Math and Economics   

• Contemporary Economic Policy Issues

• Economics plays a vital role in the functioning of every aspect of society. This course will address a set of prominent policy issues where economics is at its core. Members will explore their origins as policy matters, the underlying data and evidence, and what policy levers are available to deal with them. Lectures will be standalone, taught by subject matter experts, all of whom have a PhD in Economics. Potential topics include climate change, healthcare economics, economic inequality, and more. The topics presented will address the most current events at the time of the course.

   

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• Instructor: Jon Haveman          Fee: $0.00

• Dates: 5/17/2023 - 6/14/2023     Days: W     Times: 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM     Sessions: 5

• THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM

• This class will meet on May 17, 24, 31; June 7 and 14.

Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.

• Surviving and Thriving in A Volatile Stock Market

• Given the difficulties of the economy and the stock market over the past few years, this course will focus on successful investing and personal finance strategies for navigating both booms and busts. The course will cover how investors can structure their portfolios to play either offense or defense (or both), ways to arrange the rest of their financial universe to best protect themselves from volatility, and best practices for seeking information and performing investment research. People can never know what the market will do next, but they CAN know how to react properly no matter what it does.

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• Instructor: Aaron Leaman          Fee: $0.00

• Dates: 5/18/2023 - 6/15/2023     Days: Th     Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     Sessions: 5

• THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM

• This class will meet on May 18, 25; June 1, 8 and 15.

Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.