The Simpson Lecture
Each fall, the Simpson Center invites a leading economist to deliver the prestigious Simpson Lecture on Princeton’s campus.
Past lecturers are highlighted below. Upcoming lectures will be listed here when posted.
Past Lectures
2022
The 2022 Simpson Lecture was delivered by Thomas Sargent, Professor of Economics at NYU and a 2011 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Sargent’s lecture was titled “A p Theory of Government Debt and Taxes.”
2019
The 2019 Simpson Lecture was delivered by Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund and the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University. Gopinath’s lecture was titled “The Dominant Currency Paradigm.”
2018
The 2018 Simpson Lecture was delivered by Charles (Chad) Jones, the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Professor Jones’ presentation was titled “The Future of Economic Growth.
2017
20172016
The 2016 Simpson Lecture was delivered by Nobel Laureate Robert E. Lucas, Jr., the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics at the University of Chicago. Lucas won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1995 for developing and applying the theory of rational expectations. Lucas’ lecture was titled “What Was the Industrial Revolution.”
2015
The inaugural Simpson Lecture was delivered by Ben Bernanke, former Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve and former chair of the Economics Department at Princeton. 
The 2015 lecture was delivered at an event celebrating the dedication of the Simpson Center. Read more about the dedication of the Simpson Center here.