Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum

December 3, 2008, 5:30-7:00 PM

When Hyde Park Rules America

David Brooks, New York Times columnist and commentator on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", will discuss the outlook for the US under an Obama administration. He will also talk about reform prospects within the Republican party now, that it is out of power.

This event is part of the Initiative on Global Markets and is generously sponsored by Myron Scholes.

The Initiative also receives financial support from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Trust and our corporate partners: AQR Capital Management, Barclays Bank PLC, John Deere, and Northern Trust Corporation.

Where

Gleacher Center
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive (Map)
Room 621
Chicago, Illinois

Registration

Schedule

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Check-in/Reception
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Lecture and Q&As

Questions

Jennifer Williams
773.702.6324

Speaker Profiles

David Brooks became an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times in September 2003. He has been a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and he is currently a commentator on "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer." He is the author of "Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There" and "On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense," both published by Simon & Schuster.

Mr. Brooks joined The Weekly Standard at its inception in September 1995, having worked at The Wall Street Journal for the previous nine years. His last post at the Journal was as op-ed editor. Prior to that, he was posted in Brussels, covering Russia, the Middle East, South Africa and European affairs. His first post at the Journal was as editor of the book review section, and he filled in for five months as the Journal's movie critic.

His distinguished history of contributions to publications include: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Public Interest, the TLS, The New Republic and Commentary among others.

He is also a frequent commentator on National Public Radio, CNN's Late Edition and the "Diane Rehm Show." Mr. Brooks is the editor of the 1996 anthology "Backward and Upward: the New Conservative Writing."

Born on August 11, 1961 in Toronto, Canada, Mr. Brooks graduated a bachelor of history from the University of Chicago in 1983. Immediately afterward, he became a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service owned jointly by the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times.

He is married and lives in Bethesda, Maryland.