Economy's Outlook Featured at IBC Bank & Commerce Bank Keynote Speaker Series at TAMIU
Neil Irwin, author and chief economic correspondent for Axios, will present on the nation's financial forecast at the next Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) IBC Bank and Commerce Bank 2022-2023 Keynote Speaker Series.
The lecture is Wednesday, April 12 in the Student Center Ballroom. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. In addition to the in-person lecture, a livestream of the event is available via Webex. Participants can visit https://go.tamiu.edu/irwin.
Irwin, also a former senior economic correspondent at the New York Times, will present his lecture titled, "The Economic Outlook."
The lecture is made possible through the TAMIU A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business and the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade as part of a series sponsored by IBC Bank and Commerce Bank.
Irwin is the author of "How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers," and “The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire," a bestselling account of the world's central bankers' battle to subdue the global financial crisis.
Irwin has written for The Upshot, the Time's site for analytical reporting on politics, economics, and everyday life. There and now at Axios, he applies economic logic to help explain and understand the world around us. He has written on topics as varied as the global economy and financial markets, trends in sports fandom, and the rise and fall of food fads.
Previously, he was a columnist at The Washington Post and economics editor of Wonkblog, the Post's site for analytical journalism. From 2007-2012, he was the Post's beat reporter covering the Federal Reserve and the economy. He has often appeared on television analyzing economic topics, including on the PBS Newshour, CNBC, and MSNBC.
"The Alchemists," published in 2013 by the Penguin Press and now available in paperback, was a New York Times Bestseller and was short-listed for the Goldman Sachs-Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. It appeared on best-books-of-the-year lists from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and NPR.
Irwin was a Night-Bagehot Fellow in Economic and Business Journalism at Columbia University, from which he has an MBA. His undergraduate studies were at St. Mary's College of Maryland, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2013.
For more information, contact Amy Palacios, associate director of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, at 956.326.2820 or amy@tamiu.edu or visit offices in Western Hemispheric Trade Center, room 221.
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