Annual Henry George Lecture Topic is Economics of Immigration

“The Economics of Immigration” was the topic of the 31st Henry George Lecture in November.

From left: economics faculty members Jinghan Cai, Ph.D.; Christos Pargianas, Ph.D.; Susan Trussler, Ph.D.; Iordanis Petsas, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Economics and Finance; Satyajit Ghosh, Ph.D.; Ioannis N. Kallianiotis, Ph.D.; Aram Balagyozyan, Ph.D.; Edward M. Scahill, Ph.D.; and Dr. Card.
From left: economics faculty members Jinghan Cai, Ph.D.; Christos Pargianas, Ph.D.; Susan Trussler, Ph.D.; Iordanis Petsas, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Economics and Finance; Satyajit Ghosh, Ph.D.; Ioannis N. Kallianiotis, Ph.D.; Aram Balagyozyan, Ph.D.; Edward M. Scahill, Ph.D.; and Dr. Card.

“The Economics of Immigration” was the topic of the 31st Henry George Lecture in November. Giving the talk was David Card, Ph.D., director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. 

The Henry George Lecture Series is the preeminent public lecture series in economics in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Among the distinguished speakers at previous lectures are 10 winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. 

The Henry George Lecture Series is presented by the University’s Economics and Finance Department and the campus chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, an international honor society for economics. Funding is provided by a grant from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, established in 1925 to advance the ideas of 19th-century economist and social reformer Henry George.

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