The First 100 Days: The Challenges Facing the Obama Administration

Description

President Barack Obama has taken office in a time of historic challenges. As Obama reaches his fourth month in office, hear two esteemed Berkeley faculty members — moderated by Liz Claman ’85, Fox Business Network Anchor — discuss how the current financial crisis has impacted his ambitious agenda for the economy, public policy, and reform.

Dates and Locations

New York

May 20, 2009
The Italian Academy at Columbia University

Featuring

David H. Romer

Romer, who occasionally advised Obama’s campaign on economic issues, is the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy at Berkeley. He joined the Berkeley faculty in 1988 and was promoted to full professor in 1993. Romer is director of the Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Ec…

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Christopher Edley, Jr.

Interim Dean, Graduate School of Education
The Honorable William H. Orrick, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Berkeley Law

Christopher Edley, Jr. was dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law from 2004 to 2013, after 23 years as a Harvard Law professor. His academic work is in administrative law, civil righ…

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