Is the Political Business Cycle for Real? (2002); Marc Weidenmier, William F. Podlich '66 associate professor of economics and George R. Roberts Fellow; associate director, Lowe Institute for Political Economy, CMC; co-author, forthcoming Competing with the NYSE and Volatility in an Era of Reduced Uncertainty: Lessons from Pax Britanica (2006); S. Brock Blomberg, Peter K. Barker '70 professor of economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, CMC; co-author, How Much Does Violence Tax Trade (2006) and forthcoming The Impacts of Terrorism on Urban Form; Tom Borcherding, professor of economics, CGU; co-author, The Supply Side of Democratic Governments: A Brief Survey (2006) and Growth in the Real Size of Government since 1970 (2004) (moderator); "The Recession of 2008: Myth or Reality" (12:00 p.m.)