Institute for Economic Inquiry
Institute for Economic Inquiry
Heider College of Business
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
Phone: (402) 280-1887
Email: iei@creighton.edu
Learn more here and contact our undergraduate programs director.
Our Food for Thought seminar series is a series of public talks directed at students from across Creighton's campus.
August 29, 2019, 4-5pm at Harper Auditorium | Mauricio Miller (Family Independence Initiative) | "The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty is Wrong" Click HERE for Video Recording
September 26, 2019, 4-5pm at Skutt Student Center Ballroom | Carson Holloway (University of Nebraska-Omaha) | "Corporate Persons and the American Spirit of Association"
October 31, 2019, 4-5pm at Harper Auditorium | GP Manish (Troy University) | "Rising Inequality: Is Redistribution the Answer?" Click HERE to RSVP!
Discussion seminars in which students engage in Socratic discussion format, to exchange and explore ideas based on a set of selected readings (ca. 200 pages). Students must apply to participate. Readings are distributed roughly one month prior to the event.
Date: September 27-28, 2019
Time: 5-8pm, 8am-3pm
Location: Marriott Residence Inn
Colloquium Organizer: Dr. Carson Holloway (University of Nebraska-Omaha)
Date: October 29, 2019
Time: 5-7pm
Location: Harper 3028
Colloquium Organizer: Dr. Matt Reznicek and Dr. Michael Thomas
We will continue taking applications until all slots are filled! Max 80 students!
Date: November 8-9, 2019
Time: 5-8pm, 8am-3pm
Location: Marriott Residence Inn
Colloquium Organizer: Dr. Douglas Rasmussen (IEI Senior Affiliated Scholar)
We will continue taking applications until all slots are filled! Max 20 students!
Date: December 3, 2019
Time: 5-7pm
Location: TBD
Colloquium Organizer: Dr. Matt Reznicek and Dr. Michael Thomas
We will continue taking applications until all slots are filled! Max 80 students!
The Business, Economic Environment, and Policy seminar is a research-seminar series for faculty and students from across campus. The goal of the seminar is to facilitate an active conversation about research among Creighton faculty and students, and to promote opportunities for collaboration and co-authorship, especially within the Heider College of Business.
August 30, 2019, 12-1pm, Harper 4053 | Jos Weile (CU Interdisciplinary Studies) | "The Quantified Self: (self-)tracking as the basis of a new understanding of being human"
September 27, 2019, 12-1pm, Harper 4053 | Clara Jace (GMU PhD/Creighton Alumnae | "An Economic Theory of Economic Analysis: The Case of the School of Salamanca"
November 1, 2019, 12-1pm, Harper 2073 | GP Manish (Troy University) | "Regulation and the Capital Structure: Implications for Growth and Inequality"
November 15, 2019, 12-1pm, Harper 2073 | Sabbatical Presentations Peter Gallo/Trent Wachner
IEI Public Forums are a series of larger panel and debate style events directed at the Creighton community as well as the general public. Public Forum events usually address a policy issue of interest to Nebraska, the region, or the country at large.
2nd Annual Humanomics Symposium
March 20-21, 2020 | Marriott Capital District | The Agency of Individuals: Who Makes the Decisions?
