Scripps College Economics Society

Want to be more engaged with Econ Society? Want to help plan events and have a bigger say in how the society runs? Apply to join the board! Scripps students of all majors and class years accepted. Email [email protected] with any questions or for more information. Applications are due this Wednesday, February 19th. Apply at the link below:

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in the spirit of registration season, our weekly meeting tomorrow (Tuesday Nov. 18th @ 7pm) in HUM102 will be on a advice panel / discussion on class registration!

Come through to give and receive advice on your favorite (and not so favorite) econ classes and profs :)

Hello everybody! Lucinda Bowen Smith ’88 a global business executive and women’s networking advocate will be on campus tomorrow, Thursday the 29th. If you are interested in meeting Ms. Bowen, then you should attend the fireside chat at 4 pm in the GJW Living Room!

We had a a great turnout yesterday at the Linda Davis Taylor talk!

If you are interested in being an Econ Society Board Member next year, please email [email protected] to get an application that you should complete and send to [email protected] by Saturday, April 25 at 8 PM. (Sorry that we can't conveniently attach a document to this post!)

We're hosting an info session on Thursday, April 23 from 8-9PM in the Student Union if you have any questions.

Thank you!

http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2015/01/30/5-thin-mints-the-changing-economics-of-girl-scout-cookies/

$5 Thin Mints? The Changing Economics of Girl Scout Cookies Prices have gone up in some cities and some scouts’ families are feeling extra pressure to rack up sales following a change in selling practices.

Claremont Finance Conference is this Friday! Here's the registration link: http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/fei/20150203-eventshedule.php

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Please Join us Wednesday, March 4th in the GJW living room at 7pm for a light conversation about the book !!!!!!!!!! It's a fun/easy read you do NOT want to miss out on!

Amazon review, "[ ] is deeply personal, yet universal. Filled with brazen wake-up calls ('You are not a special snowflake'), cunning and frank observations ('Failure is Your Invention'), and plenty of behind-the scenes stories from Nasty Gal's meteoric rise, covers a lot of ground. It proves that being successful isn't about where you went to college (if you went to college) or how popular you were in high school. Rather, success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break."

ECON SOCIETY MEMBERS DON'T FORGET TO READ THE BOOK FOR A GROUP DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH!!!!!!

Something nice to share during finals! http://fosslien.com/heart/

Lots of Love from D.C - Ambika

14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You

This is ridiculous
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/reducing-the-world-s-most-powerful-woman-to-a-dress-20131115

Reducing the World's Most Powerful Woman to a Dress A story on Roll Call last night cast aspersions on Janet Yellen, President Obama's new pick to head the Federal Reserve, for, of all things, having an insufficiently varied wardrobe. The consensus on Twitter at the time was that such an article would never have been written about a man. Actually it'...