MEconomics at the University of Michigan

Deadline to apply for M-Economics is tomorrow night 9/19 at 11:59PM! The application as well as more information can be found on michiganeconomics.org. Come out and meet new people :)

Interested in debating economic issues? Want to engage and network with students from other schools? Like food? If you said yes to any of these questions, register for MEconomics' third annual conference "Economics in Motion" happening on April 1st in Palmer Commons at www.economicsinmotion.com! Follow on Instagram and on Twitter for further information and updates more to come!

Economics in Motion Date : April 1st, 2017 Venue : Great Lakes Rooms, Palmer Commons Time : 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Be sure to check us out at Festifall! We are right in front of Mason hall from 3-7!

Remember that the deadline to submit your application+resume for MEconomics is tomorrow SATURDAY 19th at 11:59PM!!

Let's discuss global issues as a campus community, and get some free meals out of it. Register for Economics in Motion today: economicsinmotion.org

Would speculative bubbles be less likely to occur if the financial market was run by women?

http://qz.com/341525/the-financial-world-should-obviously-be-run-by-women/

The financial world should obviously be run by women Turns out, male-dominated markets probably do generate bigger speculative bubbles than female-dominated markets.

Interested in joining MEconomics in Winter 2015. Good news — we're recruiting!

Check out our website at http://www.michiganeconomics.com or e-mail us at [email protected], to learn how you can be a part of the University's economics community.

MEconomics at the University of Michigan MEconomics is a student organization at the University of Michigan which seeks to deepen students’ engagement in Economics as both a theoretical field of study and as an applied science.

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