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Economics lecture at PSU
Friday February 15, 2008 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97207 Get Directions
Nobel Laureate Douglass C. North will give the PSU Economics Department’s Second Annual Harold G. Vatter Lecture on Friday, February15th at 7 pm in Hoffman Hall. Professor North will be speaking on “ The Natural State or Why Economic Development is so Difficult to Achieve." Admission is free and open to the public; a reception will follow.

Professor North is well known as a pioneer in the “new economic history,” which uses economic theory and econometric statistical techniques to investigate historical questions. Professor North has also been a leader among economists, championing the recognition of the key role of legal and social institutions in economic development. For more information, see Dr. North’s autobiogaphy at http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1993/north-autobio.html Professor North will be the second speaker in the PSU Economics Department’s Annual Lecture honoring Harold Goodhue Vatter, an eminent economic historian and faculty member at Portland State University from 1965 until his death at the age of 89 in 2000.
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