Here’s a great opportunity to learn about public choice from some of the leading scholars in the field. No conference fees! Suitable for advanced undergrads as well as graduate students looking for research ideas. https://t.co/UycDwP3vza @UVMecon
This summer #UVMecon is offering Principles of Macro, Principles of Micro, Institutional Economics and International Trade, all four-week asynchronous online courses. Registration is open!
Registration is open now for Summer U! Choose from lots of classes so you can get done and get ahead. Get 30 percent off standard tuition rates, too. Learn more at https://t.co/19yKCaQDJ5.
A new study finds that college students who don’t get enough sleep (fewer than 6 hours) see a drop in their GPA.
Read more from @USNews.
#UVM#PACE#MentalHealth#Wellness#Sleep
https://t.co/H7MUmZYiuy.
Our inaugural @rethinkecon panel @uvmvermont successfully jump started a dialogue with diverse economic thinkers!
Watch:https://t.co/j0TxqZ5QDS
Take aways: 1. We need #RethinkingEconomics chapters everywhere to promote wellbeing economies to address social & ecological crises🌎
10 Great Very Short Econ Books (=>200 pages) to Kick-start Your Year of Reading
1) GDP: A Short But Affectionate History @DianeCoyle1859 (184 pages)
GDP gets a lot of flak, some justified, some not. This is a great intro to understand why macroecons still find it useful.
Join our first event to jump start a campus wide collaboration with a dialogue to rethink economics @uvmvermont for people & 🌎! Our #EcologicalEconomics hub can also benefit the @rethinkecon community at large!
In person: https://t.co/4V4vjs5iYV
Zoom: https://t.co/UjsCDeUIOG
Not all college degrees need to make you rich, but all degrees should satisfy an educational Hippocratic oath: they should leave you no worse off financially.
Yet many don't meet that basic standard! https://t.co/cugkle6iBi
I’ve written what, I think, is the most comprehensive single-piece explanation for why we have such a bad housing crisis in Vermont. Lots of charts, examples, and quotes. Check it out.
https://t.co/rwJBEioqox
@UVMecon is hiring! We're looking for an NTT colleague to join us next year who is game to teach intermediate micro along with other undergrad field courses.
Will be up on JOE soon, but in the meantime, you can find all the details here: https://t.co/Y65vqRTPD6
Fascinating paper: Chatbots collect better survey data than online surveys.
Also, Emily Beam either can time travel or else has otherworldly foresight.
https://t.co/gPxc4OFEcH
The most high-paying college majors are in engineering and economics, but that isn’t usually because employers want engineers & economists.
Instead, this paper finds those majors offer the best bundle of social & organizational skills that many jobs need.https://t.co/eJcjZgPLXa
Eating locally is not an effective way to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet.
This is despite a recent paper in @NatureFoodJnl claiming that 'food miles' make up 20% of food emissions.
In my latest Substack post I explain why this is wrong: https://t.co/5iFGl8CMFX
#UVMecon Prof @JaneKnodell will be speaking about FTX (a crypto bank that went into bankruptcy last week) on The Morning Drive on Nov 21 at 8:30am
https://t.co/y6Li8JwZY8
Congratulations to #UVMecon major Ellie Churchill (shown here receiving the department's Amato-Nadworny Scholarship in April 2022) on being elected to Phi Beta Kappa!
OPEC decided to cut production. Prof DiPasquale and #UVMecon students discuss what it means on their "UVM What in the World" podcast. https://t.co/XlKZ8zbopk