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| DeKeyzer speaking at Marquette University |
| On Thursday, December 17, Dr. Peter DeKeyzer (BNP Paribas Chief Economist /
Chief of Policy) spoke to over 40 AIM and Economics students and faculty at Marquette
University. Christian
Bartley (Marquette alumnus) helped to arrange Mr. DeKeyzer’s visit. Dr. DeKeyzer is a well-known Belgian economist who was awarded the 2014 Prize for Liberty Laureate. He lectures at the University of Antwerp. DeKeyzer is the author of “Growth Makes You Happy – An Optimist’s View of Progress and the Free Market”. To obtain additional background on Dr. DeKeyzer, please refer to his Wikipedia page. |
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David Krause,
Peter DeKeyzer, Christian Bartley, and Joe Daniels
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DeKeyzer talked on various topics such as: growth in Europe; impact of the refugees entering various countries; current monetary policy; changing European demographics; the Greece and Great Britain situations; and the outlook for the European Union in the long term. Students had the opportunity to dialogue with DeKeyzer on these and other topics.
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| Peter DeKeyzer and Dustin Hwang |
Dr. David
Krause commented, “It was a delight hosting Peter. His knowledge was both broad
and deep. He possessed complete command of current geo-political and economic
topics, as well as historical knowledge and context. The students and faculty
were fortunate to hear from Dr. DeKeyzer --- it was a great way to end the fall
semester.” DeKeyzer's thoughts about the economic outlook of the Europe economy was well received by the students.