Freakonomics:
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

The Common Book Program
at Windward Community College

Events for Fall, 2009

October 7, 2009, 3:00 to 4:00pm, Akoakoa 105
The Economics of Climate Change.

Denise Konan is an Economics Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Elijah Frost is a WCC graduate and an Economics major at UHM. They will present their research on the effects of climate change on Hawaii's Economy.

October 29, 2009, 12:30pm, Akoakoa 107/109
Why Is Health Care Getting More Expensive? - download poster (PDF)

Paul Briggs, Assistant Professor of Economics at Windward Community College. Paul Briggs will discuss health care costs from an economist's perspective.

More events will be announced soon.

Previous Common Books at Windward CC

• Fall 2004 : Fast Food Nation
• Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 : Ka'a'awa
• Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 : Nickel and Dimed and The World is Flat
• Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 : Ishmael
• Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 : Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

What is a Common Book?