McCombs TODAY

KUT-Radio, July 7, 2009
Americans are nervous about their economic future, and one of the ways they demonstrate this anxiety is by saving more. Currently we are saving about seven percent of our income - a much higher rate than when the economy is good. Unfortunately, when people don’t spend, it can slow down economic recovery, as well [...]

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Is our society overly competitive and adversarial? On his Macroeconomics Updates blog, McCombs economist Michael Brandl writes about the dangers of taking on an “Us vs. Them” mentality, whether in sports, business or politics:
We seem to have a growing intolerance of those we consider not to be “us.” And it seems who we define as [...]

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KEYE-TV, May 19, 2009
Landmark credit card legislation passed by the Senate 90 to 5 will alter the way the credit card industry does business. After President Obama signs the bill into law, which is expected before Memorial Day, the $960 billion industry will go through a restructuring phase that should have broad implications for consumers. [...]

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Ten McCombs School faculty were honored by their peers at the McCombs Teaching and Research Awards ceremony May 4. Congratulations to these terrific faculty members on a job well done:
RESEARCH AWARDS
CBA Foundation Research Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
Alok Kumar, assistant professor, finance
For research excellence by an assistant professor in the McCombs School. Limited to tenure-track, full-time Assistant [...]

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This past week the media has been full of stories about the swine flu outbreak. What might be the impact for the macroeconomy? McCombs economist Michael Brandl explains.

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KXAN asked McCombs economist Michael Brandl to watch President Obama’s stimulus plan press conference and share his response.
“He was in many ways playing a dangerous game, in the sense of trying to create this sense of things are really bad, so we need this package,” Brandl told KXAN. “The problem in doing so, is you [...]

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On Sept. 22-27, Texas Executive Education, in partnership with Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, hosted a Leadership in a Global Environment program for Mainz executive MBA students. The students represented a wide variety of German and international firms, such as Accenture, Siemens, Capri Sun and BorgWarner.

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McCombs School of Business Dean Tom Gilligan (left above) hosted a lively discussion on the current economic crisis threatening America’s financial stability as well as the global economy. Just as Congress moved to pass a $700 billion taxpayer-funded rescue bill, finance faculty Laura Starks (center), Stephen Magee, Sheridan Titman, Jay Hartzell, Michael Brandl (foreground) and [...]

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Texas Executive Education hosted an open house at the new AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center Sept. 9. The event showcased the depth of Texas Executive Education’s capabilities and resources to an enthusiastic audience of current and future clients.
A forum on best practices in talent management kicked off the event.

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