Date & Time: Thursday December 8, 2011 – 7:30 PM
Location: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009 ( Get Directions, Campus Map )
Speaker: Dr. Hamid Bastin 
What caused the recent global financial crisis? Was it a one-dimensional or multi- dimensional phenomenon? Who were the culprits? Can it happen again? This conversation is an attempt to shed additional light, albeit rudimentarily, on the history and the make-up of the recent financial crisis.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Hamid Bastin is a professor of economics at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. He joined the university in 1989. He was attending Aryamehr (now Sharif) University in 1976 studying Industrial Engineering when he was awarded a scholarship by the International Relations Institute to study political science at the Haute Etude Internationale (Graduate Institute of International Science) in Geneva, Switzerland. He was there until 1979 when he travelled to the US to finish his studies. He holds a B.S. in economics and a B.B.A. in accounting from Georgia Southern University and a Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State University with concentrations in Public Finance and Macroeconomics. He has published and presented a number of research projects and currently is involved in project aimed at measuring labor market returns to degrees with accreditation.
Fee (including dinner): $5 Students, $15 Public
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