Daphne Greenwood, professor, Department of Economics, will lead a discussion based on the book she co-authored, “A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation,” at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 15 at First Congregational Church, 20 E. St. Vrain.
Greenwood and co-author Richard P.F. Holt explore the causes behind a faltering standard of living in the United States since the early 1980s and what can be done to restore it. The different chapters in the book show the standard of living as being more than income, to include many non-market aspects such as access to public goods (roads, clean air and water, schools, parks, and museums), intangible aspects of quality of life such as equity and a sense of community, and broadly based economic opportunities.
The discussion is free and open to the public.
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