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UEA Teaching Awards
I'm pleased to announce that the UEA's 2010 Undergraduate Teaching Awards go to Parag Pathak (Professor Award) and Alp Simsek (TA Award). They will both receive gift certificates to local restaurants and their names will be engraved for all posterity on the teaching awards plaque in E52-391. Congratulations to both Alp and Professor Pathak!

UEA Spring Speaker 2010: Paul Krugman
What Have We Learned, If Anything?
Friday February 5th at 4:15PM in 32-123.
As the economy slowly recovers from the financial crisis of last year, what can we learn from the experience of this most recent recession, and how can we prevent it from happening again? Can new laws and regulations prevent another crash, or will the US suffer a "lost decade" like Japan? Nobel Prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (Course XIV PhD '77) will speak on the lessons of the financial crisis and offer his advice.
Reception will follow.

Download the FULL video of the Paul Krugman Lecture


UEA Fall Speaker 2009: Ernst Fehr
How can Neuroscience explain economic decisions?
Tuesday October 13th at 4:00PM in E51-325.
Why do human beings cooperate in societies? Why are we altruistic? Why do we care about fairness? And what does it mean for economics? Ernst Fehr, visting professor from the University of Zurich, director of the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, and pioneer in the field of neuroeconomics, will present his interdisciplinary research on social preferences and their relation to economic incentives.
Refreshments will be served.


UEA Spring Speaker 2009: Jerry Hausman
Does Walmart Benefit Poor People?
Wednesday April 15th at 5:00PM in E51-115 (Wong Auditorium).
Walmart, the world's largest corporation, has made a worldwide reputation on cost-cutting and low prices. However, some claim its business practices have negative effects on surrounding communities. So who's right? Jerry Hausman, MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT and 1985 winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, will present current research and comments on the role of Walmart in communities and its overall effect on the poor.
A reception will follow immediately afterwards.

Video: Economic Policies for the New President
Did you miss the panel discussion? Or were you so blown away by Professors Mankiw and Solow that you just have to see them in action again? Check out our video of the panel here!


Economic Policies for the New President
Thursday, November 13 at 4:30PM in 51-115 (Wong Auditorium).
How should the new President solve our financial crisis, handle health care, or fix social security?
N. Gregory Mankiw, Harvard Economics Professor and MIT Graduate (Course XIV PhD '84), and Robert Solow, MIT Economic Professor and 1987 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, will speak at a panel discussion and field all of your questions about the best policies and approaches the new President should take.
Refreshments will be served.


UEA Spring Speaker 2008: Gary Loveman
Monday, March 17 from noon-1:00PM in E51-345.
How do you beat the house in gambling? You OWN the house. Gary Loveman XIV Ph.D '89, CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, runs a multi-billion dollar casino empire stretching from Reno to London, and will speak on his experience in Cambridge and Las Vegas, and the day-to-day of running a casino.