There are definitely some things that are more challenging to do online than in-person. But there are a few things that are BETTER online. At the top of my list? Guest speakers. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time to help my students understand the wide range of interesting things economists do!

Spring 2020: Block 8

Nate Seegert about state tax revenue volatility

Fall 2020: Block 2

Nate Seegert about his work with Utah State’s COVID surveillance program

Holly Painter about obsolete jobs

Claudia Sahm about economic forecasting and the current recession

Evan Starr about non-competes in the labor and innovation markets

Tavneet Suri about Universal Basic Income in Kenya

Spring 2021: Block J

Alex Tabarrok about the economics COVID vaccines

Elizabeth Pancotti about Unemployment Insurance and automatic stabilizers

Karl Muth about innovation

Luke Stein about the effect of the collapse of the Freedman’s bank on trust in financial services today

Kelly Jones about gender economics

Travis Roach about climate change economics

Allison Schrager about the economics of risk

Spring 2021: Block 6 (work in progress)

Sean Taylor about data science

Benjamin Daniels about health care in low-resource settings

Viet Vu about entrepreneurship and

Syllabus here.