Mike Knetter

Dean, Wisconsin School of Business

Michael M. Knetter joined the Wisconsin School of Business as its dean in July 2002. As dean, he has orchestrated the novel $85 million Wisconsin Naming Gift, the expansion of Grainger Hall, the restructuring and improved national standing of the full-time MBA, and the restructuring and expansion of the Enterprise MBA.

He served as senior staff economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisors for former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is a research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, a director of Wausau Paper and Great Wolf Resorts, a faculty affiliate of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and a trustee of Neuberger Berman Funds and Northwestern Mutual Series Fund. He is chairing the capital campaign for Interfaith Hospitality Network, a non-profit that assists in finding housing and work solutions for homeless families in Dane County.

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What public policy changes are needed to encourage swift economic recovery?

The dean outlines his short and long-term recommendations for a sustained recovery in the US economy.

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Mike Knetter On The Economic Crisis

University of Wisconsin Business School Dean Mike Knetter has to look back twenty-five years for a parallel to our current situation.

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