Hutton Honors College

Discussion Supper with
Nobel Economist Thomas Schelling

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 * 5-6:30 p.m. * Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St. * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

Thomas Schelling is a celebrated force in the field of economics for his application of the principles of game theory to the social sciences, especially to international politics, nuclear deterrence, and environmental policy. After graduating from Harvard with a Ph.D. in economics in 1951, he worked in the Executive Office of the President at the White House. Having previously taught on the faculty of Yale, he is currently the Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. Schelling has authored many books, including Micromotives and Macrobehavior (1978), Choice and Consequence (1984), Strategies of Commitment (2006), and, perhaps most notably, the influential work The Strategy of Conflict (1960), which established such key concepts as "Schelling points" and "experimental economics." Among his many honors, Schelling has received the National Academy of Sciences Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War as well as the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Robert Aumann). The supper is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.

On campus as a Patten Lecturer, Schelling will speak on "Managing Nuclear Proliferation" on Tuesday, Sept. 23, and "Managing the Greenhouse Problem" on Thursday, Sept. 25. Both lectures are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Ballantine Hall 109 and are free and open to public.

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