This spring, undergraduate students will have the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of the Federal Reserve from none other than the Fed Chairman himself.
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Posts Tagged ‘ economy ’
Fed Chairman Bernanke to give lectures as part of GWSB class
Huntsman: “You can win on a mantra, that doesn’t mean you can lead.”
Former Utah Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman outlined his plans for shoring up the U.S. economy, creating jobs, and maintaining a "21st century foreign policy" at a College Republicans event on Tuesday.
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CR’s Host Economic Forum: Burr and Rivera
This Tuesday, the College Republicans were graced by an interesting combination of House and Senate. Joined first by North Carolina’s Sen. Richard Burr and later in the evening by Florida’s Rep. David Rivera, the organization focused its comments on the topic of economic reform and a balanced budget. Burr, who spoke at 6:30 p.m.,...
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POLITICO/GWU Battleground Poll: Voters Predict GOP Takeover in November
This morning, the POLITICO-GWU Battleground Poll results were released, indicating the views of the electorate prior to the 2010 midterm elections. The polls were analyzed by Republican pollster Ed Goeas of The Tarrance Group and Democrat pollster Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners. Each pollster offered their own evaluation of the polling results. According...
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Green Technology Or The Big 3?
Today, Nissan applied for a US government loan to aid in production of electric vehicles. Specifically, Nissan wants to upgrade a plant in Tennessee to build electric batteries. “We are committed to the vision of energy independence, environmental sustainability, and the new energy economy, and we are hopeful that the U.S. Department of Energy approves...
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Is this the Change We Can Believe In?
“Mad Money’s” Jim Cramer, no foe of the Democrats, had some harsh criticism of Obama the other day. Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Obama’s Chilling Impact on the Markets http://www.thestreet.com/story/10456530/1/cramers-mad-money-recap-obamas-chilling-impact-on-the-markets.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN With the rise of the Dow for most of the first week of ’09, all gains have been wiped out over the past two days...
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A Fun Game!
Here’s a challenge: name one fallacy in Justin Guiffre’s new op-ed for The Hatchet on the importance of public investment in the higher education system.* Go ahead! It’s not hard! After reading it once, I can name two or three, so I’ll start with one of the less-obvious examples (which isn’t saying much): Education...
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Daily Links
Will brought up the issue of college costs and college attendance last night in the comments section of my post. For the daily links today, I am going to repost Thomas Sowell’s excellent pieces on the economics of college: Thomas Sowell presents a three part series on the economics of college: Part 1: How...
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The current economic crisis in three easy visuals
By this point in the semester we already have too much reading to do. Between normal reading assignments, midterm studying, and obsessively checking JuicyCampus for something to complain about, who has time to read about the current economic crisis? I give you my three favorite visual aids that describe what’s happening: A brilliant presentation...
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Daily Links
Obama Might Not Raise Taxes On The Rich (Andrew Roth over at the Club For Growth raises a great question: If Obama concedes that tax hikes hurt the economy, why even consider raising taxes in the first place?) Ms Palin’s Pipeline Fannie, Freddie and You: What It Means To The Public Detroit’s Blackmail Attempt...
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