Events

By Zoom until further notice

Next Economics Club Meeting:

Tuesday June 22nd at 9 a.m.   Max Gulker, economist, Rethinking Welfare to Work

Our speaker is economist Max Gulker talking about rethinking welfare to work.
 
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Max Gulker is an economist and writer who studies how poverty and access to education can be effectively addressed. He is also interested in emerging fields like blockchain and cryptocurrencies, competitive issues raised by tech giants such as Facebook and Google, and the sharing economy. Gulker holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University and a BA in economics from the University of Michigan. He has spent time in the private sector, consulting with large technology and financial firms on antitrust and other litigation, and was a Senior Research Fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research.
 
UPCOMING SPEAKERS

13 July  Phil Kotler, Sarasota Institute on "Is America Ready for Nordic Capitalism?

27 July  Don Hagan, Day Hagen Asset Management, TBD

10 August  Jack Wright, Club member,  on health care costs in the U.S.

24 August Neal Dahlstrom, author of the book Tractor Wars, on innovation and entrepreneurship in modern agriculture

14 September  Arthur Diamond, University of Nebraska, Openness to Creative Destruction:  Sustaining Innovative Dynamism


 Important Reminders:
 
1)The Economics Club has always been an oasis of civility and respectful discussion. Please keep that tradition alive and be respectful of all participants.

2)Meeting Details to be reinstituted post-pandemic: We assemble at 8 AM for a buffet breakfast, with presentations starting at 8:30, followed by Q & A. Location: private dining room at Plymouth Harbor, 700 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. Cost this year is $6 per person per meeting.

3) Please wear a name-badge or nametag.