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
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And past president of the club. The club was started in 1968 and has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since, presenting leading economists, talking about issues of the day. Today were pleased to have mark gold wine to talk about the return of a trillion dollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlen on february 1st at a luncheon right here talking about fed policy, maybe a little bit about the budget we have commitments to speak in february, although the dates havent been set. Mark goldwine is one of the sharpest young budget economist deficit hawks at 33 years old, hes had a lot of experience in the budget arena. He worked on the Simpson Bowles commission in 2010. Hes got a ba and ms in economics from Johns Hopkins and he also teaches there. And at the university of california, d. C. Finally, mark is a new father, so this topic is very appropriate in the hopes that his kid and our kids dont pay more than they have
Our membership and we value all the hard work that you all do. So, thank you and happy new year. President scott thank you very much. Any other Public Comment. Hearing and seeing none, the next item. Item 4, discussion item, directors report, acting executive director griggs. Board report for the december work, so we are in january, but looking back and highlighting the december work, and we are in the mode of thanking everyone, i want to thank the board for this opportunity. Its been a challenge, educational, its been fun, actually. Believe it or not. It has been a lot of hard work, and just to reiterate, specifically pamela and marina coleridge, the staff has been helpful but thanks to them and their support, having to put some things of operational, things on to marina and pamela stepping up with her expertise and how the city financial stuff works. So, thank you to all the staff. It has been a very busy year. And we are about to start a new rates and benefits cycle which well talk