The alchemy of finance and the economic obstacles to lowering emissions
From Wall Street to climate policy, CSU economics faculty explore inequality, power, and the challenges of tackling climate change.
Professor Iverson to present paper at seminars in European Universities
Professor Terry Iverson is currently in Europe, to present his paper “Tiered Climate Clubs: Global Abatement Without Global Agreement” at several universities across Europe. Here are the seminar dates: 09/24: University of Bologna, Italy 09/25: University of Oslo, Sweden 09/29: Amsterdam Business School 10/01: Grantham Institute, London School of Economics. A link to the paper […]
Professors Braunstein and Vasudevan to present at conferences in Brazil
Professors Elissa Braunstein and Ramaa Vasudevan will be keynote speakers at the 5th Anniversary Conference of the MADE Center in Brazil. Professor Vasudevan will also be keynote for the Conference “Financing climate action in the Global South: the scope for Innovation”
Bringing the Liberal Arts to Management Consulting
Smith’s double major in geography and economics helped him get accepted to the London School of Economics, a leading program in the world. He’s now a consultant at KPMG.
Voice and Sustainability
Ed and Jo Barbier examine what democratic societies can do to give a greater “voice” to underrepresented groups and safeguard the well-being of people and the planet.
CSU economist wants to change how you see economics and the people who study it
Alex Bernasek wants to change the perception of economics from a science of numbers to a science of people. She studies gender and economics as it relates to inequality, such as the wage gap and the motherhood penalty, and works to bring more women to the fore in the discipline.
Making sense of messy data sets to help Routt County economics
Joanna Mosley participates in the Economics undergraduate research internship program with faculty mentor Stephan Weiler to add information about small business in Steamboat Springs to an economic dashboard for rural Colorado counties.