Update: Joe Stiglitz
Posted in Economics on Oct 22nd, 2006
Just as an update to my previous post on Joe Stiglitz, I got a hold of one of the pictures I took at the department reception and revamped it to reflect what should have been asked:
Archive for October, 2006
Teaching and Learning
Posted in Economics, Rants and Raves, Teaching on Oct 21st, 2006
Yesterday, I had a wonderful opportunity to give a presentation in front of a couple hundred Principles of Microeconomics students. The slides are here. I thought it went pretty well, and several students were interested enough in the material to come talk to me afterwards and/or give me a thanks (which, by the [...]
White and Nerdy
Posted in Videos on Oct 20th, 2006
Just in case you haven’t seen or heard this song, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkhMcyuYroA
I’m sure many of you out there will get plenty of the nerdy references in the video. Let me know how many you find.
Joe Stiglitz
Posted in Economics on Oct 18th, 2006
Every once in a while, the University of Washington brings in a big name economist to give a talk. Today, Joe Stiglitz, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001, gave a talk about his ideas for making globalization work. I was one of the lucky few who got to attend [...]