Robert J. Samuelson, award-winning journalist

What: Robert J. Samuelson, Luncheon Topic: "The U.S. Economy"

We are privileged to have as our speaker Robert J. Samuelson, a weekly columnist for the Washington Post and Newsweek. Samuelson will talk about the state of the U.S. economy. His recently published book The Great Inflation and its Aftermath delves into the past and future of American affluence — a subject that couldn’t be more current and that affects all Americans. What were the consequences of the greatest peacetime inflationary spike in this nation’s history? (One obvious consequence was the election of Reagan and the brutal recession of 1981-1982.) A New Yorker, Samuelson graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in Government. He was hired by the Washington Post in the early 70s to write a bi-weekly column. Later, in 1984, Newsweek hired him to write a weekly column. Samuelson lives in Bethesda, MD, with his wife and three children.

The Wharton Club of DC, Yale Club of Washington, DC, Harvard Club of Washington, DC and Columbia University Club of Washington, DC are cosponsors of this event.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

• 11:30am: Cash bar open
  
• 12:15pm: Luncheon, including program.
  

Where: Women's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW  Washington DC 20036 (T) 202-232-7363

The WNDC is one block from the Q Street/North exit of the Dupont Circle/Red Line Metro Station

Register: Members - $25/person. Member's Guests - $30/person

All prices include program, networking and reception with complimentary champage, wine, soda, cash bar and passed and displayed hors d'oeuvres

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More about Robert J. Samuelson (from WashingtonPost.com):

Robert J. Samuelson is a weekly columnist for The Post, writing on political, economic and social issues. His column appears on Wednesdays.

Samuelson joined The Post on the business desk in 1969. In 1976 he became an economic reporter for National Journal, where he began a weekly column, which began appearing in The Post in 1977. In 1984, Samuelson became a columnist for Newsweek.

Samuelson's awards include:

• the National Headliner Award for Consistently Outstanding Column on One Subject in 1995, 1993, 1992 and 1987
• a 1993 John Hancock Award for Best Business and Financial Columnist
• The Gerald Loeb Award for Best Commentary in 1993, 1986 and 1983
• a Clarion Award for Best Magazine Editorial/Opinion Column from Women in Communications in 1994
• and a 1981 National Magazine Award.
  

He is the author of "Untruth: Why the Conventional Wisdom is (Almost Always) Wrong" (2001), a collection of his columns, and "The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement, 1945-1995" (1995).

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