PBK chapter sponsors speaker

The Alpha of New York Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Union, which recently admitted 30 new members, hosted a talk by Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Thomas G. Rawski last week. Co-sponsors were the East Asian Studies Program and Department of Economics. Rawski, professor of Economics and History at the University of Pittsburgh, presented “What Can Economists Learn from China’s Long Boom?” His research focuses on the nature and implications of recent developments, and long term changes, in the economy of China.  His book with co-author William W. Keller, titled “China and the Balance of Influence in Asia,” is forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press.