The Albers Executive Speaker Series Presents Challenges & Opportunities: The 5 to Watch in 2023

As we near the end of a tumultuous 2022, how will America fare in 2023? On November 2nd, 2022, renowned economist Dr. James Barth identified five key areas worth discussing in-depth for their roles in shaping the country's prospects:

What is the outlook for economic growth and inflation?
What causes federal budget deficits and are they now a problem?
What is the outlook for home prices?
What is the status of cryptocurrencies?
Does where one live and one's friendships influence one's economic outcomes?

The common thread woven through these five, said Dr. Barth, are opportunities and challenges. Watch this video of the second Albers Executive Speaker Series event for the Fall 2022-23 season.

About Dr. James R. Barth

James R. Barth is the Lowder Eminent Scholar in Finance at Auburn University, a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute, and a Fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center. Barth was an appointee of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as chief economist of the Office of Thrift Supervision and previously the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. He has also held the positions of professor of economics at George Washington University, associate director of the economics program at the National Science Foundation, and Shaw Foundation Professor of Banking and Finance at Nanyang Technological University. He has been a visiting scholar at the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the World Bank. Moreover, he headed an international team to advise the People’s Bank of China on various regulatory regimes adopted by countries to promote well-functioning and stable financial systems.

Barth has testified before several U.S. Congressional Committees. He has authored articles in professional journals and has co-authored and co-edited several books, including Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern (Cambridge University Press), The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Meltdown (John Wiley & Sons), China's Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities (Springer), Guardians of Finance: Making Regulators Work for Us (MIT Press), Fixing the Housing Market: Financial Innovations for the Future (Wharton School Publishing-Pearson), and Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance (Edward Elgar Publishing). Barth is included in Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists, 1700 to 1995.

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