Economic History Workshop

Date and Time

April 25, 2014
02:00PM - 03:30PM EDT

Location

Littauer M-16, North Yard

"How Johnson Fought the War on Poverty: The Economics and Politics of Funding at the Office of Economic Opportunity"

Speaker:

Martha Bailey, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan.

Contact:

Gia Petrakis
gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu
(617) 496-5079

Moderators:

Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University (on leave 2013-2014).

Richard Hornbeck, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Nathan Nunn, Faculty Associate. Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Melissa Dell, Faculty Associate, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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