Department of Economics

The Deseret News references an essay by Gerald P. Dwyer

The Deseret News references an essay by Gerald P. Dwyer, professor and BB&T Scholar in the John E. Walker Department of Economics, about national debt.  https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/4/8/23015735/utah-washington-federal-deficit-nationa-debt-inflation-interest-rates-hamburger-helper

Patrick Warren talks to South Carolina Public Radio

Patrick Warren, associate professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics, talks to South Carolina Public Radio about how Clemson’s Media Forensics Hub is spotting faked fact-checks of faked anti-Ukrainian propaganda.   https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2022-03-29/how-clemsons-media-forensics-hub-is-spotting-faked-fact-checks-of-faked-anti-ukrainian-propaganda

Professor Dwyer Comments on Bitcoin mining in the Upstate

Gerald Dwyer, professor of economics with the John E. Walker Department of Economics & BB&T Scholar at Clemson University comments on Bitcoin mining in the Upstate.  Link to article:  https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/local/2022/01/24/bitcoin-mining-operation-opens-gaffney-cryptocurrency-south-carolina/9076616002/

Student Awards

Each year we honor students who demonstrate academic achievement, strong character, leadership skills, community involvement and many more outstanding qualities.  The John E. Walker Department of Economics is pleased to announce that the following students have received awards this year as listed below: Harvey J. Wheeler Award for Outstanding Senior in Economics The Harvey J. […]

Student Awards

Each year we honor students who demonstrate academic achievement, strong character, leadership skills, community involvement and many more outstanding qualities during our Annual Spring Honors & Awards Ceremony. Harvey J. Wheeler Award for Outstanding Senior in Economics The Harvey J. Wheeler award is presented by family, friends, and colleagues as a memorial to Dr. Harvey […]

Book Review – “The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone”

  For many, simply thinking of reading a century-long history covering the evolution of regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum would make their eyes glaze over. But Thomas Hazlett’s The Political Spectrum has turned that material into an interesting, informative, and powerful read, packed with important lessons and implications about markets, regulation, and public choice economics, illustrated with […]