It's the beginning of fall semester at CSB|SJU, so it's time for a new season of Econ in English. We'll start with a topic we worked on last spring: income inequality and its consequences among families at CSB/SJU. … [Read more...]
Unemployment and Adulthood in Spain: Thoughts From a Semester Abroad
I spent the past semester living with a host family and studying at IE University in Segovia, Spain. While there, I observed many aspects of the Spanish economy. One phenomenon astonished me: Spain’s high rate of unemployment. According to Eurostat, nearly 20% of Spain’s labor force was looking for paid work in 2016—an astronomical level by anybody’s standards. The unemployment rate in Spain today rivals the levels of unemployment of the United States during the Great Depression. And, … [Read more...]
Income inequality among CSB|SJU students and their families
What the heck does the election mean for the economy?
UPDATE: MPR News broadcast of this event is available here. Join the McCarthy Center the day after the election for the latest installment of our Econ in English series! Professor Louis Johnston explains complex economic topics in plain English and separates the sense from the nonsense in economic policy. In this session, Professor Johnston and Liz Fedor will focus on the November 8 election and what it this means for the economy. … [Read more...]
Why the heck is healthcare so expensive?
Yesterday we had our first Econ in English event of the term. Seventy-five people attended, and we had a good discussion about healthcare spending and the economics of health care in the US and abroad. Here are the slides I prepared to structure the discussion. Update, 10/9/2016: here is a video of the event. … [Read more...]
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