Events

By Zoom until further notice

Club members, we had a great session on the 13th with speaker John Campbell of Dartmouth speaking on his book What Capitalism Needs.  Here is the link to the video if you missed it. 
 
https://reason.zoom.us/rec/share/CBfPxcUWSS7HZsPcMp5emUj79CuUelM24wWNStBh8QjHWf3eUX8ozLFBH-rMl9Xk.OqN2Wn109ip40hfc
 

September 27 -   IN PERSON ONLY-- Prof Frank Alcock of New College of Florida.  

Frank Alcock is the Director of Academic Initiatives and Special Projects and a Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies at New College of Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University, a M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University and a B.A. in Economics from Binghamton University. He has been at New College since 2003 teaching courses on world politics, international law and environmental policy. His academic research and publications have focused on fisheries policy, environmental politics and science-policy relationships. From 2006 to 2010 he served as the Director of a Marine Policy Institute at Mote Marine Laboratory. From 2009 to 2012 he was a Senior Fellow with the Collins Center for Public Policy. He has served as a Senior U.S. Fulbright Scholar to New Zealand and a Belfer Fellow in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also spent five years at the U.S. Department of Energy. Frank appears regularly as a political analyst with ABC News in Sarasota and was a candidate for the Florida state Senate in 2016.

Starting September 27th, the Sarasota Economics Club will be meeting in person every 4th Tuesday of the month, except December. Here are the details you will want and need in order to participate:

1. In person meetings will usually not be broadcast on Zoom, so you will need to attend in person to hear the speaker.

2. Meetings will be in the Chart Room (turn left after entering the Club) at the Bird Key Yacht Club (BKYC), 301 Bird Key Drive.

3. Cost will be $30 per person. Pay in cash when you arrive at the event.  Prior to the event I will send an invitation including a link you will need to click and register for the event. It will be simple, but YOU MUST REGISTER in advance by the deadline because we have to give BKYC the headcount for breakfast. Meals will be an assortment of hot and cold drinks, pastries and bread, eggs, bacon, potatoes and fruit.

4. Timing of each meeting
--plan to arrive between 8:00 and 8:15am in time to pay for the meeting, pick a seat and chat.
--you must be IN YOUR SEAT at 8:30am so servers can bring in the breakfast plates.
--plates will be cleared about 8:50
--9am the speaker will begin
--10am event ends.

​Upcoming Talks

11 Oct--Zoom-- Club Member and Business Columnist Doc Werlin on Our Looming Economic Crisis
25 Oct--IN PERSON ONLY--TBD
8 Nov--Zoom--Dr Evan Rose, University of Chicago, on the effects of family formation on crime.

There is no charge to attend EC Zoom meetings, and the in-person breakfast meetings will cost $30. More information will be forthcoming in EC emails. Anyone who is interested may join the EC email list. To join, simply contact the Coordinator, Chuck Albers (Columbia MBA, 1967) at chuckalbers@aol.com

 
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) Please wear a name badge or name tag (applicable once we resume in person meetings).