The Global Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath: Quinlan Professor Pens Book About 2008 Global Financial Crisis
According to a new book co-edited by Quinlan School of Business Professor A. G. (Tassos) Malliaris, the instability of the human mind led to the formation and sheer magnitude of the 2008 global financial crisis. This hypothesis is explored and tested in The Global Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath: Hidden Factors in the Meltdown. The book focuses on the three factors that intensified the meltdown—economic, psychological and social values—and features chapters written by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, behavioral finance pioneer Hersh Shefrin and New York Times best-selling author Nassim Taleb.
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Booth Professors Highlight Annual National Association for Business Economics Meeting
Five Booth School of Business professors discussed economics at the 56th annual National Association for Business Economics meeting in Chicago– a three-day conference that brought some of the best and brightest economic minds together to formulate a long-term view of the economy.
In the first session, professors Steven J. Davis and Erik Hurst tackled the issue of labor quality, professors Austan Goolsbee and Randall Kroszner explored fiscal choices for the long run, and Professor Anil Kashyap discussed lessons from monetary policy when interest rates are at or near zero. Continue reading…
Babson to Team Up with the Small Business Administration for National Small Business Week
The F.W. Olin School of Business – Babson College has announced that the school will be one of 40 partners to team up with the Small Business Administratio which hosts the National Small Business Week. National Small Business Week is hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration in order to recognize the nation’s top small businesses, entrepreneurs, small business advocates and champions.
Scheduled to kick off events on May 12 in San Francisco, the annual week-long celebrations will continue on May 13th in Kansas City, May 15th in Boston and then culminate in Washington DC over May 15-16. Activities in all four cities will feature nationally recognized speakers, workshops, expert panels on a variety of entrepreneurial topics, and business matchmaking opportunities. Speakers will include such notable leaders as Gail Goodman, CEO of Constant Contact, Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve , former NFL star and motivational speaker Eddie Kennis and Henry W. Bloch, Co-Founder of H&R Block. The national celebrations will culminate with the presentation of the National Small Business Person of the Year award in Washington. D.C., on May 16. Continue reading…
