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Alumni Spotlight – Madeleine Overturf – Chicago ’09
Madeleine Overturf is quite literally in the spotlight these days as a reporter at WBOC-TV in Sussex County. Before her…
Where We are Wednesday – UC Berkeley
Where We are Wednesday… The University of California, Berkeley! Home of the blue and gold Oski bears (blue for the…
Recent Alumni Profile – Angela Wei
Angela Wei attended Economics for Leaders last year at Rice University in Houston, TX. About her experience she says, “If…
From the Gorges of Ithaca to the Skyscrapers of Seattle…
We are proud to announce our 2017 summer sites and dates! This year we are all over the country at…
The Streamin’ Blues
What’s not to like about streaming? The music you want, wherever and whenever you want. Sounds good! But does your favorite artist think so?
Hot Topic: In a Pickle
“You’re kidding me?!” That’s what the Alaska food bank director said when Feeding America sent her a semi full of 5 gallon buckets of pickles!
Learn how the economic way of thinking helped a charity sell its way out of a pickle.
2016 Walton Award Honoree: EconTalk’s Russ Roberts
The FTE is pleased to honor Dr. Roberts as the 2nd recipient of the Walton Award for his record of academic achievement, his enthusiastic dedication to the economic way of thinking, and his innovative approach to economic education.
In Memory of Daniel Weinberger, EFL ‘07
It is with great sadness that we report on the passing of Economics for Leaders alum, Daniel Weinberger. Daniel attended the 2007 Skidmore College EFL program, and returned the next year for the EFL reunion in Williamsburg, VA.
Hot Topic: Immigration 2016 !
The tools of economic reasoning can bring some much-needed critical thinking to the heated political debate over immigration policy.
Hot Topic: Ubernomics
In 4 short years, Uber brought down the taxi kings of New York City. Students examine data from medallion sales and ride sharing services, and then identify the incentives and institutions that first closed the taxi market in 1937 and then flooded it with competition in 2011.