Freakonomics:
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

The Common Book Program
at Windward Community College

Events for Spring, 2010

forthcoming

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.

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?