Minnesota Economic Association (MEA)
The Minnesota Economic Association (MEA) is a professional connection between business and economic professionals and college economics professors. MEA's primary purposes are the advancement of economic knowledge and the economics profession. The MEA holds a conference every fall on current economic issues and sponsors a paper contest for college students.
MEA 2011 Annual Conference
The MEA Annual Conference will be held on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Hamline University. The theme will be The Economics of Inequality, Education and Copyrights. Speakers will include:
- Brenda Cassillius, Minnesota Commissioner of Education
- Jonathan Heathcoate, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Rob Meyer, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin
- Roger Myerson, Nobel Laureate and Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics,
University of Chicago - Fabrizio Perri, University of Minnesota
- Aaron Sojourner, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
- Joel Waldfogel, Frederick R Kappel Chair in Applied Economics,
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota