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Evening With James Galbraith

Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
LBJ Auditorium

Reception to follow.

James K. Galbraith serves as the Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business Relations and Professor of Economics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. His distinguished record includes positions on the staff at the U.S. Congress, guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, Fulbright Distinguished Visiting Lectureship in China, and Carnegie Scholar. His recent research has focused on the measurement and understanding of inequality in the world economy, and he leads an informal research group called The University of Texas Inequality Project with several of the School’s distinguished graduate students. Professor Galbraith writes a regular column for Mother Jones and is often called to comment on the economy in the media. He has authored or co-authored five books. His most recent book, The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too, has garnered much attention during the present economic crisis.

Copies of The Predator State will be available for sale that evening, and Professor Galbraith will sign copies for a limited time directly before the event. To assure being able to purchase personally inscribed copies of the book, guests may place advance orders with the LBJ Museum Store. For details, please call the Store at (512) 232-2396. Members of the Friends receive a 15% discount on purchases.

Please return the postcard enclosed with your invitation or email your RSVP to friends@lbjlibrary.net by April 24 to indicate your attendance.

***Tickets will not be mailed. Please bring your current Friends membership card to the event for admittance. Those without membership cards will be directed to the membership desk onsite.

Following the program, a reception will be held in the Great Hall. The Auditorium is located on the lower level of the LBJ Complex. Attendees may access the Auditorium through the lobby of the LBJ School at 2313 Red River Street or through the south entrance of the LBJ Library building located by the LBJ Fountain (off of Robert Dedman Drive).