Economists discuss financial crises, historically considered at Summer Institute at Jepson School
By Jacki Raithel
June 19, 2009
Scholars from across the country and Europe joined conference co-chair Jepson Dean Sandra J. Peart on campus for the opening of the 10th annual Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economics.
“The history of thought certainly deserves preservation,” said Thomas Humphrey, a presenter and a former researcher at The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. “It deserves to be restored to its place in conversation.” The need for a historical perspectives is particularly great today, as scholars are grappling to understand the current economic crisis — its causes and its solutions.
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