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Date and Title Speaker Name Title
June 10, 2009:
Has the Economy Hit Rock Bottom?
Michael S. Miller Associate Professor of Economics
Paul Larson Equities Strategist & Editor of company's stocks newsletter
June 3, 2009:
The Chicago School of Economics
Sam Peltzman Professor of Economics
May 27, 2009:
Small Banks
Brian Battle Municipal Trader and Underwriter
Adolfo Laurenti Deputy Chief Economist
May 20, 2009:
Regulation of Derivatives
Werner F.M. De Bondt Director of Richard H. Driehaus Cent for Behaviorial Finance
Philip Guziec Derivatives Strategist
May 13, 2009:
Credit Card Reform
Helen H. Roberts Clinical Assistant Professor, Economics
Dory M. Rand President of Woodstock Institute
May 6, 2009:
Bank Stress Tests
Rebel Cole Professor of Finance and Real Estate
Jim Sinegal Stock Analyst
April 22, 2009:
The Debate Over 401(k) Accounts
Christopher Davis Seniro Mutual Fund Analyst
Ann Marie Klingenhagen Instructor of Finance
April 15, 2009:
President Obama on the Economy
Edward Stuart Professor of Economics and International/Intercultural Studies
John McDonald Head of the Department of Economics
April 8, 2009:
Consumer Credit
Becky Yerak Journalist, covering banking, private equity, and insurance
Paola Sapienza Associate Professor in Finance
April 1, 2009:
Market Reforms
Michael Gorham Industry Professor
Deborah Lucas Professor of Consumer Finance
March 25, 2009:
Small Businesses
Raman Chadha Executive Director of Coleman Entrepreneurship Center
March 18, 2009:
Hedge Funds
Robert Korajczyk Professor of Finance and Director of the Zell Center for Risk Research
Dale W. R. Rosenthal Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance
March 11, 2009:
The American Automobile Industry
Thomas H. Klier Senior Economist
March 4, 2009:
The Obama Budget
Edward Stuart Professor of Economics and International/Intercultural Studies
Kevin Stevens Director of Accountancy and Management Information Systems
February 25, 2009:
Banks on the brink of Insolvency
Diane Swonk Chief Economist
Thomas Mondschean Professor of Economics
February 18, 2009:
The Housing Crisis
Thomas Fitzgibbon Executive Vice President of MB Financial Bank
Deborah Lucas Professor of Consumer Finance
February 11, 2009:
Stimulus Package
Rebel A. Cole Professor of Finance and Real Estate
Martin Eichenbaum Professor of Economics
February 4, 2009:
Resuscitating the Ailing Economy
John Cochrane Professor of Finance
Adolfo Laurenti Senior Economist