Kautz Lecturers
Since 1993, the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute has welcomed prominent economists to present at the James C. Kautz Lecture series. Explore past lecturers below dating back to 2001.
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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
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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
University of Michigan
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 Macroeconomic Conditions
2005
Catherine Mann, PhD
Institute for International Economics
The US Trade Deficit:
Crisis or Co-dependency?
2001
Deidre McCloskey, PhD
University of Illinois
Bourgeois Virtue
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