This Thursday, April 23rd, Dr. Naci Mocan, Ourso Distinguished Chair of Economics, and Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, will be giving a talk in the Vieux Carre Room, located on the 3rd floor of the Student Union at 7:30 pm.  Dr. Mocan’s talk, entitled “Should We Sink the Flagship?” will be focusing on the impact of the projected state budget shortfall on LSU, as well as on the State of Louisiana. Dr. Mocan will discuss both the political economy of cutting the funding for higher education and its implications for the students and citizens of Louisiana. These implications are broad and range from wages to health outcomes and everything in between. We as students here at LSU are outraged at the thought of cutting higher education, but are the benefits of cost-cutting greater than future repercussions to our state? The goal of the talk will be to address this pertinent question and empower students to engage in educated discussion on the budget cuts with our elected officials. It is a great honor to have Dr. Mocan speak at this event, and I encourage all of you to attend.Greg Uptonacting chief economic advisor of LSU Student Government 
 
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