News Release
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June 14, 2006
Former Reagan Economist William Niskanen to Deliver 2006-07
Brandt Foundation Lecture at Boise State
Oct. 16
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William
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The Boise State University College of Business and
Economics, in conjunction with the John and Orah Brandt Foundation, will
present William A. Niskanen at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, as the 2006-07 Brandt
Foundation Lecturer.
His talk, titled “Constitutional Anarchy in America,” will begin at 7 p.m.
in the Jordan Ballroom of the Student Union Building and is free and open to
the public.
Niskanen has been chairman of the Cato Institute since 1985, following
service as a member and as acting chairman of President Ronald Reagan’s
Council of Economic Advisers. He is one of the most highly regarded
microeconomists in the nation.
Niskanen previously served as director of economics at the Ford Motor
Company, professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley
and Los Angeles, assistant director of the federal Office of Management and
Budget, a defense analyst at the Rand Corporation, the director of special
studies in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the director of the
Program Analysis division at the Institute of Defense Analysis.
He was one of the founders of the National Tax Limitation Committee and has
written on many public policy issues including corporate governance,
defense, federal budget policy, regulation, Social Security, taxes, and
trade.
Niskanen’s 1971 book, “Bureaucracy and Representative Government,” is now
considered a classic. Business Week named his 1988 book, “Reaganomics: An
Insider’s Account of the Policies and the People,” one of the year’s 10 best
books. His most recent books include “After Enron: the Lessons for Public
Policy” and “Autocratic, Democratic and Optimal Government: Fiscal Choices
and Economic Outcomes.”
Niskanen holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and
bachelor of arts degree from Harvard. The University of Chicago recently
honored him with a lifetime professional service award.
In 2004, the Brandt Foundation pledged a $40,000 annual donation to the
Boise State College of Business and Economics that created a named
professorship and secured funding for an annual lecture series. The
inaugural lecture featured Nobel Prize-winning economist James Buchanan. The
2005-06 lecture featured ABC News’ John Stossel.
For more information on this year’s lecture, call 426-3351.
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Contact: Charlotte Twight, Brandt Professor of Free Enterprise
Capitalism, College of Business and Economics, (208) 426-1335,
ctwight@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208)
426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu
July 12 is the deadline for degree-seeking students to submit admission
materials to Boise State University for the fall 2006 semester. Students
must meet the deadline if they plan to take more than seven credits or apply
for federal financial aid. For more information, call (208) 426-1820 or go
online at
http://admissions.boisestate.edu.
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