Spring 2013

The Economics Department is now accepting application for the Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society.  Please contact the department for more information.

PAST EVENTS

Fall 2012

October 3, 2012. Welcome Event. A special event to welcome all Economics Majors and Minors, and students interested in economics. Click here

September 27, 2012. Democracy at Work. Discussion and Book-signing by Rick D. Wolff. Click here for more information.

Spring 2012

April 26, 2012. Lessons from the Black Liberation Struggle for the Occupy Movement. Click here

March 19, 2012. Alternatives to Capitalism Panel. Click here for more information.

March 26, 2012. Omicron Delta Epsilon Induction Ceremony

Fall 2011

Welcome Event- Fall 2011 Economics Mix and Mingle. A special event to welcome all Economics Majors and Minors, and students interested in economics. Click here

Spring 2011

The Department of Economics at John Jay College recently held a ceremony to recognize outstanding students by inducting them into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics international honor society. Fifteen students were inducted at the March 16, 2011 event.

Spring 2009

With guidance from Professor Piruz Alemi, John Jay students in the economics program made a strong showing at the prestigious Eastern Economics Association Annual Conference held on February 28 through March 1, 2009 in New York City. Authored by our students, five papers were presented that directly relate to the country's current economic crisis:

Paper #1
Globalization of U.S. Financial Crisis
Margaret Colbert

Paper #2
U.S. Stock Market Crashes & Limitations of SEC Regulation
Michael Goodwin, D. Jaikaran, Joshua Fernandez, Jihye Kang

Paper #3
Internationalization of the Security Markets' Regulations
Michael Liaw, Joanna Mercedes, Lizbeth McKeever, Richard Kowalczyk

Paper #4
Insider Trading & Securities Act of 1933-34
Patrick Tiangco, Haseeb Syed, Alonso Smith, Tanisha Matthews

Paper #5
All About Insider Trading
Valerie Nova, Sherry Paredes, Steve Paredes, Marta Pawelic,
Creaig Pierre, Cagney Ramos, Hurasho Smith