Todd Moss, editor of 'The Governor's Solution' (Alaska's PFD) to speak at UAA June 3

Monday, June 3, 3-5 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

"How the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Could Work In Iraq And Other Countries: A Conversation with Todd Moss, editor of "The Governor's Solution" will speak at UAA on Monday, June 3, 3-5 p.m.

Reliance on natural resource revenues, particularly oil, is often associated with bad governance, corruption and poverty. Worried about the effect of oil on Alaska, Governor Jay Hammond had a simple yet revolutionary idea: Let citizens have a direct stake. "The Governor's Solution" features his firsthand account that describes, with brutal honesty and piercing humor, the birth of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, which has been paid to each resident every year since 1982.

Thirty years later, Hammond's vision is still influencing oil policies throughout the world. This reader, part of the Center for Global Development's Oil-to-Cash initiative, includes recent scholarly work examining Alaska's experience and how other oil-rich societies, particularly Iraq, might apply some of the lessons. It is as a powerful reminder that the combination of new ideas and determined individuals can make a tremendous difference, even in issues as seemingly complex and intractable as fighting the oil curse.

This talk is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Institute for Social and Economic Research. Please note that parking is note free at this time on this day; please find a Pay n Park machine in the  lot outside the UAA/APU Consortium Library.

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