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CCEE 2008 ECONOMIC INSIGHTS LECTURE
Robert J. Samuelson

The Past and Future of American Prosperity—From the Great Inflation to the Next President

 

Please Join Us

Tuesday, November 18,2008

Kent Denver School, Anschutz Theatre

4000 East Quincy Avenue

Englewood, Colorado

 

Lecture:

Doors Open:  5:30 p.m.

Lecture:  6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Cocktail Buffet:  7:15 - 8:30 p.m.


Ticket Prices:

Lecture Only Price:  $25 - Call 303-752-2323 for availability

Teacher/Student Ticket:  $20 - Call 303-752-2323 for availability

Cocktail Buffet:  $100 (includes lecture ticket) - Call 303-752-2323 for availability

Underwriter Opportunity Available: Call Amanda Dixon at 303-752-2323 for details

Samuelson's newest book, The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence, will be available for sale at the lecture for $25.

 

The Future of American Prosperity

  • What will propel our national economy and what, if anything, can we do to improve the outlook?

  • Will there be a return to the days of significant increases in consumer spending, stock values and home prices?

  • How do policies that promise to control the business cycle end up making things worse?

  • What can we do to return to acceptable levels of economic growth, stability and prosperity?

What is Happening to Our Economy?

As we approach a watershed election, The United States is also at a critical economic juncture. For roughly the last half century, the American economy has been dominated by the rise and the fall of double-digit inflation.


The rise of inflation (from less than 2 percent in 1960 to nearly 14 percent in 1980) was hugely disruptive, causing recessions and savaging confidence. The fall of inflation (to less than 2 percent in 2001) was a huge engine of economic growth.


Falling inflation led to falling interest rates, which in turn led to much higher stock values and home prices, though these huge increases ultimately ended in speculative “bubbles.”


Skepticism in the face of seductive appeals of collective uplift is not always pessimism or conservatism. Sometimes, it is just prudent realism.


Just what the next great economic cycle will bring is an open question.

 

About the Speaker

Mr. Samuelson is a noted columnist and contributing editor of Newsweek magazine whose biweekly column also appears in The Washington Post, The Rocky Mountain News, Investor’s Business Daily and other papers across the country.


His newly published book, The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath—The Past and Future of American Affluence, will be available for purchase at the lecture.

 

 

 

 

 

Presenting Underwriters:

 

Supporting Underwriters:

John Pritzlaff, III

 

Business Underwriters:

                

 

 

Table Underwriters:

Citi Private Bank

Green Manning and Bunch Investment Banking

Qwest

Trinity Capital Services, LLC

Vectra Bank of colorado

Wells Fargo

 

In-Kind Supporters:

Kent Denver School

Post-News Educational Services

coloradobiz

 

 


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