Daily Economy News
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AIER Starts New Winter Program
This month, in addition to our esteemed Summer Program, we are starting an AIER Winter Program. Our Winter Program encompasses the Applied Economic Research Course and the January intersession, which are both programs we have piloted in recent years.
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Teach-the-Teachers Program Gets Results
The Education Division of AIER is not only creating and executing innovative programs, but also conducts scientific research on the impact of those programs on their constituencies. At the recent 2017 annual meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA) in Chicago, I presented the results of the first two cycles of the Teach-the-Teachers Initiative program,…
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Views From the Stone House Windows
There’s nothing like seeing the sun rise from the windows of the Stone House, the centerpiece of AIER’s scenic campus in the Berkshires. I took these photos this morning.
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The Benefits of a Professional Learning Community
In my recent blog about AIER’s approach to professional development workshops for teachers, I discussed an analogy suggested by Fred Ende. He wrote that during the follow-up process, both “regular water — reflection — and sunlight — coaching/support — are needed for the best growth” of a planted seed of a teaching idea. To provide…
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Tools to Help Lower-Income Americans Save Money
In our January brief entitled “Why Can’t Americans Save,” I look at the numerous hurdles that different types of households face on the road to financial wellness. My research revealed that the bottom half of U.S. earners, roughly speaking, simply cannot afford to meet the goals experts put forward for saving, investing and debt.
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Economic Anxiety and Trump’s Victory
We’ve written a fair bit about “economic anxiety,” which is concern about one’s economic future. That’s as opposed to the current state of the overall U.S. economy, which by our measure and most others, has been on a slow-growth trajectory. According to our most recent edition of Business Conditions Monthly, our business cycle indicators are…
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College Destinations Spotlight: San Francisco
The top spot in the biggest category of our 2017 College Destinations Index went to San Francisco, which ranked high in diversity, percentage of college-educated residents, mass transportation, and arts and entertainment options.
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College Destinations Spotlight: Boulder & Denver
The great state of Colorado played prominently in our 2017 College Destinations Index, as both metro areas won their size categories.
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AIER Starts New Winter Program
This month, in addition to our esteemed Summer Program, we are starting an AIER Winter Program. Our Winter Program encompasses the Applied Economic Research Course and the January intersession, which are both programs we have piloted in recent years.
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Teach-the-Teachers Program Gets Results
The Education Division of AIER is not only creating and executing innovative programs, but also conducts scientific research on the impact of those programs on their constituencies. At the recent 2017 annual meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA) in Chicago, I presented the results of the first two cycles of the Teach-the-Teachers Initiative program,…
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Views From the Stone House Windows
There’s nothing like seeing the sun rise from the windows of the Stone House, the centerpiece of AIER’s scenic campus in the Berkshires. I took these photos this morning.
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The Benefits of a Professional Learning Community
In my recent blog about AIER’s approach to professional development workshops for teachers, I discussed an analogy suggested by Fred Ende. He wrote that during the follow-up process, both “regular water — reflection — and sunlight — coaching/support — are needed for the best growth” of a planted seed of a teaching idea. To provide…
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Tools to Help Lower-Income Americans Save Money
In our January brief entitled “Why Can’t Americans Save,” I look at the numerous hurdles that different types of households face on the road to financial wellness. My research revealed that the bottom half of U.S. earners, roughly speaking, simply cannot afford to meet the goals experts put forward for saving, investing and debt.
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•
Economic Anxiety and Trump’s Victory
We’ve written a fair bit about “economic anxiety,” which is concern about one’s economic future. That’s as opposed to the current state of the overall U.S. economy, which by our measure and most others, has been on a slow-growth trajectory. According to our most recent edition of Business Conditions Monthly, our business cycle indicators are…
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•
College Destinations Spotlight: San Francisco
The top spot in the biggest category of our 2017 College Destinations Index went to San Francisco, which ranked high in diversity, percentage of college-educated residents, mass transportation, and arts and entertainment options.
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College Destinations Spotlight: Boulder & Denver
The great state of Colorado played prominently in our 2017 College Destinations Index, as both metro areas won their size categories.