Economics Colloquium

Economics Colloquium in STEITZ 102 and Econ Tea, October 3 at 4:30

Wed, 09/25/2013 - 11:54am

UPDATE: The talk is in Steitz 102. The first Economics Colloquium of the year is our own Professor Marty Finkler talking about some of his recent work on the U.S. employment situation. He will give a 30-40 minute talk, after which we will adjourn for Econ Tea in Briggs 217 at 5:15. Please join [...]

Economics Colloquium, Tuesday at 4:30

Tue, 05/14/2013 - 8:28am

On the Desirability of Unemployment Accounts Christian Zimmerman Assistant Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Unemployment insurance programs are often criticized because they encourage various forms of shirking: the unemployed may not try hard enough to look for a new job or may turn down reasonable job offers. Also, the taxes that finance [...]

Economics Colloquium

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 11:44am

Mark Montgomery and Irene “Tinker” Powell will be on campus this week to deliver the next Economics Colloquium address, “Baby Markets: Thinking the Unthinkable in International Adoption.” The talk is Thursday at 4:30 in Steitz 102. This is quite a topic, where the rules of the game have pretty significant distributional consequences, and it will [...]

Mark (and Tinker) Your Calendars

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 4:28pm

Our next Economics Colloquium is April 18 and will feature Mark Montgomery and Irene “Tinker” Powell, Professors of Economics at Grinnell College. We had originally scheduled this one for May 30, but we just can’t wait. Baby Markets: Thinking the Unthinkable in International Adoption Mark Montgomery and Irene Powell Grinnell College Adoption laws, [...]

Economics Colloquium, February 5 at 11:15

Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:49pm

. Waiting for Godot, and for Corporate Social Responsibility? David Gerard Lawrence University Milton Friedman famously wrote ‘The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits,’ and ever since (and probably even before) the economics profession has been scratching its collective head wondering whether this is indeed our professional consensus. In this talk, I [...]