“Debt and Deficit Reduction: Time for Action” Economic Forum October 18, 2011

As Congress seeks ways to reduce the deficit, three policy experts will discuss state and national fiscal challenges during this Economic Forum. Panelists include: Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist, The Concord Coalition and award-winning blogger “economistmom.com”; Alan Viard, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute; and George Lightbourn, president, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. Mitch Teich, Lake Effect’s executive producer, will host and moderate the program.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. The forum will run from 9:45-11:00 a.m.
RSVPs are required. http://www.concordcoalition.org/WI1018.

Paid parking is available in both the UWM Lubar School of Business and the UWM Student Union parking structures.

This forum was organized by UW-Milwaukee, the Concord Coalition and WisPolitics.com with assistance from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.

The excerpts from the forum will air on WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee Public Radio’s Lake Effect program on Wednesday, October 19th at 10 a.m. and will be archived at www.wuwm.com/lakeeffect.