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Former Obama Adviser to Speak at Washington University

Christina D. Romer, PhD and former chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, will deliver a keynote address to open a panel discussion on β€œThe Continuing Unemployment Crisis: Causes, Cures, and Questions for Further Study” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall.

This event is cosponsored by the Brown School’s Center for Social Development and Youngdahl Lecture Series, the Law School’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital, the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government & Public Policy, and the Center for New Institutional Social Sciences.

The keynote and panel discussion are free and open to the public. For more information call (314) 935-7988 or emailΒ sford@wulaw.wustl.edu.

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Editor’s note: A 15-minute media Q&A session will take place immediately following the event from 5:15-5:30 p.m.

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