Peter Orszag: US Macroeconomic Conditions and Political Polarization
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Channel: Columbia Business School · 2012 · News & Politics
The American economy stands at the crossroads, still recovering from the financial crisis but also headed toward a fiscal cliff. Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Obama, analyzes the state of the economy and the polarization of US politics and discusses ways to achieve economic growth more rapidly. Orszag's talk was sponsored by the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy and moderated by Jesse Greene. Established in 2011 with a visionary gift from Richard Paul Richman, JD '72, MBA '73, the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University is a joint venture of Columbia's Business and Law Schools.
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