BCICS is pleased to announce that Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz will be speaking on campus about his new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. The event, co-sponsored by the Kellogg School of Management, will be held Friday, April 18th in the Tribune Audi­torium at the Allen Center starting at 9:00 am.

Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information. Stiglitz was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1993-95, during the Clinton administration, and served as CEA chairman from 1995-97. He then became Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000.

Dr. Stiglitz is the author of numerous books on economics and international trade, including the bestsell­ing Globalization and Its Discontents. In his newest book Stiglitz and Harvard co-author Linda J. Bilmes explore the hidden costs of the Iraq war, including the accelerated depreciation of our nation’s military equipment, health care and disability compensation for returning veterans, and the negative effects of the war on the U.S. and global economies. Please join us for what is sure to be a provocative and sobering account of the true financial and human costs of the Iraq war.

This event is free and open to the public. For more details please contact us at BCICS at 847-467-2770.