James C. Kautz Lecture Series
The James C. Kautz Lecture Series welcomes internationally recognized economists to the University of Cincinnati each year. The series began in 1993; please see below for a list of speakers since 2001.
2024 James C. Kautz Lecture
The Kautz-Uible Economics Institute is proud to announce that this year's lecturer will be Katrine Loken, PhD, of the Norwegian School of Economics. Please join us for this event on Friday, October 25 at Lindner Hall.
2023
How Disruptive Will Artificial Intelligence Be? A Hard-Headed Approach, Professor Joshua Gans, PhD, University of Toronto.
2022
Did the Pandemic Permanently Alter How We Work and Live?, Professor Betsey Stevenson, PhD, University of Michigan.
2020-2021
No lecture due to COVID-19.
2019
Are American Companies Badly Managed?, Professor Nicholas Bloom, PhD, Stanford University.
2018
Our changing lives: Work, family, and policy in a time of rising gender equality, Professor Betsey Stevenson, PhD, University of Michigan.
2017
Inequality, Life Chances, and Public Policy: How to Slide Down the Great Gatsby Curve, Professor Miles Corak, PhD, University of Ottawa.
2016
Global Sustainable Development, Paul Polman, MBA '79, MA '79, Hon Doc '09, CEO, Unilever.
2015
Income and Happiness, Justin Wolfers, PhD, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
2014
Triumph of the City, Ed Glaeser, PhD, The Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
2013
No lecture.
2012
Clash of Generations, Lawrence Kotlikoff, William Warren Fairfield Professor at Boston University.
2011
The Value of Understanding Maximization, Barry Nalebuff, professor at the Yale School of Management, author, and co-founder of Honest Tea.
2010
Financial Crises and Business Cycles, Edward Prescott, Nobel Laureate, Carey Chair of Economics, Arizona State University.
2009
Policy Consistency and Economic Growth, Finn Erling Kydland, Recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics, Henley Professor of Economics, University of California, and Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professor, Carnegie Mellon University.
2008
The Economics and Politics of Health Care Reform, Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow, The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair, Brookings Institution.
2007
Economics and Politics of Immigration, George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Research Associate, the National Bureau of Economic Research.
2006
Reflecting on Macroeconomic Conditions, Stuart Hoffman, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, PNC Financial Services Group.
2005
The US Trade Deficit: Crisis or Co-dependency?, Catherine L. Mann, Senior Fellow, the Institute for International Economics.
2004
The Economy and the 2004 Elections, Thomas Mann, The W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies Program at The Brookings Institution.
2003
Can an Effective Global Climate Treaty Be Based on Sound Science, Rational Economics, and Pragmatic Politics?, Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Chairman, Environment & Natural Resources Faculty Group, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Director, Environmental Economics Program, Harvard University.
2002
Corporate disclosure after the scandal of 2002, Robert Litan, Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution.
2001
Bourgeois Virtue, Deirdre McCloskey, UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago.