Kautz Lecturers

Since 1993, the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute has welcomed prominent economists to present at the University of Cincinnati through the

James C. Kautz Lecture series. Explore past lecturers below dating back to 2001.

2025

Nawal Roy (MA, '97)

Founder and CEO, Holmusk

Journey of an Entrepreneur:

Passion, Vision, and Resolve

2024

Katrine Løken, PhD

Norwegian School of Economics

The Paradox of Punishment:

How Norway's Kindness Conquers Crime

2023

Joshua Gans, PhD

University of Toronto

How Disruptive Will Artificial Intelligence Be? A Hard-Headed Approach

2022

Betsey Stevenson, PhD

University of Michigan

Did the Pandemic Permanently Alter How We Work and Live?

2019

Nicholas Bloom, PhD

Stanford University

Are Americans

Badly Managed?

2018

Betsey Stevenson, PhD

University of Michigan

Our Changing Lives:

Work, Family, & Policy in a Time of Rising Gender Equality

2017

Miles Corak, PhD

University of Ottawa

Inequality, Life Chances, and Public Policy: How to Slid Down the Great Gatsby Curve

2016

Paul Polman

CEO, Unilever

Global Sustainable

Development

2015

Justin Wolfers, PhD

Michagan State University

Income and

Happiness

2014

Ed Glaser, PhD

Harvard University

Triumph of

the City

2012

Laurence Kotlikoff, PhD

Boston University

Clash of

Generations

2011

Barry Nalebuff, PhD

Yale University

The Value of Understanding Maximization

2010

Edward Prescott, PhD

Arizona State University

Financial Crises

and Business Cycles

2009

Finn Erling Kydland, PhD

University of California

Policy Consistency

and Economic Growth

2008

Henry J. Aaron, PhD

Brookings Institution

The Economics and Politics of Health Care Reform

2007

George J. Borjas, PhD

Harvard University

Economics and Politics Immigration

2006

Stuart Hoffman,PhD

PNC Financial Services Group

Reflecting on

Microeconomic Conditions

2005

Catherine Mann, PhD

Institute for International Economics

The US Trade Deficit:

Crisis or Co-dependency?

2004

Thomas Mann, PhD

Brookings Institution

The Economy and the 2004 Elections

2003

Robert N. Stavins, PhD

Harvard University

Can an Effective Global Climate Treaty Be Based on Sound Science, Rational Economics, and Pragmatic Politics?

2002

Robert Litan, PhD

Brookings Institution

Corporate Disclosure After the Scandal of 2002

2001

Deidre McCloskey, PhD

University of Illinois

Bourgeois Virtue