Current Market Conditions: 15 Jan. 2009

Tags: Financial Markets, Global Economy

01/16/2009 Robert A. Lawson

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Robert A. Lawson. Recorded 15 January 2009. Lawson is Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at Auburn University, and also Co-Director of the Center for International Finance and Global Competitiveness, and Director of the Economic Freedom Initiative.

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