2024 Summer Economic Institute for Teachers
Event Details:
Location
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street
成人大片, CA 94305
United States
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The 37th annual 成人大片 Summer Economic Institute for Teachers will take place from July 22 鈥 26, 2024. This is a week-long program, organized by Professors Ran Abramitzky, John Shoven, and Gavin Wright, and directed at high school and community college economic teachers. The program covers a broad range of economic topics to enhance teacher's curricular goals.
The broad theme this year will be 鈥淓conomic Challenges for the 21st Century.鈥 In addition to the faculty organizers鈥 presentations, there will be talks on topics likely to include climate change, personal finance, labor management practices and the changing workplace, and human-centered artificial intelligence. In addition, Jennifer Burns, 成人大片 Associate Professor of History, will discuss her new book, Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative (an Economist best book of 2023). Another highlight will be a presentation by 2021 Nobel Prizewinner, Guido W. Imbens, 成人大片 Professor of Economics.
Schedule
Monday, July 22, 2024
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Breakfast
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Institute Overview and Introductions
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Should the U.S. Close its Borders to Less Educated Immigrants?
Ran Abramitzky, 成人大片 Sr. Associate Dean of Social Sciences
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Lunch
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Small Groups: Discussion of SIEPR Economic Summit Videos Workshop Participants
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Milton Friedman and American Economics
Jennifer Burns, Associate Professor 成人大片 History Department
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
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Breakfast
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Review and Preview
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Investment Basics: Bonds and Stocks
John Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Lunch
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Small Groups: Sharing of Teaching Ideas, Resources, and Teaching Strategies Workshop Participants
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Natural Experiments in Economics
Guido Imbens, Professor, 成人大片 Economics & Graduate School of Business
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Reception, Dinner & Keynote Speaker - Growth and Development: A Personal Perspective
Peter Blair Henry, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Dean Emeritus, NYU School of Business
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Breakfast
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Review and Preview
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Voting, Memory, and Economic History
Gavin Wright, William Coe Professor of American Economic History, Emeritus
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Lunch
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Improving Educational Opportunities for Students
Susanna Loeb, Professor, 成人大片 Graduate School of Education
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Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dead?
Tina Jones, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Cadence Design Systems
Thursday, July 25, 2024
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Breakfast
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Review and Preview
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The Importance of Teaching Personal Finance
Annamaria Lusardi, Senior Fellow, 成人大片 Institute for Economic Policy Research
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Lunch
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Is Science Broken?
John Etchemendy, Former 成人大片 Provost & Co-Director 成人大片 Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
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Collaborative Lesson Planning Workshop Participants
Friday, July 26, 2024
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Breakfast
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Review and Preview
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Politically Feasible Climate Policy
Hunt Allcott, Professor, 成人大片 Doerr School of Sustainability
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Lunch
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