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This meeting was mostly dedicated to the Fed Challenge. Here are some of the topics that were discussed at the meeting.
- vehicle sales, inflation, business sediment, effect on dollar
- consumer price index, spread between tips and bonds, housing, unemployment,
- worldwide gdp growth, disposable income and real income and mortgage rates
The Economic Club has enough presenters for the Fed Challenge but if you want to be a researcher, we could always use a helping hand.
Also if you have an article or a book about economics, we encourage you to bring it to the meetings. Come join us at RM 488C on Mondays at 6pm.
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For those who were not at the meeting we had a big fiesta to kick off our first meeting. We are pleased to welcome our new members to Economic Club. The most important event of Economic Club, The Fed Challenge was discussed at this meeting. For those who are interested, please visit http://www.gvsueconclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=55 for more information.
The meeting concluded with an open discussion on problems and solutions for our economy. We also encourage any member to bring in a book or article related to economic club to discuss. Hope to see you all on Monday!
Please note: Our regular meetings are every other Monday and the next one is on October 19, 2009. The following Monday’s meeting will be geared towards members who are participating in the Fed Challenge.
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January 26th and February 2nd, 2009 |
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Econ Club Meeting Minutes January 26th and February 2nd
The 2nd concluded a two-part meeting on the discussion on Barack Obama's healthcare plan with debate ranging from the viability of socialized medicine to whether or not healthcare is a right or a privilage. Debate was based off of President Obama's healthcare plan as posted on his website, the CATO Institute's view on that plan and Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. The links to those documents are listed below. You can visit http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/ for a brief summary which also links to a pdf with President Obama's entire plan. Also of interest in a summary of a study on healthcare done by the Rand Corporation study at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2006/RAND_RB9174.pdf The Cato Institute has also put together their inimitable viewpoint in one of their briefing papers:
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9679 Also of note: The deadline for applying to attend the Cleveland Conference (March 20-22) is Friday Feb 6th by 5pm. In addition to attending the conference we will also be setting up a tour of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleavland. From what I've heard, their tour puts District 7 (Chicago's) to shame. The link to the application is available under Midwest Connections '09. Next week we will be holding elections for the position of VP of Campus Relations. |
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GVSU Econ Club Meeting Minutes Monday October 3rd, 2008 FED CHALLENGE! The Fed Challenge is Monday Nov. 10 and today's meeting was focused on preparing our five team members. The team will be leaving Sunday afternoon for Chicago and will be returning Monday evening. |
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Econ Club Meeting Minutes Monday October 27, 2008 The FED Challenge draws ever closer. The General Assembly meeting again this week was focused on the Fed Challenge with each team member running through their presentations. This was the first time that the team was able to run through the presentation as a whole. The final five team members are: Nathan Biller (as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke), Brian Bakker, Patricia Saenz, Neil Bajema and Jonathan Ericksen. The Fed Challenge team has a meeting on Wed, Oct 29th scheduled with Prof. Isely where they will receive more feedback. Again, all members are encouraged to attend the general meetings- your feedback is very useful! |
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