Pete welcome to the National Economist club, our first event of the year. The club was first of all, im pete davis, Senior Vice President and past president of the club. The National Economist club was started in 196 by herb stein, the chair of the council of economic advisers and it has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since, presenting leading economists talking about issues of the day. Today, were very pleased to mark goldwine of the committee for responsible federal budget to talk about the return of trillion dollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlin on february 1 at a luncheon right here at the chinatown garden talking about fed policy and maybe a little bit about the budget. Shes a former vice chair of the fed, and of course, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. We also have commitments to speak in february, although the dates havent been set by the current chair of the council of ec
She lectured at the London School of economics, which was about the same time as another notable, historic event, my foreignthe service. This was a tumultuous time in the u. K. With the economy in bad shape. Labour government was struggling from vote to vote in the house of commons. Of1979, the election Margaret Thatcher changed everything. I wonder what lessons janet took from being in the u. K. During that time. One for the q a, perhaps, or maybe even dinner party conversation. As chair of the Federal Reserve, she has been a beacon of stability and model of authority. We could not have a more esteemed or qualified speaker tonight. That is enough from me. I am going to pass it onto tom oakley as i finish. Thank you again for coming. Please enjoy this evening. Thank you. [applause] tom thank you again for coming. You have read little history of the National Economist club. Our claim to fame is ben stein, who was in the famous movie Ferris Buellers day off. This is how i index everyone
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