Festival speaker to visit Davis College
William Easterly, Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-Director of the Development Research Institute, will present a special seminar on “The Role of Government in Development” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in G138 Agricultural Sciences.
His expertise is in the determinants of long-run economic growth, political economy of development and the effectiveness of foreign aid.
Easterly is also one of the featured speakers in WVU’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas lecture series. Easterly’s Festival presentation, “Free the Poor! The Evolution of Ideas Toward Ending Poverty from the Bottom Up,” begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Room 202 of Brooks Hall. A reception will follow.
For more information on Easterly and his Festival of Ideas presentation, visit WVU Today. For more information in the remaining Festival of Ideas lectures, click here.
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