February 16, 2010:

Professor Alan Winters (University of Sussex, UK) will visit Rollins as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Below is the official announcement:

L. Alan Winters

Thomas P. Johnson
Distinguished Visiting Scholar

presents

WHERE DOES THE CRISIS LEAVE GLOBALIZATION?

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
7 p.m. in Bush 120, Rollins College

The financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009 originated in the rich economies but spread rapidly around the world, even to the poorest countries. In this lecture Alan Winters will offer an accessible account of how this happened and its consequences for economic welfare around the world. He will then discuss whether the crisis should cause us to re-assess our view of the virtues of globalization and focus policy attention more on domestic economic activity.

The talk is free and open to the public.

INTERACTIVE ECONOMICS

(a collection of educational materials that illustrate the current economic situation).

How to spend $787 Billion: A breakdown of the stimulus plan (NY Times)

How the Government Dealt with Past Recessions

from NYTimes

The Economic Performance of US Presidents

In a few days, starting with the grandest Inauguration in US history, the 44th US President Barack Obama will begin his term. The central theme of his campaign was CHANGE, including comprehensive economic reforms supposed to create jobs and jumpstart the ailing economy on a path towards growth. Can he succeed? The following interactive graph depicts the major economic indicators during the past presidencies, since WWII (click on the picture to start).

(from the article Can A President Tame The Business Cycle? - NYTimes: Oct 18)

Major Milestones of the Financial Crisis

Since the onset of the financial downturn in September 2008, a number of distinct events will remain in economic history due to their tremendous impact on the world economy. A comprehensive chronologic presentation of these events can be found here.

(from the article 10 Weeks of Financial Turmoil - NYTimes.com)