Bonas And Beyond

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editora: Podcast
  • Duração: 17:34:02
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Sinopse

This will be the podcast of the Bonas and Beyond program. We will be starting in September 2015 when a group of Haitian Students will come to St. Bonaventure for 2+ weeks. This podcast will begin with the 2015 Bonas and Beyond Program (2+ weeks) on the St. Bonaventure University Campus.

Episódios

  • A talk with Raoul Junior Lorfils

    06/05/2016 Duração: 42min

    Raoul is a student and reporter from Haiti. I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with him on the Haiti political situation, the economy, life in the border region along the Dominican Republic, as well as what can be done to make life better in the decades to come. Oh and about his desire to be part of the Bonas and Beyond Program on St. Bonaventure campus.

  • Don Swanz from his class on Property Rights and importance of legal and economic institutions

    24/03/2016 Duração: 01h14min

    Don Swanz is a lawyer and a law professor at St. Bonaventure University. During the #BonasandBeyond program in October of 2015, he gave this lecture. (translation by Djemson Jeudy) He discuses the importance of property rights, trade agreements, the WTO, and more. Here are some notes to go with this lecture https://helpified.com/paths/property-rights-and-the-economy

  • Bryan McCannon's Poverty and Microfinance presentation

    22/03/2016 Duração: 53min

    Bryan McCannon presented on poverty and micro loans at St. Bonaventure University. While his talk focused on Uganda, the themes play well in many poorer nations around the globe. I apologize for the poor quality of the recording. I recorded it on my phone in the lecture hall. MOST of it is pretty good. Here is his Presentation that accompanied his talk: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MunetvUshevqLi-8ihE_OuPt32KmHeP653Zu-9UoaKI/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 . Here are my notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AgcLmoOJ9NKu0i-B7XSoPyiasjQUMG1Ep1m-lrDD8oY/pub Bryan used to teach at St. Bonaventure, but is now an economics professor at West Virginia University. He is a great guy!

  • Interview with Zachary Rodriguez

    18/03/2016 Duração: 21min

    Zachary Rodriguez of Embrace it Africa and a MBA student at St. Bonaventure University talks about the importance of economics, about microloans, development and more in this interesting interview. === Embrace it Africa: http://www.embraceitafrica.org/ ====== Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Embrace-it-Africa-81987473360/ === === Poverty.inc comments and trailer: http://bonaresponds.blogspot.com/search/label/poverty.inc ====== ======

  • Week 2: Online Economics

    17/03/2016 Duração: 15min

    Opportunity costs are at the heart of this lesson and most of economics. Opportunity costs are based on the idea that you cannot do two things at once. For instance, the cost of working is the leisure time foregone. Put in a more famous way--you cannot have your cake and eat it too.

  • Class audio for lesson 1 and 2

    08/03/2016 Duração: 09min

    A very brief look at what is economics and capitalism. the notes to accompany this are at : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I2DES9iV9Zixkz5s9j3S-aGr2u7Q4kWtQCwc92bXPyQ/pub and https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XeU6KLrypMq_Vg_rudW9AhDPT3hXFTHUpZcJF6AaaSo/pub

  • What technology will we be using in class?

    08/03/2016 Duração: 07min

    We will be using 4 main types of technology for the course: Trello (http://trello.com) https://helpified.com/paths/using-trello-for-student-projects Google Drive https://helpified.com/paths/introduction-to-google-drive-and-google-office-application Helpified (Helpified.com) Podcasts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IPV2oSz8m4 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bonas-and-beyond/id1046229216?mt=2 or listen at https://www.blubrry.com/bonas_and_beyond/

  • Welcome to #BonasandBeyond's Economic Foundation class!

    08/03/2016 Duração: 15min

    Here is an overview of the class. In the audio, I describe what the class will be like, the need to participate, how the class will not be about memorization, how we will learn about economics and the Mankiw's 10 Principles of Economics.

