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The Vassar College Department of Economics offers introductory courses for students interested in learning the basics of economics and a wide variety of intermediate and advanced courses for students interested in deepening their understanding of the discipline. We have one of the largest departments on campus, with an energetic Majors Committee and faculty who are actively engaged with students and with their research.
11/06/2019
ECON MEET ‘N’ GREET
Are you thinking about becoming an econ major? Come meet the majors’ committee, some faculty members, and other prospective majors on Wednesday, November 20th at 3:30PM in the Economics Lounge in Blodgett Hall.
10/16/2019
The annual department picture.
(Missing: David Kennett)
05/13/2019
04/08/2019
Join professors from STEM fields and students for dinner and conversation at this event focused on mentorship and connections between underrepresented gender identities in the STEM fields at Vassar.
11/07/2018
Annual faculty yearbook picture.
Missing: Ben Ho; Paul Johnson, Esteban Argudo and Alicia Atwood.
05/10/2018
10/25/2017
Economics dept. faculty yearbook photograph 2017. David Kennett, Ben Ho and Evsen Turkay were missed.
05/17/2017
04/10/2017
This year's Crego lecture will be delivered by Betsey Stevenson (U. Michigan) on April 20th, 5 pm, Taylor Hall 203. Dr. Stevenson's research focuses on women's labor market experiences and the economic forces affecting today's families. The lecture is open to the public.
Economist Betsey Stevenson to discuss, “Our Changing Lives, Work, Family and Policy in a Time of Gender Equality” (4/20) - News - Info - Vassar College The 2017 Martin H. Crego Lecture in Economics will be delivered by University of Michigan economist Betsey Stevenson. Stevenson’s lecture, “Our Changing Lives, Work, Family and Policy in a Time of Gender Equality,” will draw from her research as a labor economist with a focus on women and families.
11/17/2016
Vassar College graduate, class of 2005, and economics major Erick Sager - now a research economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics talks about macroeconomic modeling under the new presidency.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-17/how-the-white-house-could-justify-a-debt-driven-keynesian-stimulus
How the White House Could Justify a Debt-Driven Keynesian Stimulus When Washington argues about fiscal policy, it’s really fighting over models.
08/10/2016
Focus on Ford Scholars research - read about Prof. Dustin Frye's work with Courtney Geiss.
http://admissions.vassar.edu/about/stories/features/2015-2016/160728-ford-courtney-geiss%20.html
What Happened to 90 Million Acres of Native American Land? - Vassar Stories - Admissions - Vassar College As a result of the Dawes Act of 1887, 90 million acres of Native American reservation lands in the West were sold to non-Indians. Ford scholar Courtney Geiss ’18 is researching federal records to study the role played by the federal agents who enforced the law.
05/20/2016
Economics dept. t-shirts are on sale for $10 (cash only). Please contact Ms. Sue Conger in her office (Blodgett 129) if you want to make a purchase.