Events

Join Professor Jeff Colgan in conversation with senior New York Times writer David Leonhardt as they discuss David’s new book, which examines the past century of American history, from the Great Depression to today’s Great Stagnation in search of an answer to the question: what happened to the American Dream?

With an introduction by Professor John Friedman.

Free copies of the book will be available at the end of the event for any student in attendance (one book per student).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Leonhardt is a senior writer at The New York Times, where he writes its flagship newsletter, “The Morning.” He has also been the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief, an op-ed columnist, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and the founding editor of “The Upshot.” He has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

Co-sponsored with the Department of Economics