The Challenges of Economic Policymaking: A View from the Inside with Christina Romer

Designing and passing sensible economic policies is a process fraught with challenge, particularly in the current political climate in Washington DC. Please join us as Dr. Romer unpacks this complex process in the context of the policy successes and failures of the Obama administration. An extended question and answer session moderated by Maurice Obstfeld, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, will focus on current economic challenges and the needed policy response.