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Experts To Localize Impact of Current Economic Crisis
at ‘CU @ The Boulder Public Library’ Event January 13

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BOULDER – With news about the economy worsening by the day, many are wondering where the bottom is, when a recovery will begin and how the recession will affect their long-term financial prospects.
To address these concerns, “CU @ The Boulder Public Library” will host a panel of economic experts for a discussion entitled, “The Economic Crisis and You: Views and Perspectives” on January 13, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in the Library’s Canyon Theater.
The program will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by the panel discussion and question and answer period. Tickets or reservations are not required and the program and reception are free and open to the public.

The panel will feature CU-Boulder Professor Keith Maskus and Instructor Jay Kaplan of the Department of Economics along with Senior Instructor Susan Morley of the Leeds School of Business. Associate Professor Rich Wobbekind of the Leeds School of Business will be moderating as well as participating in the panel discussion.
Keith Maskus, professor of economics and associate dean for social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is an expert on domestic and international finance. His current research focuses on changes in the structure of comparative advantage in international trade, dynamics of Asian trade patterns, the protection of intellectual property rights, and multilateral trade policy.  His comments will focus on the international sources of the crisis and how the crisis might affect global economic relations.
Jay Kaplan is a senior instructor of economics who specializes in regulation and banking. He has worked for the Colorado governor’s office estimating revenues and the fiscal impact of tax policy as well as for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. His research includes work with the telecommunications industry and Colorado fiscal policies.
Susan Morley, a senior instructor in the Leeds School of Business, teaches business law and tax courses, including a personal finance course that empowers students to successfully make and carry out a plan for their financial future.
Richard Wobbekind, associate professor in the Leeds School of Business, is the director of the Business Research Division and associate dean for the MBA and Enterprise Programs. As director of the Business Research Division, his responsibilities include developing an annual consensus forecast of the Colorado economy and performing various economic impact assessments of the Colorado economy.

The January 13 program is sponsored by the CU-Boulder Outreach Committee, Boulder Public Library, Boulder Arts Commission, Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies, Leeds School of Business, and College of Arts & Sciences.
The next installment of the “CU @ The Boulder Public Library” series will feature Professor Emeritus Marc Bekoff from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology speaking on his research, “Animal Emotions and Wild Justice: Reflections on How to Increase Our Compassion Footprint” on February 10 at 7:00 p.m.
For more information, contact the Boulder Public Library at 303-441-4113 or email outreach@colorado.edu.

View the recorded lectures here.