EVENT: RSC - Lecture Series "The Paradox of Affluence"
DATE: Sept. 24-Nov. 5
Having so much that one is unhealthy or unhappy will be the critical examination of a
series of lectures this fall at Rose State College.
Rose State’s “Great Issues Lecture Series” will throughout the fall present “The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges and Consequences” on selected dates through November at the college’s lecture hall, at the Rose State College Campus, from 3-4 p.m. on the dates scheduled.
September 24
Kicking off the series will be Steven C. Agee, Ph.D., professor of economics and director of the Economic Research & Policy Institute at Oklahoma City University, as well as chairman of the board of the Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, who will speak to the issues surrounding the economic downturn in his talk,
“The Great Contraction of 2008-2009: Consequences, Challenges, and Choices.”
October 7
How do our movies, music and other media define for us what is affluent? A panel of officers from Rose State’s Phi Theta Kappa honor society looks at “Defining the Paradox of Affluence Through Pop Culture.”
October 21
What happens when “more” is “bad?” Sherri Edwards, Ph.D., with the Oklahoma City V.A. Medical Center Program Manager for Mental Health Intensive Case Management, will deliver her lecture on “Getting More and Still Having the Blues.”
November 5
We’ve all heard that the United States is the richest country in the world. Is it true? What does it mean to the rest of the world? John Carl, PhD., Rose State College Professor of Social Sciences, examines this question in his lecture, “The U.S. and the World . . . Where Do We Stand?”
The Great Issues Lecture Series is free and open to the public.