Because so many UES all-stars have now departed for parts both known and unknown, one must begin considering the future reunions. In today’s blog travels (and no, Matt, I have not removed Mankiw yet though I have stopped clicking on him, so your sharing was appreciated), I found this interesting idea……… and we could do [...]
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In UES, we have a board that we use to attract new members at informational events for business students. Historically, we put names of famous people with economics degrees. If, someday, we should return to that, let us put another name on there: Steve Fossett, adventurer, aviator, explorer, and namesake for a WhiteKnightTwo-class suborbital ship [...]
Meeting Overview 04/01/08
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Meeting Records and Technology & Innovation. ClosedI’ve been hesitant to post any more of my meeting records since the last one inexplicably disappeared, but today’s discussion was (in my unqualified opinion) a good one, so I’m going to put it up lest it appear I have been shirking my secretarial duties. This week’s topic: Network neutrality.
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JN: Basically, proponents of net neutrality [...]
[ This post fell victim to a continuing security problem at Awkward Utopia. ]
Meeting Overview 02/05/08
Published by February 24th, 2008 in Meeting Records and Policy. 8 CommentsI apologize for my abysmal performance in (not) getting these records up. For this entry, I’ll be availing myself of my right, in the name of expediency, to summarize (rather than transcribe) a meeting’s contents. The topic: the Fair Tax.
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VR began by explaining the Fair Tax as “a piece of legislation drafted by Congressman John [...]
This week’s topic: illegal immigration.
FC: This issue has become political ping-pong. I’m all for it.
Gabriel : With respect to the illegals who are already here, certain candidates have suggested deportation. I think the lesser of evils would be to grant them amnesty. Anything else (eg. building a wall across the entire border) would be [...]
Live-Blogging the American Economics Association
Published by December 28th, 2007 in Administrative and UES. 0 CommentsOn January 3-6, the University of Florida University Economics Society (UF UES) will be the first to live-blog the American Economics Association meeting. Ten intrepid souls will journey to New Orleans and spread out amongst the many dozens of sessions, blogging the panelists comments and hopefully meeting many economics celebrities. Although we were not successful [...]
UES elections often have surprises and twists — this one had few surprises, but lots of drama. The following officers were elected for the Spring 2008 term:
President: Vivek Raj
Vice President: Joshua Niederriter
Treasurer: Mark Villalpando
Secretary: Stephanie Slade
Historian: David Goldfarb
Congratulations to these officers! The only new officer is Mark, which may be the least turnover in the [...]
Meeting Overview 11/27/07
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Law, Meeting Records and Technology & Innovation. 3 CommentsThis week’s topic: Intellectual Property Rights & Music Piracy
AB: Anybody who illegally downloads [here, d/l's] music should have his computer forfeited and be sent to jail. Without a trial.
MM: That’s a bit harsh. Lawsuits count the songs people have illegally distributed and fine them that way. That sounds good, although it overstates their losses.
SC: The [...]
Meeting Overview 11/13/07
Published by November 15th, 2007 in Meeting Records, UES and University of Florida. 4 CommentsI really have almost nothing from this week’s meeting, so instead I’m posting our article for the Warrington Times:
Another eventful year is barreling to a close for the University Economics Society.
Last spring, UES said goodbye to its graduating seniors, to include outgoing President Mike Redondo. Under the direction of Acting President Matt Masten, the summer [...]
Meeting Overview 11/06/07
Published by November 9th, 2007 in Education, Meeting Records and Miscellaneous. 4 CommentsThis week’s topic: college loans.
AB: The increasing interest rates will have an impact on the economy because, for example, less people will be able to take low-paying teaching positions, and more people will have to wait before purchasing a home. The cost has far outpaced inflation.
JN: It’s not that big a deal. Sure, it delays [...]
Speeches at Gators for Israel Rally
Published by November 8th, 2007 in Asia, International Affairs, Miscellaneous and UES. 4 CommentsTwo UESers gave speeches today at the Gators for Israel Rally. First was Zach Moller, the VP of North Florida for the Florida College Democrats, speaking on behalf of the Democratic Party. He mentioned President Carter and President Clinton’s attempts to broker peace in the Middle East, then focused on Seeds of Peace. He was [...]
The only posts in the past two weeks besides my own have been the outstanding meeting records written by Slade. What is going on? Blogging is so eaaaaaaaaaasy.
This week’s topic: Global Warming and Gore’s Peace Prize
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Jimmy G: There is fuzzy math/faulty logic employed in giving Gore a Peace Prize.
Harsha: Correction: He only won $700,000.
FC: According to Colbert, the market has spoken. The movie made money, global warming [gw] is real.
MM: The prize was political in nature. What has Al Gore done [...]
This week’s topic: Roam Towing.
MM: We have a conflict, because we all hate towers, but we also hate regulations. But when you park on private property you are subject to the owner’s policies, which are posted there on signs.
BL: As an anarcho-libertarian capitalist, you would probably be happy if property owners had the ability to [...]
