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-14 posts tagged "economics"
Paul Kozhipatt | Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Fail is a four letter word both literally and metaphorically. Popular culture often derides failure as something final and catastrophic with terms like “epic fail.” However, failure does not necessarily have to be a setback. Many of history’s greatest entrepreneurs, statesmen and innovators failed countless times before striking success. Failure can be a constructive and
Sara Schlecht | Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Students and professors joined together to create the Economics Club, a new organization aiming to extend economic education beyond the classroom. Junior Mari Garza, founder and president of Economics Club, said both students and faculty have encouraged participation in the club. “Right before this academic year, one of the [economics] professors reached out to me
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Finding the Scholz Family Gallery in the Snite Museum of Art can be a bit tricky the first time around. Enclosed by glass and nestled next to the coat room, this smaller, more intimate gallery feels a bit unanchored from the rest of the museum. Inside the gallery, the lights are dimmed, and the echoes
Natalie Weber | Monday, November 20, 2017
Professors ventured to answer the question “Is capitalism moral?” through a discussion of various economic systems Friday at Jenkins and Nanovic Halls. James Otteson, professor of economics at Wake Forest University, said addressing social issues related to economics is a productive approach. “ … Two social issues that almost everyone who endorses a humane and
Lucy Lynch | Friday, October 27, 2017
Erik Hurst, a University of Chicago professor and macroeconomist, explained the 2000s decline in U.S. employment Thursday night in the Eck Center auditorium. In the past 15 years, Hurst said, the annual hours worked by American men has declined by about 200 hours. While Hurst is more concerned with the drastic employment decline in the
Stephen Raab | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
At time of writing, about 3.5 million men and women work as professional truck drivers in the United States. Combined, they move more than 10 billion tons of freight each year, with a combined estimated value of $671 billion. Whether you call it a big rig, a semi, a tractor trailer, or an eighteen-wheeler, the
Courtney Becker | Friday, February 24, 2017
Timothy Fuerst loved to whistle. It was just one way Fuerst, the William and Dorothy O’Neill professor of economics, showed his contagious zeal for life, senior Faisal Shariff said. “It was the way he expressed himself and it was a way that he showed his enthusiasm,” he said. “It was a really nice way to
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Timothy S. Fuerst, William and Dorothy O’Neill Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, died Tuesday morning at the age of 54 after battling stomach cancer for the past 10 months, the University said in a statement. Fuerst’s research largely centered on monetary policy. He also served as senior economic adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Thursday, October 13, 2016
In national discussions surrounding the 2016 election, Washington correspondent Binyamin Appelbaum said, one issue is conspicuously missing: economics. “There are a lot of very smart people who want to downplay the role that economics is playing in this election,” Appelbaum, who writes for the New York Times, said Wednesday night in DeBartolo Hall. “They want
Liam O'Connor | Friday, February 5, 2016
When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America almost 200 years ago, he was struck by Americans’ simultaneous loves of equality and liberty, of fairness and freedom. How do we overcome these apparent contradictions? In economics, we believe in equality of opportunity — not outcome. If you work hard, you can succeed and provide a better life