Week 3 Conversation

Any suggestions for a better measure of progress and economic growth than GDP? What do you suggest and why?

Week 2 Conversation

Which law do you think is more powerful: the law of demand or the law of supply? Why?

New Chair Announced

Austan Goolsbee is the next CEA Chair. Read about him here.

Week 1 Conversation

Care to gain a little perspective on the recession? Departing Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, Christina Romer gave these remarks to the National Press Club last week. Review Dr. Romer's speech and respond to the following:

1. Do you think the government did too little or too much to counteract the recession?

Welcome

This is a space for conversation about ideas.

It is designed to encourage and facilitate learning.

Weekly topics, questions, quotes and/or articles will be posted here. Conversations will take place (primarily) in comments, but will most likely spill over into classrooms, cars, texts, coffee houses, bars, residence halls...wherever it is we all find ourselves.

Please note this is a shared space with several groups of students (some macro, some micro, some economics of sport).

Allons-nous!