Growth Without Bubbles: A Conversation with Christina Romer

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Speaker
Christina Romer
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
Presider
Henry R. Kravis
Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Christina Romer, the chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, discusses her "cautiously hopeful" vision for the U.S. economy following an address at the Council on Foreign Relations.

This session was part of the Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics: Financial Turbulence and U.S. Power, which was made possible through the generous support of Stephen C. Freidheim.

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