Economics Roundtable 2006
The
UCSD Economics Roundtable is organized by the UCSD Department of
Economics in coordination with UCSD Extended Studies and Public
Programs. The purpose of the Roundtable is to provide top business
professionals and community leaders in the San Diego region with
the opportunity to share the views and opinions of renowned experts
in the fields of economics, finance, business and public policy.
Members of the Roundtable will share insights with their counterparts
in the business community and with members of the UCSD faculty.
Schedule of Events
Registration
Directions to the Faculty Club
Directions to the Leichtag Center
Previous Roundtables
Additional Information & Resources
Acknowledgements
Schedule of Events
 Thursday,
February 16th, 2006
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD Faculty Club
Christopher Thornberg,
Senior Economist
UCLA Anderson Forecast
"The California Economy: Housing Boom or Bubble?"
Christopher Thrornberg is Senior Economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast,
based at UCLA's Anderson School of
Management. Dr. Thornberg is the author of the quarterly Anderson
Forecast for the State of California. He is also involved in a number of special
studies measuring the impact of important events on the economy, including
the NAFTA treaty, the California power crisis, and the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Thornberg argues that "California and some other parts of the US are
clearly in the middle of a real estate bubble and that a real estate bubble, or any other asset bubble, is not a situation where you
hear a pop! That's not what a bubble is. A bubble is when
the price of an asset becomes misaligned with the fundamentals that truly
determine the price of that asset."
Dr. Thornberg received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from the UCLA
Anderson School of Management and his B.S. from State University of New York at Buffalo.
 Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A CHANGE OF DATE
7:30 - 9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD Faculty Club
George J. Borjas,
Professor of Economics and Social Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Making it Worse: How the US Government has Tackled the Immigration Problem - Wrongly"
Professor George Borja's research on the economic impact of immigration is widely perceived as playing a central role in the debate over immigration policy in the United States and abroad. Both Business Week and The Wall Street Journal have called him "America's leading immigration economist."
As he reveals in his latest book "Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy" it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy
- and positively bad news for the poorest citizens in that the benenfits
of immigration have been greatly exaggerated. If we allow immigration
to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities, to the richest.
Borjas was born in Havana, Cuba and received his Ph.D. in 1975 from
Columbia University. Prior to moving to Harvard in 1995, he was
professor of Economics at UCSD.
 Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
7:30–9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD School of Medicine Leichtag Conference Room
Map to Leichtag Conference Center
Alison (Lynn) Reaser,
Managing Director, Chief Economist
Investment Strategies Group, Bank of America
“Framing the Economic Outlook: The Forces Driving the Numbers”
Dr. Lynn Reaser is responsible for tracking and forecasting economic trends and evaluating their effects on the financial markets for the $443 billion Bank of America's Investment Strategies Group. She follows international, national, and regional developments and plays a key role in helping shape Bank of America’s investment strategy for both the individual and institutional clients.
Reaser is the past chair of the American Bankers Association’s Economic Advisory Council and conducts over 500 interviews a year with newspapers, magazines and television stations in the US and worldwide. Join us as Dr. Reaser anticipates financial trends and their implications for consumers and businesses in the coming year and sheds some light on the world of stock markets, interest rates, job prospects, election implications, foreign markets, and the effects of the war in Iraq.
Reaser holds her Ph.D., master's, and bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
 Thursday, October 12, 2006
7:30-9:00 AM (Includes Continental Breakfast and Parking)
UCSD Faculty Club
Glenn Hubbard,
Past Chairman of the
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School and Professor of Economics, Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
"Tax Policy and International Competitiveness: A Cross-Country Comparison
If the dividend tax cut happens, you can thank - or blame - Glenn Hubbard. As the past Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001, Dr. Hubbard is widely believed to be the primary mover behind the President's tax-cut package. "International Economy" called him the most influential Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in two decades.
Hubbard's specialties span public finance, managerial information and incentive problems in corporate finance, and financial markets and institutions. A prolific author his books include "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System," "Toward fundamental Tax Reform," and most recently, "Tax Policy and Multinational Corporations," in which he argues that U.S. tax policy significantly affects financing and investment decisions of multinational corporations. He has also written more that 100 scholarly articles on corporate finance, investment decisions, banking, energy economics, and public policy.
Dr. Hubbard is the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University and also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and is a member of the National Science Foundation. Hubbard received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1983. |
