Worth Publishers 2009 Economics Education Symposiums | Southern California | Friday, March 6th, 2009

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Meeting Agenda

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.

Registration
Continental breakfast

Potential exhibitors:

8:45 - 9:00

Welcome
Chiara Gratton-Lavoie
, Department of Economics, Cal State, Fullerton

9:00 - 10:00

The Future of Economic Growth
Alex Tabarrok
, George Mason University

- Break
10:15 - 11:45

Concurrent Workshops

Session 1

The Evolving Macro Course I
Teaching the Inflation Model in the Principles Classroom
Alex Tabarrok, George Mason University

Session 2

Teaching the Theory of Market Efficiency Efficiently
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Jose J. Vazquez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

12:00 - 1:45

Luncheon

Keynote Address: The Return of Depression Economics
Paul R. Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, University, Winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics

- Break
1:45 - 3:15

Concurrent Workshops

Session 3

The Evolving Macro Course II
Teaching the Solow Model in the Principles Classroom
John Dawson, Appalachian State University

Session 4

Moving beyond Pencil and Paper: Interactivity, teaching, and students in the 21st Century
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Jose J. Vazquez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

- Break
3:30 - 4:30

The Current Financial Crisis
Laurence Ball, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics Johns Hopkins University

4:30 - 4:45

Concluding Remarks
Chiara Gratton-Lavoie, Department of Economics, Cal State, Fullerton

4:45 - 6:00

Hors d'oeuvres with Larry Ball, Paul Krugman, and Alex Tabarrok
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