HGP First Sunday - Relevant and Relatable Economics

Note - This is a Humanists of Greater Portland (HGP) event being shared on the former Portland Sunday Assembly Meetup page. While Portland Sunday Assembly is no longer running, HGP First Sunday programs are organized by former members to include music, child care, and FUN!

Relevant and Relatable Economics

From unseen consequences of policy decisions to why incentives often backfire, Jadrian Wooten (over Zoom) explores some powerful but often overlooked economic principles. Learn why economists obsess over trade-offs, how markets shape behavior in surprising ways, and what all this means for big issues like tariffs, automation, and inequality. Real-world examples and interaction will make economic thinking more accessible and useful. In addition to teaching economics at Virginia Tech, Professor Wooten writes weekly as The Monday Morning Economist and regularly speaks on topics ranging from economic literacy to the future of work.

(First Sundays start with 1/2 hour of music and offer childcare.)

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Programs are presented in four broad areas relevant to Humanism:
• Human Well-Being
• Science and Reason
• Secularism
• Humanities, Culture, and Morality
Sunday HGP programs: for the latest info, follow the link below to the main HGP website home page, find the "Next Speaker" announcement on the left; for past programs and future speakers and activities, click on the "Calendar" button, upper left of that page:
http://www.portlandhumanists.org/