Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon Economics Society
The Carnegie Mellon Economics Society provides and fosters discussions and activities that focus on economic theory, economic research, current events, and inter-disciplinary topics. Throughout the academic year the Economics Society will host events such as the 'coffee and conversation' series that provide a forum for exchanges on toppical issues, as well as provide opportunities for students to gain exposure to a ranage of topics and perspectives within economics.
The Economics Society is open to all Carnegie Mellon students with an interest in economics. Interested students can contact Stephanie Vega in the Undergraduate Economics Program.
Leadership
Co-Chairs: Brandon Wirakesuma (Class of 2011), Claire Herdeman (Class of 2011)
Events
Coffee and Conversation with Professor Martin Gaynor 
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 4:30pm
Undergraduate Conference Room - Tepper 132
As the healthcare debate heats up in congress and on television sets across the country, what does economics have to say in the debate? Few experts could match the depth of knowledge of Professor Gaynor in the field of Health Economics. Professor Martin Gaynor is the E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and Health Policy at Carnegie Mellon. Professor Gaynor's research focuses on competition in health care markets and on the role of incentive structures within health care. He has served as a consultant to the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corporations on antitrust issues. He has given testimony before the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice and the California State Senate and has participated in briefings for U.S. House of Representatives Staff. Professor Gaynor is listed among the top 1,000 economists in the world and in Who's Who in America. He received the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for best published paper in health economics worldwide in 1995, among numerous other awards. Professor Gaynor will lead an informal discussion for interested students over light snacks in the conference room.
Movie Night: Wall Street
Wednesday, October 20th, 2009, at 5:30 in the Undergraduate Conference Room (Tepper 132).
Wall Street is a 1987 American Drama film directed by Oliver Stone and features Michael Douglas as a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider and Charlie Sheen as a young stockbroker desperate to succeed.
Talk by Prime Minister Rudd of Australia 
Thursday, September 24th, 2009, at 5:00pm in the Rangos Room of the University Center
Is Economics Still Relevant? A Roundtable Discussion on Economics as a Guide to Managing the Economy with Professors Dennis Epple, Marvin Goodfriend, Bennett McCallum, and Stephen Spear
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 4:30 in Mellon Auditorium 
Professors Epple, Goodfriend, McCallum, and Spear will discuss the promise and pitfalls of Economics as a guide to manging the economy and respond to recent prominent articles in The Economist Magazine and Busisness Weekly that proclaim the collapse of Economics and Macroeconomic Models in the face of the economic crisis. Follow this link for a list of articles at the center of this debate and for more information on our expert faculty.
Coffee and Conversation with Professor Lester B. Lave
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 4:30
Tepper 130
Professor Lave has a breadth of expertise in applied economics, particularly identification and structuring of public issues. His work spans the setting of safety goals for dams and other engineered structures, quantitative risk assessment, exhaustible resources-helium, setting safety standards for nuclear reactors, modeling the effects of global climate change, improving social regulations, risk perception and communication, the value of information in tests for carcinogenicity, highway safety; and pollution prevention. He has been prominently featured in current ongoing debates on energy and the economy and recently provided expert testimony to congress on issues of energy and the environment.
