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Welcome Remarks (2:00 – 2:15pm) - Emma Rothschild and Kate Harris

 

Panel 1 (2:15 – 3:15pm)

Historical Perspective: Federal Credit and Public Sector Risk

 

Harold James
Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, Princeton University and Professor of International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School

Emma Rothschild
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University 

Deborah Lucas
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management


Reproduced in: Douglas Elliott, Uncle Sam in Pinstripes: Evaluating U.S. Federal Credit Programs, (Brookings Institution Press, 2011).Coffee & Tea (3:15 – 3:30pm)

 

Panel 2 (3:30 – 4:30pm)

Contemporary Perspective: Considering Federal Financial Exposures Following the Financial Crisis

 

Cyrus Amir-Mokri
Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury

Lee Sachs
Former Counselor to Secretary Geithner and Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets at the U.S. Department of the Treasury

Benjamin Friedman
William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University


Concluding Remarks (4:30 - 4:45pm)

 

Reception (5:00 - 6:00pm)

The reception will be held in Robinson Hall.

 

 

Please do not hesitate to contact Jennifer Nickerson with any questions.
nickers@fas.harvard.edu
617-496-4869