Losses Loom Larger. Even For Monkeys.

From Greg Mankiw's Economic View column in the NY Times at Economic View: A Course Load for the Game of Life

September 4, 2010

A Course Load for the Game of Life

By N. GREGORY MANKIW

AS a Harvard professor who teaches introductory economics, I have the delightful assignment of greeting about 700 first-year students every fall. And this year, I am sending the first of my own children off to college. Which raises these questions: What should they be learning? And what kind of foundation is needed to understand and be prepared for the modern economy?

2010-2011 Speaker Series

Below is the tentative schedule for the 2010-2011 speaker series. Check back for updates.

Date	Time	Place	Speaker
September 17	3:30	230CWH	David Surdam
October 1	3:30	230CWH	Alan Seals
October 15	3:30	230CWH	Noelwah Netusil
December 3	3:30	230CWH	Pedro de Araujo
December 10	3:30	230CWH	John Nunley
March 4			Robert Lemke
March 25			Colleen Flaherty Manchester
April 29			Lisa Giddings

Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
David Surdam	University of Northern Iowa	sports economics
Alan Seals	Oklahoma City Univ.
Noelwah Netusil	Reed College	environmental/urban
Pedro de Araujo	Colorado College
John Nunley	UW-L
Robert Lemke	Lake Forest College	sports economics
Colleen Flaherty Manchester	U of Minnesota
Lisa Giddings	UW-L

What to expect after a financial crisis.

Here's an NPR article describing what to expect following a financial crisis:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/08/30/129525792/the-post-crisis-decade-more-ugliness-to-come

Here is the actual paper:
http://www.aei.org/paper/100133

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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.

What's An Econ Major Good For?

Being a CEO.