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New to Economics?

 

   How much can you earn?

 

   Why study economics?

 

   Interesting Quotes

 

   Recommended Readings

 

 

Video

 

   How Big is the US Debt?

 

   Does Stimulus Spending Work?

 

   Liberalism, Conservatism, and Freedom

 

   Unintended Consequences of Price Controls

 

   Markets: Exploitation or Empowerment?

 

   Social Security versus Private Accounts

 

   The Economics of Higher Education (House of Representatives)

 

   The Economics of High-Skilled Immigration (House of Representatives)

 

   The Impact of Immigration on Jobs and Income

 

   What Does the Rising Cost of Health Care Buy Us?

 

   Can We Balance the Budget by Raising Taxes?

 

   How Many People Are Uninsured?

 

   Is Social Security Bankrupt?

 

   The Laws of Economics

 

   Kosmos Interview

 

   The Budget Shortfall (NightTalk PCNC)

 

   Testimony on Alcohol Privatization

 

   The Tragedy of the Commons (set to dance)

 

 

Audio

 

   How Much Debt is Too Much (The American Entrepreneur)

 

   The Government Shutdown (The Think Tank, WWL New Orleans)

 

   The Budget Deficit and Federal Debt (Late Nights with Jim Bohannon)

 

   The One Question Everyone’s Afraid to Ask (The American Entrepreneur)

 

   Public Education Lacks Accountability

 

   Privatizing Alcohol Sales in the States

 

   Stimulus Spending Doesn’t Work (Wisconsin Public Radio)

 

   Trade Improves Wages and Reduces Unemployment

 

   Questions About the Estate Tax

 

   The Estate Tax Hurts Small Business

 

   The Value of a College Degree Rises Faster than Tuition

 

   High Skilled Immigration is Good for the Economy

 

   Raising Taxes Won’t Balance State Budgets

 

   More Trade Means Less Poverty

 

   All Countries Benefit From Globalization

 

   An MBA is Worth Around $500,000

 

 

Achievements of the Economics Graduates of 2011

 

The 9 economics majors in the 2011 graduating class produced:

   4 Acceptances to Ph.D. programs

   4 Acceptances to J.D. programs
   7 Acceptances to Masters programs

   3 Presentations at academic conferences

   4 Externally funded Research Fellowships

   1 Public policy publication

   $555,000 in graduate scholarships and fellowships

 

 

Liturgy of the Hours (updated daily)

 

   Morning Prayer

   Evening Prayer

   Night Prayer

   Office of Readings

 

 

 

 

And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? The  tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

 

    — Thomas Jefferson,

         1787