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2008 Fathauer Lecture in Political Economy
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About the Fathauer Lecture in Political Economy
Established in 1982 and endowed in 1996 by Isabel and Walter Fathauer, the Lecture brings internationally known scholars to The University of Arizona's Eller College of Management. More than 200 business and community leaders, students, and other community members attend the free public event each year. |
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The Economics and Politics of Health Care: 2008 and Beyond
Event Details
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
5:30 p.m., Reception Follows
Berger Auditorium at McClelland Hall
The University of Arizona
About Robert D. Reischauer
Robert D. Reischauer
President, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
Former Director fo the Congressional Budget Office
Robert D. Reischauer is the president of the Urban Institute, a nonprofit, non-partisan policy research and education organization that examines the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. He served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) between 1989 and 1995 and was CBO’s assistant director for human resources and deputy director of CBO during the 1977 to 1981 period. Reischauer has been a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program of the Brookings Institution (1986-89 and 1995-2000) and the senior vice president of the Urban Institute (1981-86).
Reischauer is an economist with an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. in economics and masters in international affairs from Columbia University. He has written and lectured extensively on a wide range of topics including federal budget policy, health reform, social welfare issues, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs. He frequently contributes to the opinion pages of the nation’s major newspapers, comments on public policy developments on radio and TV, and testifies before congressional committees.
Reischauer serves on the boards of several educational and nonprofit organizations. He is a member of the Harvard Corporation, vice chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and served as chair of the National Academy of Social Insurance’s project, “Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term,” from 1995 to 2004.
RSVP
We are no longer accepting RSVPs because this event is at capacity. Late seating, where possible, will begin at 5:35 p.m.
For more information, please contact us at 520.626.8666.
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