Renowned Economist Headlines Spring Henry George Seminar (Photos)

Philip E. Auerswald, Ph.D., professor of public policy at George Mason University, recently presented "How We Got to Now," the keynote lecture at The University of Scranton's Spring Henry George Seminar.

Over 300 students, faculty, alumni and community members attended the lecture on Wednesday, April 15, at the McIlhenny Ballroom inside the DeNaples Center. The lecture reflected Dr. Auerswald's extensive research on technology-driven growth, innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development.

Dr. Auerswald currently serves as cochair and executive director of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network, an initiative of the Kauffman Foundation; is a Senior Fellow at George Mason's Mercatus Center; and is the cofounder and editor of "Innovations," a quarterly journal about entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges published by MIT Press.

A distinguished author, Dr. Auerswald's most recent book, "The Code Economy: A Forty-Thousand Year History," was released in 2017. The book discusses the ways in which code has driven human development throughout history.

Dr. Auerswald received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Yale University. From 2010 to 2013, he was an advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Financial support for the Henry George Seminar is provided by a grant from the Progress and Poverty Institute. The lecture series is organized and presented by the Kania School of Management's Department of Economics, Finance and International Business and the XI chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon. The series is named in honor of the 19th-century American economist and social reformer and has hosted many of the world's leading economists.

For more information about the Spring Henry George Seminar, please call 570-941-4048 or email [email protected].