|
- Important Episodes in American Economic History
-
Speaker: William Van Lear
Dates: 7/1/2024 - 7/29/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Modality: Online
Fee: $0.00
The course will be a history of important economic eras and the thinking that dominated those eras. The course covers the period from the American founding to the 21st century. The course will address some critical time periods, events, issues, and ideology contextualized by the underlying evolutionary capitalist system and public policy efforts. Why these eras are significant will be identified. The course will be lectures with time for questions and discussion.
This online class will meet on July 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29.
|
|
|
- Saving Taxes in Retirement
-
Speaker: Bud Kahn
Dates: 6/27/2024 - 8/1/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 6
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
Diligent savers enter the second half of retirement with little insight into the complex tax and distribution planning dangers that can wipe away the sacrifice made during their working years. This course is designed to educate participants about how to keep more of their retirement savings by effective use of planning opportunities available under current tax laws. This course is updated annually to reflect new legislative developments and tax planning opportunities.
This in-person class will meet on June 27, July 11, 18, 25, and August 1. There is no class July 4.
|
|
|
- Gandhi's Economics: Lessons for the 21st Century
-
Speaker: Gautam Mukerjee
Dates: 5/14/2024 - 6/11/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
This course looks at Gandhi’s economics and its relevance in the 21st century. We begin in South Africa with Gandhi’s take on the harshness and exploitative thrust of imperialism and colonialism. This led to the birth of a resistance movement, which he subsequently transplanted to India. Combining the ideas of Ruskin with the age-old principles of nonviolence and self-reliance, Gandhi forged a unique brand of economics. These are powerful lessons as modern capitalism tries to straddle relentless wealth creation with rising social dysfunction and environmental degradation.
This in-person class will meet on May 14, 21, 28, June 4, and 11.
|
|
|
- Reading the Data and Understanding the Election
-
Speaker: Alan Irvine
Dates: 5/16/2024 - 6/13/2024
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Modality: In-Person
Fee: $0.00
The media tells us that candidates are up in the polls, then they are down in the polls. That unemployment is up. A recession is looming (or not). That every candidate who does X goes on to win (or lose.) What does it all mean? How accurate is all this? Sure, the candidates and media will claim to explain it, but do any of them know what the numbers really mean? In this class, we will consider how to read opinion polls, graphs, and charts, and make sense of all the technical data that candidates and media like to cite, so that you can interpret it all for yourself.
This in-person class will meet on May 16, 23, 30, June 6, and 13.
|
|
|