{"id":247,"date":"2020-04-20T20:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?p=247"},"modified":"2024-07-30T20:41:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:41:17","slug":"covid-19-conversations-eric-spitler-on-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/covid-19-conversations-eric-spitler-on-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Conversations: Eric Spitler on the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a time of social distancing and school closures, The Riley Institute\u2019s new video series brings Furman \u2014 and the world \u2014 into the homes of students through video chats with notable leaders.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Riley Institute\u2019s Center for Critical Issues \u201cbrings the world to Furman\u201d by hosting a diverse roster of speakers on campus each year. While our events are on hold due to COVID-19, we\u2019re bringing the world to the fingertips of our <a href=\"https:\/\/riley.furman.edu\/riley\/about\/advance-team\/advance-team\">Advance Team<\/a>, a select group of Furman students interested in government and public policy, through our new video series\u00a0<em>COVID-19 Conversations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4l7zrJPSNFI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Each week, a few members of the Advance Team sit down for an intimate, virtual conversation with a past speaker to discuss the coronavirus\u2019 impact on life\u2019s many dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>In this first episode, students Alexis Wood, Johnny Aluri, and Diana Oxner chat with Eric Spitler, Furman \u201981. Spitler was the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for many years, including during the 2008 financial crisis. In 2019, Spitler spoke at the Riley Institute\u2019s <em>Crisis and Response: Stories of Leadership<\/em> event held on Furman\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Spitler is currently an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he teaches a class on \u201cLegal Response to Financial Crisis.\u201d He also has a consulting firm, Delverton Strategies, that focuses on financial regulatory issues.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, Spitler shares his perspective on the differences between the Great Recession and the evolving financial implications of COVID-19 while students inquire about the virus\u2019 impact on the Federal Reserve and the demand for universal basic income legislation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/covid-19-conversations\/\">View all <em>COVID-19 Conversations<\/em> episodes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this recording are those of the individuals appearing in the video and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Riley Institute or Furman University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a time of social distancing and school closures, The Riley Institute\u2019s new video series brings Furman \u2014 and the world \u2014 into the homes of students through video chats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-public-policy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2312,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/2312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}