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September 27, 2024, Video: "Jason Furman, PIIE nonresident senior fellow and the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the department of economics at Harvard University, delivers second annual Richard N. Cooper Lecture, "In Defense of the Dismal Science," focusing on neoliberalism, post-neoliberalism, populism, and the stakes for economic policy. A conversation moderated by Karen Dynan, nonresident senior fellow at PIIE and professor of the practice in the Harvard University economics department, follows Furman's remarks. PRESENTER Jason Furman Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE; Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Department of Economics at Harvard University MODERATOR Karen Dynan Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE; Professor of the Practice, Department of Economics, Harvard University"