Eleven students visiting from Korea Nazarene University are keeping busy with classes, concerts, field trips, and developing lifelong relationships. The students and their faculty advisor, Dr. Park, enjoyed a luncheon recently, hosted by NNU President Dr. David Alexander. He welcomed them to the University and gifted each of them with an NNU backpack containing an [...]
The potential return on risky assets is apparently too high. U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner appeared Wednesday before members of the Senate Finance Committee arguing that the economy will not improve until more investors are willing to take risk.
Mr. Geithner said he would consider changes to how the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program [...]
Students from Professor Dick Van Schyndel’s Operations Management class toured the Amalgamated Sugar factory in Nampa today. The exchange students from Korea also toured the factory, for a total entourage of 45 students and faculty.
The Nampa facility is one of four Amalgamated Sugar factories, contributing to an annual economic impact of $1.1 billion in Idaho. [...]
Yesterday, twelve travel-weary Koreans arrived at the Boise airport from sister institution Korea Nazarene University in South Korea. KNU Dr. Professor Keun Ho Park accompanied eleven KNU students who will experience NNU courses and cultural experiences for nine weeks. Their visit and course of study continue a tradition of collegial student exchange between NNU and [...]
I joined nearly 10000 other economists at the annual meetings for the American Economic Association in San Francisco January 3rd through the 5th. Of course there were plenty of lively discussions and academic presentations on causes of the 2008 financial crisis.
Despite 10000 participants, the conference was not a big economic stimulus for the Bay Area [...]
In February 2009 the Idaho Treasure Valley (with activities in Sun Valley and McCall) will host the 2009 World Winter Games of the Special Olympics. The event will draw more people to Boise and the surrounding area than attended the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
NNU has been asked to be responsible for significant [...]