Did the Stimulus Bill stimulate the economy? Once the federal law was implemented in February of 2009, which parts helped the economy and which parts did not? These are just a few of the topics which James Q. Wilson, the Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine, will explore when he delivers the Reagan Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. This lecture is free to attend; however, reservations are required. Register by calling the Reagan Foundation at 805-522-2977 or online at www.reaganfoundation.org/cpa.

James Q. Wilson, who holds the nation’s highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, has enjoyed an extraordinary career, including twenty-five years at Harvard University. He was the James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at UCLA for a decade before his appointment at Pepperdine. The author or co-author of more than fifteen books, his most recent works include The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families, Moral Judgment and The Moral Sense. Others cover a wide variety of policy topics including urban problems, government regulation and bureaucracy, crime prevention, and delinquency among children.

Wilson has chaired and served on a number of national commissions including the White House Task Force on Crime, The National Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse Prevention, the Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime, and the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He is currently chairman of the Council of Academic Advisers of the American Enterprise Institute and has served on the boards of State Farm Mutual Insurance Company and Protection One. He is also a trustee of the RAND Corporation.

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