Economics Guest Speaker: Rod Fort

Friday, October 14, 2016
203 Carl Wimberly Hall
3:30-5:00 PM

Rod is a professor, Sport Management at University of Michigan School of Kinesiology and the Co-Director, Michigan Center for Sport Management . He will be presenting "Monetary Cost of Concussion: The Case of Major League Baseball Players."

UW-L economists host discussion on income inequality

La Crosse, Wis. – Faculty in UW-La Crosse’s Economics Department will host a conversation about income inequality 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at 1309 Centennial Hall at UW-L. Faculty will discuss some of the factors responsible rising inequality in the U.S. and many other countries of the world.

“Our goal is to inform the public conversation, while highlighting the areas of agreement and disagreement between academic economists,” says TJ Brooks, chair of the Economics Department. “We look forward to the conversation.”     

  

If you go—           

What: UW-La Crosse’s Economics Department

Where: 1309 Centennial Hall at UW-L          

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22

Admission: Free

Economics In Demand

The CBA offers 4 of the top 5 employers' most desirable degrees, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Job Outlook 2012 survey.  The survey is a forecast of U.S. employers' intentions to hire new college graduates.

One Percent

Do you want to join the one percent? Getting a degree from the college of business increases your chances. The NYT breaks down the top one percent by undergraduate degree.

Making Money

From ABC news a story on the majors that make the biggest money:

However, the majors that make more money right off the bat may not keep their advantage a decade or two later, according to another study, from PayScale, which surveyed 1.2 million people across the U.S. The PayScale study shows that different majors see different rates of pay growth, which means today's new economics major, with a median starting salary of $48,800, will likely surpass a computer scientist in earnings by midcareer.

Career Advice

Via Newmark's Door: Solid Career advice from Hal Varian.

Hal Varian tells the kids what to study

Q: Your job sounds extremely interesting. What jobs would you recommend to a young person with an interest, and maybe a bachelors degree, in economics?

A: If you are looking for a career where your services will be in high demand, you should find something where you provide a scarce, complementary service to something that is getting ubiquitous and cheap. So what’s getting ubiquitous and cheap? Data. And what is complementary to data? Analysis. So my recommendation is to take lots of courses about how to manipulate and analyze data: databases, machine learning, econometrics, statistics, visualization, and so on.