VIDEO: Southern California Grocery Strike Averted
Dr. David Smith offers his insight into the Southern California grocery worker negotiations and its larger implications for labor unions as a whole.
Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
PODCAST: The Impact of Defecit Reduction on the U.S. Labor Market
In this podcast interview, Dr. Don M. Atwater explains how decreases in public sector employment will push back the recovery of the U.S. labor market.
Beacon Economic Forecast is Optimistic through 2012
Despite recent statistics depicting the economy heading back into downturn, presentations at the 2011 Economic Forecast Conference show positive growth.
PODCAST: Economist Christopher Thornberg Says a Double Dip is Unlikely
In this podcast interview, Economist Christopher Thornberg discusses the slew of recent data that portrays faltered growth for the American economy.
GBR Quarterly Economic Update with Christopher Thornberg: Spring 2011
Beacon Econ’s Christopher Thornberg discusses the Japanese earthquakes, high gas prices, and the federal deficit in this edition of the GBR economic update.
Economic Update with Christopher Thornberg: The Social Shift of 2011
Christopher Thornberg, founding principal of Beacon Economics discusses the current economic status in the United States and forecasts what’s to come.
Wall Street Flash Crash Brings Re-evaluation of the Dangers of High Frequency Trading
In a recent blog post, adjunct finance professor Davide Accomazzo discussed the serious structural deficiencies that exist in our financial markets, and the liquidity vacuum that may result. On May 6, 2010, the stock market took a drastic dive, resulting in the second largest point swing and the biggest one-day point decline in Dow Jones [...]
Beta(ful) Market Hypotheses
In my many years as a derivative trader and hedge fund manager, I forged a solid and long-lasting relationship with risk. Like a beautiful but dangerous woman, risk permeated my professional life—a constant courtship leading me to many attempts at fully understanding its mysterious ways. A never-ending effort! The theoretical foundations of risk analysis were [...]
The State of the New Economy
Can’t see the above video? Click this link to watch. In this video interview, David M. Smith, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Economics at the Graziadio School of Business and Management discusses the impact of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act so far, the fate of female and older workers [...]
VC Firms Still Expecting High ROIs
Can’t see the above video? Click here to watch or read the transcript. In this video interview, John K. Paglia, PhD, Associate Professor of Finance at the Graziadio School of Business and Management, discusses the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project, which was released on July 27, 2009, in conjunction with a Los Angeles and California statewide economic forecast [...]
