The Henry Family Endowed Speaker Series - Jesús Fernández-Villaverde - Interview

Before The Henry Family Endowed Speaker Series at the University of Miami, David Andolfatto, Chair of the Department of Economics at Miami Herbert, sits down with Jesús Fernández-Villaverde for a conversation ahead of his featured talk, “Demographic Future of Humanity.” The discussion offers insight into the big demographic questions shaping the future of economies, labor markets, public policy, and global development. Fernández-Villaverde is the Howard Marks Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, a Senior Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. This interview serves as a preview of his April 2, 2026 appearance in Storer Auditorium as part of the University of Miami’s Henry Family Endowed Speaker Series. Through this exchange, Andolfatto and Fernández-Villaverde explore the forces behind population change and why demographics matter for business, economics, and society. The conversation reflects Miami Herbert’s commitment to bringing leading global thinkers to campus for meaningful dialogue on the ideas shaping the future.