Join the Russell Library for a lunch and learn event held in conjunction with the exhibit Now and Then: 1979. Sean Vanatta, a "triple dawg" and visiting assistant professor of history in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, will present on the Volcker Shock and the end of financial stability. 

The Volcker Shock, a policy experiment undertaken in October 1979, was the most important financial event between the Great Depression and Great Recession. Vanatta will discuss how this change in the way the Federal Reserve managed the nation’s money supply dramatically transformed the U.S. financial system. He will explore the unheralded consequences including the acceleration toward deregulation and financial concentration, the inauguration of our present era of Bailout Capitalism, and the 2008 financial crisis. 

Parking for off-campus visitors is available in the Hull Street deck. Library visitors can bypass the pay machine on the 3rd level and proceed directly to the front desk inside Special Collections to sign in with their vehicle tag number. Please note that UGA faculty, staff, and students cannot utilize this validation system, and should pay the hourly rate at the pay machine in order to avoid a citation.

Pizza will be provided. Registration is not required but encouraged for lunch count.

Contact Kaylynn Washnock at 706-542-5788 for more information.