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Jim HaymakerJim Haymaker receives the College of Arts and Sciences Merit Award

Jim Haymaker was recently awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Merit Award in the area of Entrepreneurship for his role in developing and implementing a paradigm shift at Cargill Incorporated known as "Strategic Intent." more>>

2011 Student Price Index again shows rising costs

Student Price IndexThe K-State Economics Club demonstrated recently that the cost of living for the average K-State student continues to rise more rapidly than the cost of living for the average American. The 2011 Student Price Index (SPI) increased by 5.2 percent from 2010 while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by just 3.5 percent. Since 2002, the SPI has increased by more than 75% compared to 25% for the CPI. more>>

Department welcomes three new faculty members

We are very pleased to have three new faculty members join the department this year. Peri da Silva, Leilei Shen, and Anson Ho arrived in July and and August and seemed unfazed by the heat wave. All are now settled in and hard at work on their teaching and their research projects. more>>

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Featured Student

Katie GustafsonKatie Gustafson is a senior in Economics and will graduate in May 2012. She is also studying International Business and French. Katie is a top-notch student and highly successful outside the classroom as well. more>>

 

 Research spotlight

lance Bachmeier

It is widely believed that higher oil prices lead to inflation. Based on the experience of the 1970's and 1980's, most introductory macroeconomics textbooks teach students that a higher price of oil increases the cost of producing goods, which is then passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. more>>