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Members, volunteers, and friends and neighbors, join us for drinks and socializing at the Battery Park Clubhouse, followed by a discussion with with Donald Marron on the perplexing and rapidly evolving world of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the blockchain, followed by ample time for Q and A.


Donald Marron is an Institute fellow at the Urban Institute and runs a family investment office. Donald has broad experience in economic policy issues, including America's fiscal challenges, tax reform, energy and environment, financial markets, and the financial crisis. He has testified frequently before Congress, appears often at conferences and in the media to discuss economic policy, and works to popularize economics through his writings. He is the editor of 30-Second Economics, which introduces readers to 50 of the most important ideas in economics, and 30-Second Money, which does the same for finance.


Before joining the Urban Institute, Donald served in senior government positions, including as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and acting director of the Congressional Budget Office. He has also taught at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, consulted on major antitrust cases, and been chief financial officer of a healthcare software start-up.


Donald studied mathematics at Harvard College and received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has lived in Edgemoor for more than 25 years.