W.J. Usery Distinguished Lecture Series
Coordinator: Barry T. Hirsch & Janet Johnson
In 2005, W.J. Usery and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies inauguarated a lecture series on isses in the American Workplace. The first lecture featured Richard B. Freeman, Ascherman Chair of Economics at Harvard University. The School and the Usery Center are pleased to announce the latest lecture in this series.
The Fifth Annual W.J. Usery Distinguished Lecture on the American Workplace will be on Thursday, March 12, 2009, and will feature lecturer Katharine Abraham of the University of Maryland. Her lecture will be "What We Don't Know Could Hurt Us: Some Reflections on the Measurement of Economic Activity."
Visit the Master Calendar to see upcoming seminars.
- 2009 Usery Lecture
March 12, AYSPS, Katharine Abraham (University of Maryland) will present "What We Don't Know Could Hurt Us: Some Reflections on the Measurement of Economic Activity"
- 2008 Usery Lecture
March 24, 2:00PM, David H. Autor (MIT) on "Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low Skilled Service Jobs in the United States" (open to all)
- 2007 Usery Lecture
April 19, 749 AYSPS, Lisa Lynch (Tufts University) presented "Organizational Innovation and the New Economy"
- 2006 Usery Lecture
April 27, 749 AYSPS, Alan Krueger (Princeton University) presented "Whither the Social Safety Net?"
- 2005 Usery Lecture
April 8, 749 AYSPS, Richard Freeman (Harvard University) presented "Can We Improve Worker Well-Being in the New Global Economy?"
