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Economic Crisis Is on Curriculum at Columbia and Elsewhere

Noted: At the University of Wisconsin, Menzie D. Chinn, a professor of public affairs and economics in the La Follette School of Public Affairs, is teaching a new graduate seminar, â??Policy Responses to the Great Recession.â? His students are analyzing the causes of the crisis and the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the gross domestic product, employment and state budgets.