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Staff Spotlight – Jamie Wagner

FTE is known nationally for its emphasis on active learning and the engaging activities and lessons used to teach economics.…

Staff Spotlight – John Kessler

March 5, 2021 My name is John Kessler and I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and…

Staff Spotlight – Andrea Weiss

February 26, 2021 Meet Andrea Weiss, FTE Program Coordinator. Andrea first got involved with FTE when she attended EFL as…

Staff Spotlight – Dee Goines

February 19, 2021 This week we spotlight Dee Goines. Dee is an FTE Student Administrator and leads the leadership activities…

Alumni Spotlight: Christina Chen

January 25, 2021 Meet Christina Chen. She is an alumni of Economics for Leaders 2020 UC Berkeley virtual program. She…

Welcome: 2020-21 FTE Student Ambassadors

December 22, 2020 This year, FTE is welcoming thirty-seven student ambassadors who are committed to sharing the economic way of…

The Pox of Liberty – A Book Review By Dr. Price Fishback

April 9, 2020 FTE professor and University of Arizona economic historian, Price Fishback, writes that the current crisis has brought…

Recent Alumni Spotlight – Sophia Sweeney

Sophia Sweeney is a 2019 alumna attending Economic History for Leaders at the University of California, Berkeley. History is one…

Site Spotlight – Cornell University

December 5, 2019 We are almost ready to announce our new 2020 sites! One place we will be returning is…

Recent Alumni Spotlight – Rebecca Liu

November 25, 2019 New alumna, Rebecca Liu, attended an Economic History for Leaders this summer at UC Berkeley and is…

Site Spotlight – UCLA

November 13, 2019 We are still working to finalize our sites and dates for the 2020 summer but we know…

Economic Reasoning Propositions

Economic Reasoning Propositions

November 4, 2019 We often get the question, “what will we learn at Economics for Leaders?” At Economics for Leaders,…