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.