#  Raj Chetty To Deliver the Richard T. Ely Lecture at the American Economic Association 

 





December 15, 2014

 

 

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 Professor Raj Chetty has been named the Richard T. Ely Lecturer at The American Economics Association Annual meeting to be held in Boston on Saturday, January 3, 2015.

 Professor Chetty will deliver the Richard T. Ely Lecture on "Behavioral Economics and Public Policy" at 4:45PM in the Sheraton Boston Grand Ballroom.

 [Richard T. Ely](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._Ely) was an American economist who advocated for more government intervention to reform the perceived social injustices of capitalism. Past [Ely Distinguished Lecturers](https://www.aeaweb.org/honors_awards/ely_lecturers.php) at the AEA include Harvard Professors Ed Glaeser, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence Summers, and Martin Feldstein.

 Raj Chetty is the Bloomberg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His research combines empirical evidence and economic theory to help design more effective government policies.



 

 

 



 

 

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