College of Business professors comment on economic tough times

Janel Shoun | 

When times are tough, the media turns to Lipscomb University.
Check out two of the Lipscomb University College of Business professors, BIll Ingram and Richard Grant, on NewsChannel 5 on Monday night, Sept. 15, commenting on the stock market turmoil following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Lipscomb was featured in Channel 5’s "Tough Times" segment.

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Grant, professor of finance and economics, studied public choice theory (the application of economic tools to problems of constitutional democracy) under Nobel-prize winning economist Dr. James Buchanan, at George Mason University.

Since then he has taught in South Africa, England, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Papua New Guinea. He did consultant work for the South African stock exchange; is a past columnist for the Financial Mail, a weekly business magazine; and even ran for public office in Canada.

Ingram is a 35-year professor of economics and finance and chair of the department at Lipscomb. His doctorate is from West Virginia University.