Lessons from the Great Recession 2014-15

The 2014-2015 Sichel Lecture Series brings to WMU campus six distinguished economists whose presenta-tions will discuss the lessons from the Great Recession. This year’s Sichel Lecture Series is directed by Professor Eskander Alvi and is co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sci-ences and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Speakers: Laurence Ball Can We Reverse the Damage from the Great Recession? , Gary Burtless Lessons of the Great Recession for Economic Policymaking , Donald Kohn Central Banking in the Great Recession , Kathryn Dominguez International Dimensions of the Great Reces-sion and the Weak Recovery. , Barry Eichengreen Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses – and Misuses -- of History , Till von Wachter Cleansing Effects from the Great Recession