Introductory economics course at CSU focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 15 Dec, 2020
Terry Iverson
A snippet of the class in which students discussed the monetary value of a human life with Associate Professor Terry Iverson was featured in an article in
But the course, which was delivered remotely, was much more wide-ranging than that. The faculty from the Department of Economics each taught a section of the class, covering their particular areas of expertise. Those included impacts on marginalized groups, food production/agriculture, and higher education. There was even a section on “greening” the post-COVID economy with sustainability efforts, a section taught by renowned environmental economist Ed Barbier.