The American Enterprise Lecture
Each year, an outstanding economist is invited to deliver the American Enterprise Lecture, funded by Marsh & McLennan. Such well-known economists as Juanita Kreps, former Secretary of Commerce; Walter Heller, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors and Nobel laureates Wassily Leontief, Paul Krugman, Amartya Sen, and George Akerlof have participated in the lecture series.
March & McLennan, Incorporated, the leading insurance broker in the United States with 86 offices nationally and with worldwide affiliates and subsidiaries through Marsh & McLennan International, incorporated, has generously endowed this American Enterprise Lectureship at Furman University. The object of the program, according to MMI Chairman of the Board Patton Kline, is to bring to the university community speakers "expert in economics and finance who are articulate and knowledgeable about the American system of private enterprise."
In 1977 the insurance divisions of the Furman Company, established in 1888 by the late Alester G. Furman, merged with Marsh & McLennan. The late Alester G. Furman III, former chairman of the university's Board of Trustees, was associated with the local office of Marsh & McLennan. Through his leadership, this program enabled distinguished lecturers to speak to students, faculty and the Greenville community on economics matters of contemporary concern.
Past Lecturers
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Juanita Kreps
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Victor R. Fuchs
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William Freund
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Kevin M. Murphy, 1999 John Bates Clark Medal
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Walter Heller
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Alan Krueger
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Wassily Leontief, 1973 Nobel Prize Winner
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Peter Temin
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Walter E. Williams
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Ronald Ehrenberg
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Irwin Kellner
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Steven D. Levitt, 2003 John Bates Clark Medal
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Lester Thurow
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James Poterba
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Dwight H. Perkins
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Edward Glaeser
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Manuel H. Johnson
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Claudia Goldin
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Alice M. Rivlin
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Jagdish Bhagwati
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Paul Krugman, 2008 Nobel Prize Winner
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Rebecca Blank
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Vladimir G. Treml
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George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Prize Winner
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Jeffrey Sachs
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Karl E. Case
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Amartya K. Sen, 1998 Nobel Prize Winner
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Jonathan Gruber
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Deirdre N. McCloskey
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Caroline Hoxby
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Eileen Appelbaum |
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Christina Romer |
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