The University of Utah is taking a page from Stanford, Baylor, and Kansas State's playbooks in creating a new speaker series designed to bring "national thought leaders, distinguished scholars, and innovative thinkers to Utah to share insights on the economics, demographics, technological innovations, and public policies shaping the world today," per a press release.
The first speaker in the Societal Impact Seminar Series, scheduled to start Oct.
28, will be American Enterprise Institute economist Michael Strain, who will share "compelling insights about macroeconomics and a broad range of economic issues, including industrial policy, tariffs and trade wars, price controls, government debt, public finance, and more," per the press release.
The series will also include Nobel laureate Steven Chu, the director of Opportunity Insights, and Raj Chetty, director of Opportunity Insights.
Each speaker will engage in a question-and-answer session and media availability during their visit, per the press release.
"It's our hope that these seminars will connect to action by highlighting research that increases our understanding of the world, and the ways thought leadership can improve the decisions we make as a society," says University of Utah President Taylor Randall, per Reuters. Read the Entire Article
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