Cocktail Party Economic Conversations: Recent Episodes
Evie Adomait
In this podcast we cover each of the chapters of Cocktail Party Economics by interviewing University of Guelph Alumni from the department of Economics. This podcast is used as part of an Introduction to Micro Economics at the University of Guelph. Hosts Professor Evie Adomait and Richard Maranta.
If you have made it this far, you have listened to a portion of Professor Evie Adomait's first year Economics course content at the University of Guelph. We heard from lots of very successful and knowledgeable former University of Guelph grads about the concepts discussed in the various chapters of Cocktail Economics. In this episode, we wrap things up for this term! Next stop Dinner Party Economics and intro to Macro-Economics!
A fascinating conversation about Financial Markets with Richard Oyelowo, Investor Relations, Chief Executive Officer at Storyboard Communications Corp.
We talk to Jamie MacKinnon, Vice President, Environmental Solutions at Bluesource LLC about when Markets fail.
Our interesting guest in this episode is Aaron Gladstone, a Competition Law Officer at Competition Bureau Canada. We discuss the concept of Competition from our chapter in Cocktail Party Economics. (Such a cool job, "The Bureau" - bustin down doors and taking names...as well as spreadsheets and file folders.)
It's not all about pork belly futures and interest rates, sometimes it is about helping people. In this episode we talk to Jaya Hames, Executive Director of HOPE House, a poverty relief charity in Guelph about Efficiency and Equity.
Evan Siddall, President & CEO, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation, is in the house to speak about the forces at play in the housing market.
Do you like cookies? Well we talk to Katherine Groom who is a Demand Planner at Dare Foods Limited. Find out about the saga of the Covid Bear Claw .
Take a walk on the Supply Side, as we talk to Lauren Langille, Finance Communications at General Motors.
A great conversation with Mark Eglington, President at Euro-Line Appliances Inc. about Comparative Advantage.
Discussing Producing Wealth and other topics with Ron Guirguis Co-Founder at The Convergence Collective LLC.
We talk about Supply and Demand with Brandon Gorman, Vice President Treasury Solutions & Commercial Cards (Canada) at RBC.
In this episode we chat with Mathew Downey, a Chartered Business Valuator about the concept of Value. We value having him on the show...and raise your hand if you knew this job even existed.
This is an introduction to a podcast series based on the book Cocktail Party Economics and are used as part of an intro to Economics course at the University of Guelph. Our guest Stefanie Sharp interviews our co-hosts Eveline and Richard.
In this first real episode, we talk about the concept of Scarcity with Megan Oldfield, General Manager and Senior Vice President at Homestars. We have all been fixing our homes, it's time to fix our economy! Let's look at some of the factors and a bit about Megan's journey from the University of Guelph.