A student organization that promotes the economic way of thinking. The GMU Economics Society organizes lecture series, discussion sessions, and other interactions between professional economists and students.
For Fall 2011, we will meet every other Wednesday at 7:20pm in Enterprise 318 for the Reading Discussion group (starting September 14th) and the casual meeting and discussion session called EconSquawk (beginning September 28th). We will also have a monthly Economic Liberty Lecture Series and Law & Economics Seminar and other lectures throughout the semester. Don't forget to join our Facebook group and Follow us on Twitter @gmueconsociety! President: Carly Reddig Vice President: Kole Reddig Secretary: Rachel Ellis Treasurer: Jamie Miller Marketing Chair: Andrew Boehnlein Social Chair: Matthew Dodson Communications Chair: Ian Brown Discussion Group Leader: Cole Terlesky
Mission: The Economics Society is committed to the personal, professional, and academic development of all students interested in the study of economics. We hope to meet the unique goals and desires of our members.
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GMU Economics Society Newsletter
The F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center (directed by Prof. Peter Boettke with associate director Prof. Christopher Coyne) is looking for a program associate to join our team. The PPE Program is an established academic research program d…
Today at 1:30 in George's (3rd floor JC)!
REMINDER: Executive Board meeting tonight in JC 320A at 5:30. This is the perfect chance to get more involved with Econ Society or to share your idea for a great event.
TONIGHT: Undergraduate Economics Alumni Career Panel at 7:00pm in Enterprise 80. Come out and listen to alumni from GMU's Economics Program talk about their career paths and how Mason prepared them. There will be a Q&A session with a reception following the event.
Are you looking for opportunities to turn your passion for economic freedom and free societies into a career? A recruiter from the Charles Koch Institute will be on campus November 5th at 7:30pm in Enterprise 318 to discuss paid professional education opportunities through a liberty minded non-profit! Instead of the usual pizza, this week's free food will be a nacho bar!
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“If a commodity were in no way useful, in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labor might be necessary to procure it.” - David Ricardo
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"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will, is to prevent harm to others."
Be sure to come out tonight (Enterprise 318 at 7:30pm) for a discussion on how markets and property rights can be used to aid conservation efforts. Free pizza will be provided!
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"Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom" -F.A. Hayek
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“Free men, defined as those who understand these distinctions, are the only ones who can rescue the indifferent and the docile from growing serfdom. The burden is on them and them alone.” –Leonard E. Read
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An Interest Rate Problem of Interestby Eric Lofgren Much talk has circulated over what has dubbed the ‘new neutral’ in which interest rates are projected to be low for a long time. With their ability to pin down the short-end of the yield curve, central bankers across the developed world have sought…
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“…People don’t become less self-interested when they get into government. They don’t somehow become selfless angels. And we can’t rely on voters to hold the government accountable. We should expect power to corrupt, and our institutions they should be built to protect us from that corruption.” –Pete…
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Welcome to our new Graduate Student Bloggers: -Jennifer Lee -Eric Lofgren To check out their work click on the 'Graduate Contributions' tab above. Interested in writing for the blog? -Contact Holly Jean Soto at [email protected]
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Image found on Wikimedia Commons “The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence and petition as in a militarist society, where the strong acquire by force, the weak by petitioning.” –Ludwig Von Mises
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Assessing Potential Risk for Offshore Oil Rig Workers Offshore oil drilling is notoriously known to be a hazardous career, fraught with numerous, and often deadly, risk for those choosing to work in this field. Whilst the offshore oil drilling process exists in various countries, we narrow our focu…
There are still spots open to attend the "Liberty, Free Markets, and Moral Character?" conference at Clemson University (May 22-25).
See here for info: http://www.clemson.edu/capitalism/studentconference.html
Applying is easy: send an email to Sara Morrison ([email protected]) with your full name, phone number, and birthday.
The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism is pleased to announce that it will be holding its eighth annual summer conference for undergraduate and graduate students on Liberty, Free Markets and Moral Character over Memorial Day Weekend 2014 (May 22 - May 25) on the campus of Clemson Universi…
GMU Economics Society Newsletter for 04/28/2014
The third lecture in the Economic Liberty Lecture Series will feature Walter Block via Skype.5:30 pm – Pizza6:00 pm – Talk with Q&A via Skype8:00 pm – Social hour at Brion’s GrilleWalter Block earned his PhD in Economics at Columbia University. He is an author, editor, and co-editor of many books wh…
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"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all rest being brought about by the natural course of things." -Adam Smith
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"...The net result of government credit has not been to increase the amount of wealth produced by the community but to reduce it, because the availiable real capital has been placed in the hands of the less efficient borrowers rather than in the hands of the more efficient and trustworthy." -Henry H…
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"People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them." -Frederic Bastiat, The Law
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"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
GMU Economics Society Newsletter for 04/21/2014
Interested in going to grad school? Make sure you have your ducks in a row before it's too late. This information session will explore what you need to apply to graduate school in any of the PPE disciplines: philosophy, political science, and economics.
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Law and Economics versus Economic Analysis of Law: Is There a Difference? By Guest Blogger Jennifer Lee Geoffrey P. Miller’s “Law and Economics versus Economic Analysis of Law” [Miller American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Winter 2011] advocates the terms “law and economics” and the “applicati…
http://www.economics-society.org/blog/2014/4/14/quotes-to-live-by-1
image found on Wikimedia commons “… I don't think our recent Great Recession is simply a Keynesian or monetarist or aggregate-demand story. I think real business-cycle theory has a lot to say about the event. One thing we have seen across the board in a lot of countries is what economists call the r…
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“Free trade is simply a policy of treating foreign goods and services no differently than domestic goods and services are treated. Free trade is a policy of allowing domestic consumers to buy from abroad just as freely as they can buy at home. Protectionism is a policy of discriminating against fore…
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“Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort.” Jack Kemp
GMU Economics Society Newsletter for 04/14/2014
President of the Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF), Jacob Hornberger, will lead us in discussion about the concept of economic liberty within the context of decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court. In our law and economics seminar this semester, we will discuss Legal Tender Cases. Recommended read...
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