Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist at the Concord Coalition whose blog at EconomistMom.com has become a must read for folks trying to make sense of the economy, will give a talk entitled "The Post 9/11 Economy: Getting ‘Civilized' About Deficit Reduction."

Rogers promises to give a fair-minded assessment of the current debate raging between Congressional Republicans and President Obama and to make sense of policy options that might bring everyone closer together.