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Eller College Experts Host Community Roundtable on Financial Markets and the Economy

Economic Symposium – October 1, 2008 at The University of Arizona’s McClelland Hall

What:
The U.S. economy and financial markets are in an unprecedented state of turmoil. What precipitated the crisis? Will it get worse? How does it affect the average family? And when can we expect to turn the corner? Eller College of Management experts will weigh in on these issues and take questions from the community in an informal economic symposium that is free and open to the public.

Where:
Berger Auditorium, McClelland Hall
1130 East Helen Street, Second Floor
The University of Arizona, Tucson

When:
Wednesday, October 1, 2008, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Who:
Eller College of Management dean Paul Portney will be joined by finance department head Chris Lamoureux and bestselling author and economist Gerry Swanson.

• Chris Lamoureux is head of the Department of Finance and Diamond Professor at the Eller College. His expertise includes economic theory, financial intermediation, financial markets, investment banking, and corporate finance.  
• Gerry Swanson is the Thomas R. Brown Chair in Economic Education at the Eller College. His book Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It spent 39 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.
• Paul Portney joined the Eller College as dean in 2005. Before that, he was president and CEO of Resources for the Future (RFF), a non-partisan think-tank in Washington, D.C., that specializes in energy and the environment.

The Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona is internationally recognized for pioneering research, innovative curriculum, distinguished faculty, excellence in management information systems, entrepreneurship, and social responsibility. U.S. News & World Report ranks the Eller undergraduate program #14 among public business schools and three of its programs are among the top 20 — Entrepreneurship, MIS, and Management. U.S. News & World Report ranks the Eller MBA Full-Time program #44 in the U.S. and #21 among public business schools. The College leads the nation’s business schools in generating grant funds for research. In addition to a Full-Time MBA program, the Eller College offers an Evening MBA program and the Eller Executive MBA. The Eller College of Management supports approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 700 graduate students on the UA campus in beautiful Tucson, Arizona.

Press Contact:
Liz Warren-Pederson, Eller College of Management
520.626.9547, news@eller.arizona.edu

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