The financial storm

So if students are discussing mortgage backed derivatives and collateralized debt obligations at dinner tonight don’t be surprised.  He also advised students cut their parents  parents some slack.

Here he is in action on the stage at the James Earl Jones Theater this afternoon.

The bottom lines:

A crisis is an opportunity to rebuild our society in a better way.Now is the time to focus on solutions not blame.

Bruce is a senior Faculty Fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is the author of several notable books and his careful analysis led him to be prescient about this current crisis.  He saw it long before it hit the front pages.  He is currently writing a book  to be published in the fall of 2009  on the political shocks that will flow from the economic crisis.