Organised by the University Philosophical Society at TCD, Hernando de Soto will give a talk on his book (The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else) and there’ll be a short Q & A afterwards.
Time: 12.30-2 on Monday October 19th
Venue: Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Block, TCD
Patrick Honohan has now officially taken over as Governor of the Central Bank. The Sunday Business Post had this snippet yesterday:
* Much speculation about who will fill the chair of international financial economics and development at Trinity College, Dublin, shortly to be vacated by Professor Patrick Honohan when he takes up his appointment at the Central Bank.
Particularly, one wonders will the selection board be watching irisheconomy.ie, the excellent forum for economic debate and general nerdy competition. Are any of the likely competitors for the prestigious Trinity gig – which is, according to those familiar with such arcana, a ‘‘proper professorship’’ posting their thoughts and learned analysis on the site? Should they steer clear and concentrate on more serious work? Should they promote their media profile? Have they been too strident in their criticisms of the government?
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While I have not encountered this speculation myself, it may be worthwhile to point out that Irish universities operate under an extensive recruitment embargo, such that no immediate vacancy has been created by Patrick’s departure!
2nd Business Statistics Seminar – 11 November 2009
The theme of this seminar will be transport. Transport is not only an important economic sector but also a sector of major social and environmental importance. As concerns over cross-cutting issues such as health, sustainable travel and energy consumption have emerged, so have the demands for data.
CSO is continually striving to remain relevant to data users by compiling data on emerging developments and trends.
The seminar provides an ideal opportunity to hear about some of the new data holdings and reports being developed by CSO and learn about some ongoing research that is making use of CSO data.
Indecon have conducted a survey of economists on the economic impact of the Lisbon Treaty vote. The full results of the survey can be downloaded here.
There is a lot of media coverage of the Lehman anniversary at the moment (plus some interesting TV and radio shows).
Here are a couple of interesting articles that caught my eye:
This week’s Economics Focus in The Economist
and this Bloomberg article on the ‘front line’ of the run – the dollar money market.