The Gamecock Economic Society

03/21/2022

The GES is meeting this week on Wednesday, March 23 at 5:30 in the Darla Moore School Business (DMSB) Room 137.

09/14/2021

The Gamecock Economic Society will be meeting Wednesday, September 15 at 4:45pm in Darla Moore School of Business building most likely at the Global Café.

08/23/2021

GES Organizational Meeting -- Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Are you interested in economics? Do you like to discuss economic topics? Do you want to learn more about economics in an open, informal environment? Then, the Gamecock Economic Society (GES) is for you!!

The Gamecock Economic Society is open any interested full-time University of South Carolina student to discuss economic theory, contemporary economic issues, and other related subjects with like-minded peers, foremost in the form of Socratic discussion but also through peer-to-peer pedagogy, informal presentation, and joint literature review. The Society further serves to facilitate personal and professional connections between members, provide meaningful topic-related events, and bring in expert accounts.

In the past, students have had a personal meeting with a SC Congressman and participated in several economic competitions like the CME Group Trading Challenge:

(https://www.cmegroup.com/education/trading_challenge.html).

You are invited to attend an organizational meeting on Wednesday, September 1 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Roof Top Pavilion (room 510) of the Darla Moore School of Business. Food and drink (non-alcoholic) will be provided.

Please RSVP to Steve Slice at [email protected] by 5:00 on Monday, August 30.

CME Group’s University Trading Challenge allows teams of students to compete by trading CME Group products in real-time electronic trading simulated environment.

08/23/2021

GES Organizational Meeting

Are you interested in economics? Do you like to discuss economic topics? Do you want to learn more about economics in an open, informal environment? Then, the Gamecock Economic Society (GES) is for you!!

The Gamecock Economic Society is open any interested full-time University of South Carolina student to discuss economic theory, contemporary economic issues, and other related subjects with like-minded peers, foremost in the form of Socratic discussion but also through peer-to-peer pedagogy, informal presentation, and joint literature review. The Society further serves to facilitate personal and professional connections between members, provide meaningful topic-related events, and bring in expert accounts.

In the past, students have had a personal meeting with a SC Congressman and participated in several economic competitions like the CME Group Trading Challenge:

(https://www.cmegroup.com/education/trading_challenge.html).

You are invited to attend an organizational meeting on Wednesday, September 1 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Roof Top Pavilion (room 510) of the Darla Moore School of Business. Food and drink (non-alcoholic) will be provided.

Please RSVP to Steve Slice at [email protected] by 5:00 on Monday, August 30.

CME Group’s University Trading Challenge allows teams of students to compete by trading CME Group products in real-time electronic trading simulated environment.

09/15/2020

Join us this week for another meeting!

Tomorrow, we will have our Vice President Tristan presenting on housing during the run up to the Great Recession in relation to Friedman’s Plucking model.

We will meet over Zoom at 5:30 on Wednesday. Message us if you are interested in joining!

08/29/2020

Welcome back, Gamecocks!

We will be kicking this semester off with our first Economic Society meeting next Wednesday, September 2nd at 5pm. We will be meeting over zoom.

This club is open to any major in any school at USC. It is discussion based and driven by students, professors, and other guests presenting economic ideas for the club.

This will be an intro meeting for the semester; we will be discussing goals, planning specifics for meetings, and electing officers. Meetings will continue over zoom weekly on Wednesdays at 5pm.

Message us with any questions or if you are interested in being a part of this zoom meeting!

01/17/2020

This afternoon, the Economic Society had the pleasure of meeting with Congressman Tom Rice! A successful lunch; the congressman let us pick his brain and explained his goals for the economy to us. Thank you Congressman Rice!

01/15/2020

The first meeting of the semester is today! We will meet at 5pm in the dining area Darla Moore. Join us! In today’s meeting, we will explain how economic society is run and what to expect, as well as a few introductory activities. We are also preparing to meet with a congressman late next week. Let us know if you have any questions and we hope to see you there!

07/20/2017

An interesting article by Dr. Hauk: http://theconversation.com/why-trumps-threat-to-slap-tariffs-on-foreign-steel-is-a-bad-idea-80847

The president has promised to put a stop to foreign companies 'dumping' steel on US markets. Former President Bush tried the same thing, and here's what happened.

01/13/2017

Apply now: Open Source Macroeconomics Laboratory
New summer boot camp that builds advanced computing skills
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to announce the creation of the Open Source Macroeconomics Laboratory (OSM Lab), which will run an intensive and immersive seven-week computational macroeconomics boot camp from June 19 to August 4, 2017.
The goals are to:
• train advanced undergraduates and graduate students with the computational skills to participate in cutting-edge economic research and public policy analysis;
• inspire the brightest young researchers to pursue policy-relevant work throughout their careers;
• spread the ideals of transparency and replicability throughout the economics profession from the ground up, and
• accelerate scientific progress in economics and policy analysis more broadly.

DETAILS
June 19–Aug. 4, 2017

University of Chicago
Saieh Hall for Economics



APPLY

Deadline: Feb.12, 2017

Learn more at
bfi.uchicago.edu/osmlab

Questions? Contact
[email protected]

We invite talented and motivated students to apply. The program is open to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students, with 20 fully funded student slots for available for summer 2017. Funding includes travel to and from the University of Chicago, housing at the University, and a stipend of $4,200 for the seven weeks.

Successful applicants will have taken courses or demonstrate proficiency in core microeconomic theory (constrained optimization with Lagrangian), linear algebra, multivariable calculus, real analysis, and writing code in some programming language.
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Organized by
Richard Evans, University of Chicago

OSM Lab Faculty
Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Thomas J. Sargent, New York University
John Stachurski, Australia National University

The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to announce the creation of the Open Source Macroeconomic Laboratory (OSM Lab), which will run an intensive and immersive seven-week computational macroeconomics boot camp from June 19 to August 4, 2017. The goals are to:

01/12/2017

First meeting of the semester is today (Thursday) at 7:00pm in DMSB room 223. See you there!

01/03/2017

Any interest in working as a bank examiner? https://careers.occ.gov/careers/apply/entry-level-bank-examiners.html

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) offers career opportunities for bank examiners, legal professionals and experienced business and operations professionals.