economics

It sure sounds like a nice idea. Print a bunch of money and everyone gets rich. We could buy anything we wanted.

By Scott Weybright, CAHNRS Communications

When you’re the fifth generation of your family to grow up on a farm, agriculture is sort of ingrained.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Coordinating patient care among providers to improve health and lower costs is the focus of a proposal by a Washington State University professor who recently was awarded a $5,000 one-year community health fellowship.

By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists at Washington State University just completed four years determining the best varieties of organic quinoa for Pacific Northwest farmers to grow. A new grant will help researchers assess crop yields, prices and more to help growers turn a profit.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Bidisha Mandal, health extension economist, is one of five faculty members statewide to receive the 2016 Rep. Timm Ormsby Award for Faculty Citizenship.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Flaws in the criminal justice system – from an economic perspective – will be discussed by Patricia Kuzyk, clinical assistant professor in the School of Economic Sciences and the Honors College, at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, in CUE 203 at Washington State University.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Rising interest rates, economic weakness in China and what these might mean for Washington State University retirement portfolios will be discussed by TIAA-CREF managing director Stephen MacDonald 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in FSHN 101.

By Adriana Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – The implications of Chinese economic investments in the U.S. and parts of Africa will be discussed by international business experts and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in CUE 203 at Washington State University.

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. – Through his research and personal action, Darlington Sabasi is making a difference for students and farmers in Washington state and around the world.

SEATTLE – The economic impact of wine and wine grapes in Washington shows an increase of $1.3 billion since 2009, or a compound growth rate of 8.5 percent per year, according to a study released today by Washington State Wine. The economic impact of the state’s wine industry was $4.8 billion in 2013, up from $3.5 billion in 2009.