For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara K. Laskin
March 16, 2004 Doug Stone
(651) 696-6203

Noted Economist to speak at Macalester
Thursday, March 25, 2004

Basu, the C. Marks professor of International Studies, professor of economics, and director of the Program on Comparative Economics Development at Cornell University, will deliver a lecture titled, "Globalization and Labor Standards."

Currently researching the economics of child labor and the social and political foundations of economics, Basu has held visiting appointments at Princeton University, the University of Stockholm and the London School of Economics. He has authored or co-authored numerous books and nearly 100 scholarly articles.

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