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Economist discussing 'managing risk' at 36th annual Milton Friedman Lecture

Dr. Allison Schrager to speak at 7 p.m., Feb. 3 at Marietta College

by Tom Perry

Marietta, Ohio (01/17/2020) — Economist and journalist Dr. Allison Schrager will deliver the 36th annual Milton Friedman Lecture on Monday, February 3rd at Marietta College.

Schrager's talk on "Managing risk in an uncertain economy: What we can learn from surfers, studs and sex workers," begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Alma McDonough Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.

Schrager is a co-founder of LifeCycle Finance Partners, LLC, which is a risk advisory firm that develops innovative technology solutions to finance retirement.

Schrager diversified her career by working in finance, policy and media. She led retirement product innovation at Dimensional Fund Advisors and consulted to international organizations, including the OECD and IMF.

She has also been a regular contributor to the Economist, Reuters, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Her writing has also appeared in Playboy, Wired, and Foreign Affairs. Her book, "An Economist Walks into a Brothel," takes everything she learned about risk management and applies it to corners of the economy far from financial markets. She has a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University, currently teaches at New York University, and lives in New York City.

She will also be speaking the Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley at noon, Tuesday, February 4th, at the Grand Pointe Convention Center in Vienna, West Virginia. Her topic there will be "Why knowing about risk is more critical than ever to understand economics."

The Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley is a non-partisan non-political educational organization that formed in 1982 as a result of a collaboration between the Business and Economics Department at Marietta College and a mix of business, civic and educational leaders. The object of the Economic Roundtable is to promote an interest in and to enlighten its members and others in the community on important governmental, economic, and social issues. Since its inception, the Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley has presented the Ohio Valley with more than 160 distinguished speakers who have enlightened and informed ERT members with their fascinating discussion on a broad scope of governmental, economic and social issues.

The ERT's speaker series is open to its members only. The ERT's membership is open to all interested individuals at $35 a year. To join ERT, please contact Greg Delemeester at delemeeg@marietta.edu or call him at (740) 376-4630. You can find more information on the ERT at economicroundtable.org.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major. Marietta College has also been named a Great College to Work For two consecutive years (2018 and 2019).

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