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Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics with Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

April 08, 2019, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey (University of Illinois at Chicago) will present the fifth annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics. For more information about this lecture, please contact Katrina Fiacchi at 315.443.9040 or kfiacchi@syr.edu.

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