Seattle Economics Council

09/13/2018

Spencer Cohen from Community Attributes will present on the current topic of "CHINA-WASHINGTON STATE TRADE & TARIFFS" on Wednesday, October 3rd as the featured lunch speaker for the opening of the Seattle Economics Council (SEC) 2018-19 season. Lunch prices are $17 for members, $25 for non-members. Seating will be limited so early registration is encouraged! Details on lunch registration, event location, and annual membership can be found at https://www.seattleeconomicscouncil.com/

12/28/2017

The World Bank recently issued this introductory overview of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Blockchain which should be of interest to economists and others. It includes a useful section on the relationship of crypto-currencies, such as Bitcoin and Ether, to the underlying Blockchain DLT.

11/16/2017

Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist (on right), visits with SEC Officers Nina, Bill, and Samrat at the NABE Tech Economics Conference at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront earlier today.

09/30/2017

2 day intensive course for Economists, Nov 13 & 14th, Seattle (prior to the NABE TechEC)

This course aims to speak to the value of using methods from machine learning and data science for the applied business economist. More course information

07/06/2017

NET NEUTRALITY TOWN HALL

Friday, July 7th, 2017 starting at 11:00 am for 90 minutes, Senator Cantwell will host FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn for a town hall discussion moderated by Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association, on how rolling back net neutrality will hurt internet users and Washington's tech industry. The pair will answer questions about net neutrality and related issues and discuss a way forward. Recently, rules put in place during the Obama Administration protecting a free and open internet have come under attack.

Date: Friday, July 7, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101

Registration is recommended in order to assure a seat (tickets are free), and can be accomplished online at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/net-neutrality-town-hall-tickets-35826911256

Dear Friend, Please join Senator Maria Cantwell for a town hall at Town Hall Seattle on Friday, July 7th. Senator Cantwell will answer questions from constituents on how rolling back net neutrality protections will hurt internet users and Washington’s tech industry. She will be joined by FCC Commiss...

07/03/2017

This Gallup Poll from June 2017 provides a snapshot and a trend analysis on the public confidence level that Americans have in 14 US institutions. The poll shows increasing confidence in newspapers, public schools, banks, & organized labor. That said, there is a dismal level of public confidence in Congress (just 12% of Americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the nation's legislative body and 44% say they have very little confidence). Interestingly, but not surprisingly, the poll indicates that the view of the institution of the Presidency shows a swing of a positive 46 points from 2016 to 2017 by Republican respondents, and a negative 49 point swing by Democratic respondents for that same period. We, as a nation, appear to be reasonably bi-partisan in our assessment of Congress as an institution but bi-polar in our assessment of the Presidency as an institution. The report highlights "what Americans themselves say is the nation's most important problem: a dysfunctional government that has lost much of its legitimacy in the eyes of the people it serves".

Americans' confidence in major institutions edged up in 2017 after dropping to record lows in previous years. Republicans' increased confidence is behind most of the overall rise.

05/03/2017

Glad to have Anna Williams from Perspectio and Michael Lazarus from Stockholm Environment Institute present on New Tools for Economic and Financial Decision-Making on Climate Change

02/01/2017

Brian McCartan from Sound Transit speaking at SEC lunch today.

12/07/2016

Those millenials!

12/07/2016

Dr Skylar Olsen from Zillow is talking about housing affordability in US and Seattle