The UW Law School is a co-sponsor of the panel "The Global Economic Crisis: The Untold Stories," to be held Thursday, November 20, 2008, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Morgridge Auditorium of Grainger Hall.

Assistant Professor of Law Darian Ibrahim will join other professors from a wide range of departments at the university who will offer different perspectives on the causes, consequences, and potential solutions for the global economic crisis.

The panel will address the questions of how a crisis in the U.S. housing market grew into a full- blown global economic crisis, and what these events mean for the global economy, governments, businesses and average people around the world.

Morgridge Auditorium is Room 1100 of Grainger Hall, the Wisconsin School of Business, at 975 University Avenue, where parking is available from an entrance on Brooks Street. 

The roster of participating professors includes:

Menzie Chinn
Professor of Public Affairs and Economics

Mark Copelovitch
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs

Edward Friedman
Professor of Political Science

Darian Ibrahim
Assistant Professor of Law

Mark Ready
Jeffrey J. Diermeier Chair of Finance

The panel was organized by the UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE). Co-sponsors in addition to the UW Law School are:

Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)

Division of International Studies

Wisconsin School of Business

Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA)

Madison International Trade Association (MITA)

Global Studies

Department of Political Science

Department of Economics

Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

Stephen L. Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis

Submitted by on November 17, 2008

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