Lunch and Learn with Nobel Prize Laureat, Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt, Nobel Prize laureate in economics, presents a lunchtime lecture at Kanuga Chapel on the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction, examining empirical evidence and policy implications for modern economies.
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