The Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin presents
The First Annual Distinguished Lecture
JOHN FRIEDMANN
“The Ruse of Reason: Poverty, Inequality and Personal Freedoms in the People’s Republic of China 1950–2015”
Dr. John Friedmann is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Affairs at UCLA and Honorary Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. He was founding professor of the Program for Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at UCLA, and at various times between 1969 and 1996 served as its head for a total of 14 years.
