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He was an economics columnist for The Economist and The New York Times before becoming an economic advisor in the British government. He wrote several books on economics and economic policy, including the international bestseller "Outrageous Fortunes". Later he worked as a director at Dalberg, a consulting firm focused on international development. At that time he was also a frequent commentator on CNN and the BBC, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. After a stint as senior editor for economics at Foreign Policy and adjunct faculty at New York University's Stern School of Business, he branched out into sports analytics by founding North Yard Analytics and eventually creating smarterscout.com, the first publicly available advanced analytics platform for global soccer. He is now a part-owner of Rochdale AFC, an English soccer club, and a member of USA Weightlifting's performance service team.
This talk, which has been given at the University of California - Irvine, the Davidson Institute, the Yale Club of New York and to many wealth management organization, addresses the challenge of finding career and purpose for the very unique group of people in Gen Z, contrasting them with all other previous generations.
The speaker is Mr. Keith Berman. Keith Berman, Ed.M., M.S.Ed., is the President and Founder of Options for College, Inc. He is a Certified Education Planner and has led programs at dozens of universities, the Parents Network at Merrill Lynch, and the Ernst & Young Working Families Network. He has been quoted in US News and World Report and the Boston Globe, and appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and more. He has also worked in education at American Institutes for Research, as a NYC Teaching Fellow, in admissions at Yale and Harvard, and running the guidance program at two NYC private schools.
The Difference Between a Social Enterprise and a Nonprofit Organization
The founder of Charter School Business Management is here with JECNYC to teach us the difference between social enterprise and nonprofits
Raj Thakkar, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, is considered to be a national expert on charter finance and social entrepreneur. Please join us for a webinar with Professor Thakkar on the difference between a social enterprise and a nonprofit organization, as well as how to start your own social enterprise or nonprofit.
Seventh Generation - The Journey Toward Creating a Responsible Business
JEFFREY HOLLENDER is co-founder and former CEO of Seventh Generation, which he built into a leading natural product brand known for its authenticity, transparency, and progressive business practices. Hollender is also the founder of Sustain Natural, that develops and markets sustainable feminine are products for women. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of sustainability and social entrepreneurship at the Stern Business School, New York University.
Hollender is a strategic advisor and former Board Chair of Greenpeace US; and currently CEO, co-founder and Board Chair of the American Sustainable Business Council, a coalition of 200,000 business leaders committed to progressive public policy. He is also the author of his seven books, including most recently, The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win and Planet Home.
Visit him at JeffreyHollender.com
Joe Price: Machine Learning and Studying Prejudice
Joseph Price is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics, a Research Fellow at the Sutherland Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Austin Institute, a Fellow at the Wheatley Institution, a Co-Editor of the Economics of Education Review, and the Director of the BYU Record Linking Lab. Dr. Price loves mentored research with students and has over 40 undergraduate research assistants. Dr. Price has published over 50 articles including articles in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Health Economics, Demography, and Management Science. He received a B.A in Economics from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University.
New tools in machine learning make it possible to link individuals across multiple records to create large datasets of the entire US population. Professor Joe Price will describe some of these exciting tools in machine learning and how they open up the ability to answer important economic questions using historical data. He will provide several examples including some recent work on the long-run impact of prejudice using an exogenous shock to prejudice against German Americans that occurred World War I.
Dr. Dietrich Vollrath: Why Slower Economic Growth is Nothing to Worry About
The Junior Economic Club of New York City is proud to announce a webinar is being held with Dr. Dietrich Vollrath Learn more about why slower economic growth is nothing to worry about in this webinar
Cornell University: Chris Barrett Agricultural Technology Diffusion
Chris Barrett is Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and an international professor of agriculture at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, as well as a professor in both the Department of Economics and the Department of Global Development, and a fellow of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, all at Cornell University.
Feel free to see more of his presentations at
http://barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/outreach/presentations.html
An Introduction to Business through an Entrepreneurial Lens
A Co-Founder of Splash Carwash, the first environmentally-oriented carwash company based in China and an international businessman.
Rob Shesol graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 and has been passionate about business and finance ever since. He’s created numerous businesses and currently focuses on Splash Carwash–China’s first environmentally-oriented automatic carwash operator and only carwash business partnered with the Chinese government. The Junior Economic Club of NYC is excited to learn more from Professor Shesol in a webinar on an introduction to business through an entrepreneurial lens.
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