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- Dr. Mark Wilson on “Financialization and U.S. industrial history in the 20th century” . - On Wednesday April 14, 2021, the Economics and Society Speaker Series at URI welcomed Dr. Mark Wilson from UNC Charlotte for a talk on “Financialization and U.S. industrial history in the 20th century”. The full presentation can be found here.
Introduction to R Workshop - The URI Economics Student Association organized a workshop on the widely used software R. The introduction to R was presented by Harrison Dekker,MLIS in the library (LL11B) on February 24,2020 from 2:30pm to 4pm. R is a free, open source software that is used by many economists for data analysis. This workshop introduced students to […]
Dr. Eichacker on “How the Troika Runs Europe” - Dr. Eichacker is featured by the Institute for New Economic Thinking in a video on “How The Troika Runs Europe”. See Dr. Eichacker explain how the European “troika” enforces austerity at the expense of ordinary people in the video at the link below. Institute for New Economic Thinking Video