ASET conference

The 9th annual ASET conference, held for the first time off the MCC campus at the SRP Pera Club was a success. Teachers from across the state gathered for a day of conversation, discussion and the opportunity to hear views on the economy.

Dr. Gerald Swanson delivered the keynote address and, following in the line of analysis of our 2009 speaker, Dr. William Boyes, presented a series of observations about the causes and consequences of the 2007 - present Great Recession.

I made use of Bankruptcy 1995 in my macro classes in the late 1990s and, based upon this presentation, I am considering making using of America the Broke in future classes.

Prominent points in his address (click back next week to see slides of this presentation) echo two important books by Swanson: