TOMORROW: February 22 at 6:30 -- Enterprise 318
If you're looking for a summer internship, then come out to the Econ Society's 4th Annual Internship Information Night. You will have the opportunity to eat some zero-price snacks and meet with the Intern Coordinators from institutions like Mercatus, Cato, CEI, Koch, AEI, and the Tax Foundation.
Attend the Facebook event!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Claudia Williamson Video
For those who missed the lecture last night, here is Claudia Williamson on "The Trouble with Aid".
Economic Liberty Lecture Series - Claudia R. Williamson from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Caplan-Smith Debate Video
Check out the video of the debate between Bryan Caplan and Karl Smith on "How deserving are the poor?", courtesy of Terra Strong.
How Deserving are the Poor? Bryan Caplan vs. Karl Smith from GMU Economics-Society on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
ECF: Tyler Cowen on "What Has Gone Wrong with Europe?"
Join the GMU Economics Department and the Economics Society at the second Economics Community Forum as Tyler Cowen discusses "What Has Gone Wrong with Europe?"
Tuesday, February 7th
Ballroom: SUB II (HUB)
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Attend the Event on Facebook!
Tyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, and writer. He occupies the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics as a professor at GMU and at the Center for the Study of Public Choice. He is co-author, with Alex Tabarrok, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution, which now has over thirty-six million unique visits and was named the top economics blog by the Wall Street Journal. He currently writes the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, and he also writes for such publications as The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Newsweek, and The Wilson Quarterly. Cowen is also general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Tyler Cowen recently published his book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate all the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better. This book represents his vision for macroeconomics, asks whether innovation has stagnated, and it interprets the past history of U.S. growth and looks at where the country is headed. Within the first week of release it was written up by The Economist, the New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous other outlets.
Tuesday, February 7th
Ballroom: SUB II (HUB)
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Attend the Event on Facebook!
Tyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, and writer. He occupies the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics as a professor at GMU and at the Center for the Study of Public Choice. He is co-author, with Alex Tabarrok, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution, which now has over thirty-six million unique visits and was named the top economics blog by the Wall Street Journal. He currently writes the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, and he also writes for such publications as The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Newsweek, and The Wilson Quarterly. Cowen is also general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Tyler Cowen recently published his book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate all the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better. This book represents his vision for macroeconomics, asks whether innovation has stagnated, and it interprets the past history of U.S. growth and looks at where the country is headed. Within the first week of release it was written up by The Economist, the New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous other outlets.
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