MSU NEWS SERVICE
A free public lecture on poverty in the United States and
the role of government programs in breaking the cycle will be hosted on July 10
at Montana State University.
Marianne Page, director or the Center for Poverty Research
and professor of economics at the University of California Davis will present
her lecture as part of the MSU Initiative for Regulation and Applied Economic
Analysis’s Visiting Scholar Program. Page will discuss her research focused on
child poverty and intergenerational mobility in the United States and the safety
net programs designed to help alleviate the issue.
Following the lecture, local anti-poverty leaders will lead
a discussion about how safety net programs impact Montana. The lecture will
take place at MSU’s Linfield Hall Room 125 at 7 p.m.
