“The Financial Crisis and the Road Ahead” a talk by economist James K. Galbraith, Jan. 28

Event: Where did the financial crisis come from, and what should we do about it? Dr. James K. Galbraithhttp://www.utexas.edu/lbj/faculty/james-galbraith/, who has been one of the leading commentators on the crisis, will discuss the roots of the problem and the most effective ways that citizens can advocate for sensible responses from political leaders and business.

This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Senior Fellows honors program of the College of Communication and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

When: 7 p.m., Jan. 28, 2009

Where: The Thompson Conference Center auditorium (TCC 1.110) on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Maps are available online.

Background: Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at LBJ School of Public Affairs, where he teaches economics and a variety of other subjects. In addition to his academic work, Galbraith served in several positions on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including executive director of the joint economic committee. He directs the University of Texas Inequality Project, an informal research group based at the LBJ School.

Galbraith’s latest book, “The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too,” was published in 2008. He also is the author of “Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance and the American Future” (1989) and “Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay” (1998), and he has co-authored two textbooks, “The Economic Problem” with the late Robert L. Heilbroner and “Macroeconomics” with William Darity, Jr.

Galbraith is a senior scholar of the Levy Economics Institute and chair of the Board of Economists for Peace and Security. He writes the “Econoclast” column for “Mother Jones” magazine, and occasional commentary in many other publications, including “The Texas Observer,” “The American Prospect” and “The Nation.” He also is a commentator for American Public Media’s “Marketplace.”

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Contact:
Robert Jensen
512-471-1990