On behalf of the ESA, I would like to congratulate our two members of our executive for their success in yesterday’s Western Investment Club (WIC) elections. Matthew Hall and Jack Hansen, our Editors-in-Chief of The Economic Outlook, were elected Co-President and Fund Manager next year at WIC. Fortunately, both Matt and Jack will also [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Speaker Series: The Honourable Perrin Beatty
The ESA is proud to announce its spring speaker event featuring Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The event is being run in conjunction with the Huron Economics Department, and Mr. Beatty’s speech is entitled “Navigating Uncharted Waters: What’s Next for Canada’s Economy?”. This past December, Mr. Beatty was Canada’s [...]
Posted on March 22, 2009 – 8:42 PM
Weekly Links for Friday March 20, 2009
ESA’s weekly links post consists of the most interesting and relevant articles and posts we come across every week. It will include links from old media news outlets and quality independent blogs and will appear on Friday morning (for now).
The Weekly Links are compiled by the ESA analyst team.
Obama, Geithner Get Low Grades from Economists
From [...]
Posted on March 20, 2009 – 3:16 PM
ESA Elections – Join our Executive Team!
Interested in joining the ESA’s executive team? With over 550 members, a strong portfolio of events, resources and projects, the ESA is one of Western’s largest and most rewarding clubs. This past year, the club has run events with leading financial institutions, scholars from the U.S. Federal Reserve and a former Prime Ministers. Additionally, the [...]
Posted on March 18, 2009 – 1:42 PM
Speaker Event: Nobel Laureate, Dr. Myron Scholes
The ESA is excited to announce that Dr. Myron Scholes will be speaking at UWO tomorrow. Dr. Scholes will speak on the topic “Financial Crisis and the Intermediation Process: The Way Forward” at an event hosted by Western Law. Scholes is the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1997, for his work [...]
Posted on March 15, 2009 – 4:19 PM
The First 50 Days: Problems, Partisanship and Possibility
Unlike Rush Limbaugh, The Economic Outlook takes no joy in President Obama’s failure. Thus, it is with some marked disappointment that we look back on Obama’s first 50 days in office.
In the weeks leading up to his January 20th inauguration, Obama spoke vigorously on the necessity and his intent to work quickly and effectively after [...]