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Northwestern University Transportation Center presents:

THE 2017 LEON N. MOSES TRANSPORTATION LECTURE:

"Outlook for the US Economy: Is this as good as it gets?"

Martin Eichenbaum

Charles Moskos Professor Of Economics, Northwestern
Co-Director, Center For International Macroeconomics

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ABOUT FEATURED SPEAKER

Martin Eichenbaum is the Charles Moskos Professor of economics at Northwestern University and the co-director of the Center for International Economics at Northwestern University. He has been at Northwestern University since 1988. He has also taught at the University of Chicago and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Eichenbaum earned his PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota. He served as the co-editor of the American Economic Review from 2011-2015 and is currently the co-editor of the NBER Macro Annual. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is currently a consultant to the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and San Francisco. In addition he serves on the advisory council of the Global Markets Institute at, Goldman Sachs and the academic advisory council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Finally, he is on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Montreal.

ABOUT LEON N. MOSES

Leon N. Moses started at Northwestern University in 1959 as an Associate Professor of Economics. In 1993, he was appointed the Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Business Institutions, after serving as Professor of Economics with a joint appointment to the Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC) since 1963. Moses retired as an Emeritus Professor in 2005. His work focused primarily on the economics of firm location and the critical roles of transport and transportation costs.

In his earlier years, Moses served in the armed forces and was discharged in 1945. He started at Ohio State University majoring in agriculture, but later switched to economics and graduated in 1947 with honors. He further pursued economics at Harvard University where he earned an MA in 1950 and PhD in 1955. After receiving his doctorate, Moses became an Assistant Professor at Harvard.

At Northwestern, Moses served as Chair of the Economics Department, and held a joint appointment at the J. L. Kellogg School of Management. Over the years, he reportedly served on nearly every university committee available.

At NUTC, Moses held a number of positions, including Director of Research and Director of Education. From 1976 to 1980, he served as NUTC’s Director. Under the leadership of Moses, NUTC gained national recognition particularly for conferences focused on transportation deregulation prospects.

Leon N. Moses passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the age of 88.