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White House Burning book talk

MIT Sloan professor Simon Johnson, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, will discuss the national debt and his new book, White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, The National Debt, and Why It Matters to You, from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 in Wong Auditorium.

The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Follow the talk and learn more about the book using #whburning on Twitter.

Johnson, the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship wrote White House Burning with James Kwak, associate professor at University of Connecticut School of Law. Kwak will also join the April 10 discussion.

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