Speaker's Biography:
Kevin Klowden
Managing Economist, Milken Institute
Kevin Klowden is Managing Economist of the California Center and is part of the Regional Economics group at the Milken Institute, specializing in the study of demographic and spatial factors, and how these are influenced by public policy and affect regional economies. His research interests include the role of transportation infrastructure as it relates to regional competitiveness. Klowden has also analyzed the role of technology and media; he recently authored The Writers' Strike of 2007—2008: The Economic Impact of Digital Distribution, a study that examined the issues surrounding the Hollywood writers' strike and calculated the costs of that work stoppage to the California economy. He coordinated the Institute's Los Angeles Economy Project, seeking public policy and private-sector solutions to challenges the region faces amid a growing unskilled labor pool. He served on the editorial board of Millennium, the international affairs journal of the London School of Economics, where he earned a master's degree in the politics of world economy. Klowden also earned a master's in economic geography from the University of Chicago.
Panel:
How to Keep California's Entertainment Industry Rolling
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