主 题： Low-Hanging Fruit and America’s ‘Sputnik Moment’
主讲人：著名经济学家 Tyler Cowen教授
主持人：经济信息工程学院院长 霍伟东教授
时 间： 2014 年5月14日下午15：40—17：20
地 点：柳林校区腾骧楼行政会议厅137室
主办单位：经济信息工程学院 科研处
主讲人简介：
Tyler Cowen is anAmericaneconomist, academic, and writer. He occupies the Holbert C. Harris Chair ofeconomicsas a professor atGeorge Mason Universityand is co-author, withAlex Tabarrok, of the popular economicsblogMarginal Revolution. Cowen and Tabarrok have also ventured intoonline educationby startingMarginal Revolution University.He currently writes the "Economic Scene" column for theNew York Times, and he also writes for such publications asThe New Republic, theWall Street Journal,Forbes,Newsweek, and theWilson Quarterly. Cowen also serves as general director of George Mason'sMercatus Center, a universityresearch centerthat focuses on themarket economy. In February 2011, Cowen received a nomination as one of the most influential economists in the last decade through a survey byThe Economist. He was ranked #72 among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" in 2011 byForeign Policy Magazine, "for finding markets in everything".
有可能获得诺贝尔经济学奖的泰勒教授主页：http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/faculty%20pages/Tyler/
