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2017 Summer Economic Institute for Teachers: Economic Agenda for the Nation & World

Event Details:

Monday, July 24, 2017 - Friday, July 28, 2017
8:30am - 1:00pm PDT

Location

SIEPR Gunn Building
Koret-Taube Conference Center
366 Galvez St.
»ÆÉ«µçÓ°, CA 94305
United States

Admission

 

Schedule

Monday, July 24, 2017

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    Breakfast

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    Institute Overview and Introductions

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    Session I: Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?

    Ran Abramitzky, Associate Professor of Economics, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; SIEPR Senior Fellow

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    Lunch

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    Session II: The Economics of e-commerce and the Internet

    Steve Tadelis, Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy, James J. and Marianne B. Lowrey Chair in Business, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Vice President, Economics and Market Design, Amazon Inc.

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    Break

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    Session III: Economics of Uber

    Tiago Caruso, Economist Data Scientist at Uber

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

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    Breakfast

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    Review and Preview

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    Session I: Health Insurance in America

    Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Economics by courtesy, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; SIEPR Senior Fellow

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    Lunch

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    Session II: The Basics of the Chinese Economy

    Hongbin Li, Research Scholar, »ÆÉ«µçÓ° Center for International Development (SCID); C.V. Starr Professor of Economics in the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

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    Break

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    Session III: Discussion of Economic Blogs and/or Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Challenges

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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    Breakfast

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    Review and Preview

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    Session I: The Rise of the Pacific Coast Knowledge Economies

    Gavin Wright, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History Emeritus, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; SIEPR Senior Fellow Emeritus

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    Lunch

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    Session II: The Future of the EU

    Gerhard Casper, President Emeritus, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; Senior Fellow at both the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and SIEPR; Peter and Helen Bing Professor in Undergraduate Education, Emeritus, Professor of Law, Emeritus, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°

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    Break

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    Session III: Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Challenges

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    Reception

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    Dinner: TBD

    John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution; SIEPR Senior Fellow; Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs, 2001 – 2005

Thursday, July 27, 2017

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    Breakfast

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    Review and Preview

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    Session I: Development in Africa

    Pascaline Dupas, Associate Professor of Economics, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; SIEPR Senior Fellow

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    Lunch

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    Session II: The Impact of Foreign Intervention on Developing Countries

    Melissa Dell, Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University; SIEPR Visiting Fellow

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    Break

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    Session III: Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Challenges

Friday, July 28, 2017

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    Breakfast

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    Review and Preview

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    Session I: The Stock Market

    John B. Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; Buzz and Barbara McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, SIEPR

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    Lunch

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