[CSSD] UCR Randall Lewis Seminar Series - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 - Gary A. Dymski - "California's Fiscal Crisis"

[Rick Burnham]

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      May 2011 
      Randall Lewis Seminar Series - Tuesday, May 17, 2011
       
      California's Fiscal Crisis: 
      How did it happen?
      How bad is it?
      What to do about it?
      California is in crisis.The image of the Golden State as the place for entrepreneurial, invent-what-you-can-imagine-and-grow-rich-from-it-capitalism has been tarnished.

      The once flourishing housing market is wallowing in foreclosures; past tax cuts and the Great Recession slashed state revenues; and efforts to ignite economic growth through green industry, biotechnology and genomics have been disappointing. California remains mired with a budget deficit of nearly $26 billion and unemployment of 12 percent.

      Gary A. Dymski, Professor of Economics at UCR, will trace the recent boom/bust history of California’s economy, how it recovered in the past only to slide once again, and what lies ahead for the state at the Tuesday, May 17 Randall Lewis Seminar Series. The seminar will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room B, UCR Extension Building, 1200 University Ave., Riverside.

      About the speaker
      Professor Dymski came to UCR as Assistant Professor of Economics in 1991 and became Professor of Economics in 2001. In 2003, Professor Dymski also oversaw the planning phase of UCR's Center for Sustainable Suburban Development, serving as its first director.

      Dr. Dymski was on academic leave from 2003 to 2009, when he served as Executive Director of University of California Center in Sacramento, a center established to provide UC undergraduate students hands-on experience in government, business or nonprofit organizations. The center also represented University of California academic activities in the state capitol.

      Before joining UCR, Dr. Dymski was an Assistant Professor of Economics at USC. He has also been a Visiting Professor or Scholar at universities in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Greece and Japan. His non-academic experience includes Staff Director and Fiscal Advisor, Democratic Caucus of the Indiana State Senate; an Economic Analyst for Legal Services Organization of Indiana and a Senior Research Analyst with the Office of Institutional Research, Syracuse University.

      Professor Dymski earned a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania; Masters degree in Public Budgeting from Syracuse University, and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

      He is the author of The Bank Merger Wave (M.E. Sharpe, 1999), and four co-edited volumes, including Reimagining Growth: Toward a Renewal of the Idea of Development, co-edited with Silvana DePaula (Zed, 2005). He has published more than 100 articles and chapters on banking, financial fragility, urban development, credit-market discrimination, the Latin American and Asian financial crises, economic exploitation, and housing finance.

      Seminar: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.,

      Conference Rm. C, UCR Extension Bldg., 1200 University Ave., Riverside (See MAP)

      The seminars are free of charge. 

      If you plan to attend, registration is required at:

      http://or.ucr.edu/event/index.aspx
      or contact Judy Swineford, 951-827-7945


     
      About Randall Lewis 
      Randall Lewis is well known for his innovative approaches to planning, designing, and marketing residential communities as Executive Vice President of the Upland-based Lewis Group of Companies. 

      He has been Secretary of the Los Angeles County Citizens Planning Council, Director of the Home Builder's Council, National Director of the National Association of Home Builders, and President of the Inland Empire Arts Foundation.

      He was inducted into the California Building Industry Association Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Sales and Marketing Council's MAME Awards Marketing Person of the Year. He is a long time ULI member as well as a Governor of the ULI Foundation.

      He serves on several executive boards, including the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research.He received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College. 


     
      Center for Sustainable Suburban Development
      University of California, Riverside 
      B101 Highlander Hall Riverside, CA 92521
      Phone: 951.827.4103

      Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research 

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