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Media Advisory: SF State experts available to comment on the economy
Faculty expertise includes recession; housing market; trade agreements; energy policy
SAN FRANCISCO, September 29, 2008 -- San Francisco State University has experts in economics and management who are available to comment on the current state of the economy and the housing market.
Daniel Vencill, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics Daniel Vencill is a macroeconomist who can comment on
definitions of recession, comparisons of the current climate with the Great
Depression, commodity prices such as gold and oil, the credit crisis and the
price of the dollar. He is also an expert on the relationship between the economy
and urban crime rates, trade offs in the state budget, and he can comment on
the economic policies of the presidential election candidates.
Contact Vencill at (510) 655-3080 (office) or dvencill@sfsu.edu
Michael Bar,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics Michael Bar is a macroeconomist who can
comment on recession and business cycles, the housing market, and the economic
policies of presidential candidates.
Contact Bar at (415) 338-3026 (office) or mbar@sfsu.edu
Joanna Moss, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics Joanna Moss is an expert on international economics
and globalization. She can comment on international trade; regional trade
agreements, particularly NAFTA; the price of the dollar and its impact
on international trade and domestic economic sectors in the U.S.
Contact Moss at (415) 338-7515 (office) or jgmoss@sfsu.edu
Michael Potepan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics Michael Potepan is an authority on housing
economics. He can comment on the local and national impact of the housing
crisis, policy solutions including those proposed by presidential candidates
and the employment and economy of the Bay Area.
Contact Potepan at (415) 338-2647 (office) or mpotepan@sfsu.edu
Tom Thomas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management Tom Thomas is an expert on energy policy and
its effect on the economy. He co-founded the first environmental management
MBA in the U.S. He can comment on the energy policies and business political
strategies of the presidential candidates.
Contact Thomas at (415) 338-6086 (office) or tethomas@sfsu.edu
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