Lawrence Harris

USC

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Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business; former Chief Economist for the Securities and Exchange Commission (2002-2004)

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You might remember the long campaign to divest in South Africa, then Sudan, big tobacco, Israel. Now divestment is back again on college campuses.

Should the UC Schools Get Out of Fossil Fuels?

You might remember the long campaign to divest in South Africa, then Sudan, big tobacco, Israel. Now divestment is back again on college campuses.

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