W.J. Usery Distinguished Lecture
In 2005, W.J. Usery and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies inauguarated a lecture series on issues in the American Workplace. The first lecture featured Richard B. Freeman, Ascherman Chair of Economics at Harvard University. The sixth and latest lecture in this series took place in February of 2010.
- Usery Lecture - 2010
- February 11 at 2:00 p.m., Claudia Goldin (Harvard University) presented "The Career-Family Conundrum"
- Usery Lecture - 2009
March 12, Katharine Abraham (University of Maryland) presented "What We Don't Know Could Hurt Us: Some Reflections on the Measurement of Economic Activity"
- Usery Lecture - 2008
March 24, David H. Autor (MIT) on "Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low Skilled Service Jobs in the United States"
- Usery Lecture - 2007
April 19, Lisa Lynch (Tufts University) presented "Organizational Innovation and the New Economy"
- Usery Lecture - 2006
April 27, 749 AYSPS, Alan Krueger (Princeton University) presented "Whither the Social Safety Net?"
- Usery Lecture - 2005
April 8, 749 AYSPS, Richard Freeman (Harvard University) presented "Can We Improve Worker Well-Being in the New Global Economy?"