  • Who is Jim Mahar?

    08/03/2016 Duração: 19min

    I teach finance at St. Bonaventure University and am the leader and founder of BonaResponds. I am also the co-founder/VicePresident of HaitiScholarships.org Here is my SBU page: http://www.sbu.edu/about-sbu/people-of-sbu/faculty-profiles/mahar-james (out of date, but you get the idea). I am WAY too busy for my own good. I would love more helpers :) and really need to hire some people to get all that I want to accomplish done. I am an avid runner, sports fan, reader, and love to learn. I dislike seeing people suffer, discrimination, and wasting time. Follow me on twitter to get a better of who I am :) https://twitter.com/jimmahar or look for me on Facebook. I used to run FinanceProfessor.com but of late, time commitments (looking for I used to run FinanceProfessor.com but of late, time commitments (looking for a dean, BonaResponds, extra classes etc) have led that to be largely abandoned (follow twitter or the financeprofessor.com blog). Note: when I said I try not to be religious, I meant that I do not like h

  • Environmental Science-DON'T BURN PLASTIC-by Jerry Godbout

    08/10/2015 Duração: 45min

    Burning plastics is a problem in Haiti. Chemistry professor Jerry Godbout lays out why you should not burn plastic (NOTE: I only recorded 45 min of the lecture because my HD was full)

  • Economics: Supply and Demand, elasticities, and govt intervention

    08/10/2015 Duração: 32min

    Mid way through I ran out of storage space. But it was a lively discussion and I think a really good class. .

  • Part 2 of the Chapin Living Waters irrigation presentation

    03/10/2015 Duração: 54min

    Here is the second part of Doug Carlson's irrigation kit presentation where he has the participants put together a kit, answers questions, and more (Part 1 is much more audio friendly!) http://www.chapinlivingwaters.org/

  • Irrigation Kit Presentation by Doug from Chapin Living Waters (part 1)

    03/10/2015 Duração: 01h14min

    Part 1 (of A wonderful presentation on the use of small drip irrigation systems by Doug (and Nancy) Carlson of Chapin Living Waters. A home run! No, a grand slam home run. http://www.chapinlivingwaters.org/

  • Political Science class 2

    02/10/2015 Duração: 01h13min

    The second political science class covered immigration in the US and the world. It also mentioned current US politics and difficulties in getting US citizenship.

  • Presentation at the Olean Public Library (Part 2)

    01/10/2015 Duração: 59min

    The second part of the Bonas and Beyond presentation at the library. Haitian Culture, Haitian Food, Discussions of deforestation, charcoal, orphanages, garden programs, and the Q&A section. Sorry it is out of order, I messed up--Jim) but it is well worth a listen!

  • Environmental Science #1

    01/10/2015 Duração: 01h13min

    SBU Chemistry Professor Jerry Godbout teaches on various sources of energy. Conclusion: burning stuff is bad and we will likely eventually run out, but no single solution to our energy needs.

  • The Political science class #1

    01/10/2015 Duração: 50min

    BonasandBeyond students attend Mary Rose Kubal's political scince lecture on immigration in the Walsh Aud on Tuesday.

  • First class on Economics

    01/10/2015 Duração: 01h02min

    Well this was fun! It worked perfectly. We spoke of the law of one price and transaction costs. And showed why the law should hold if no transaction costs existed, the law of one price should hold. Good class! Help in Peterson Board Room on SBU campus.

  • First class on cloud Computing, Google Docs, and Trello

    01/10/2015 Duração: 01h31min

    Very good first class! We spoke of the need to be scalable, cloud computing, Google Drive/Docs, and Trello. They even asked for homework!

  • Bonas and Beyond present at the Olean Public Library

    01/10/2015 Duração: 23min

    First of two parts of the Bonas and Beyond presentation at the Olean Public Library on history, geography, culture, food, and how we can help deal with the issues facing the people of Haiti.

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