Jerry Flint, a senior automotive editor for Forbes magazine will be speaking at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington on Friday, May 7, at 8:00 p.m. Flint will speak on the decline of the U.S. auto industry and its chances for recovery.

Born and educated in Detroit, Flint has been covering the automotive industry since 1958. He worked for the Wall Street Journal from 1958 to 1967 and for the New York Times from 1967 to 1979. In 1979, Flint moved to Forbes where he remains today.

Flint won the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism in 2003, and, according to the Business News Reporter, is one of the 100 most prominent business reporters of the 20th century. He has been a research associate at AIER since 2009.

The event is open to the public but seating is limited.
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