Tuesday, October 15, 8:00pm - 9:00pm (EDT)
Beyond the horse-race and the politics of personality most frequently covered by the media, there are some important differences in how the two candidates might approach economic policy and international relations. Key among them are domestic fiscal and monetary policy, regulatory policy, international trade and finance, and the approach to international relations in a world fraught with conflict at the moment. What are the differences in policies of the two candidates? Which of them are controlled by the President and which will require cooperation with the legislative branch? How could these policies affect our standing in the world?
Join fellow UW alumni and friends online for a livestream and Q & A with a panel of experts who will discuss these topics. The talk will be moderated by Mike Knetter, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association.
Mark Copelovitch, PhD, is a professor of political science and public affairs in the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW–Madison. He is also the director of the UW’s Center for European Studies and an affiliate of the Center for German and European Studies and the Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence. He specializes in international political economics and international organizations, with a focus on the politics of international trade, international finance, the International Monetary Fund, and European integration. He is the author of The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy: Banks, Bonds, and Bailouts (Cambridge University Press, 2010), as well as articles in Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and the Review of International Organizations.
Kim Ruhl, PhD is the Curt and Sue Culver Professor of Economics. He is also codirector of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE). Ruhl’s research focuses on international economics, models of firm heterogeneity, and national income accounting. He is currently a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a special sworn employee of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, where he studies the ways that multinational firms produce and sell goods and services around the world.