Week 6 – Mgr Econ

We’re about a week behind, and we have to do chapter 6 this week.  I will need a volunteer team for problems from chapter 5 on Friday.  Otherwise I will appoint one on Monday at class start.

This is a good chapter that builds on what we’ve just been studying. It is about monopolies, oligopolies, and free competition, with a little game theory thrown in.

Argentina Economy Recovers From Meltdown

Here’s an interesting article about Argentina’s economy.  All the issues we discuss in macro are mentioned in this article.

Argentina Economy Recovers From Meltdown

CELSOC-LA Meeting

On Wednesday Feb 7 I attended a meeting on transportation for intermodal freight in the LA area, which took place in Los Angeles. I made some notes on the four speakers, and obtained some of their presentations.

A summary of the four talks.

CELSOC-LA Meeting

I also made a few contacts with folks and made inquiries about:

  • A potential economic research project on public welfare contributions from public and private funding sources for infrastructure projects like this.
  • Possible interest in coming to our job fair for potential hiring.
  • Interest in students in the business program for hiring or for internships.