Global economy, struggling with the unprecedented pandemic challenge, is full of paradoxes. The Fed is frantically pumping money into the economy, yet inflation remains low. Interest rates are near historic lows, yet the US dollar remains strong. Free trade is under assault, yet our trade deficit is growing. We invite you to participate in this seminar to find clear and understandable answers to these puzzles. All topics will be covered in a simple and non-technical way with reliance on basic terminology, such as supply and demand. Insights, tools, and materials developed in this seminar will help you to understand what we can expect in the post-pandemic world economy, and to communicate this understanding to students in a simple and concise context.
Dr. Roman Cech is Professor of Economics at Florida State College in Jacksonville. He received his economics education in Europe and in the United States.
After graduating from Economics University in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1987, Dr. Cech was an assistant professor of economics there for four years. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia, he received a Fulbright fellowship and spent one year as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia in 1991. He stayed at UVA as a graduate student and instructor of economics and earned his M.A. in 1995 and Ph.D. in 2001.
Between 2001 and 2003 Dr. Cech worked in Germany. As a member of the German Advisory Group, he advised the government of Ukraine on macroeconomic reforms of tax system, social security and budget. In 2003 Dr. Cech returned to the United States and held academic positions at Longwood University in Virginia and most recently at Florida State College in Jacksonville.
*This workshop is part of the Econ in the Real World series.
**This workshop counts towards the I Love Econ program.
Once registered, you will receive information to access the virtual workshop via a separate email the day of the event.
