Jeremy Blair ’13, co-project manager for the Ghana School Library Initiative, helped lead the second phase of the EWB-PU library construction project in Ashaiman, Ghana this past summer. Below are two videos that Jeremy produced about the project. See the videos from the first phase of construction here. Short Version Extended Version
Archive for October, 2011
Ghana School Library Initiative: The Video II
Posted in Engineers Without Borders, Ghana, Mohit Agrawal, Princeton University on October 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Teaching Feedback
Posted in Education, Ireland, Mohit Agrawal on October 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Wonderfully gratifying. Below is an email from a student to the course lecturer for EC 209: Managerial Economics. I attended the tutorial last Tuesday at 1pm in CA117 and we had a different tutor than normal. I thought he was an excellent tutor and I really understood what I was doing when I came out [...]
Greek Bond Agreement
Posted in Economics, Ireland, Mohit Agrawal on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: Hey Mohit, Quick question – so I saw this article. It looks like the “private sector” has agreed to a 50% markdown of bonds. Bonds are risky and can fail right? Why not just let them fail? Why should the government pay any of them? A: Lot’s of reasons. 1. Market analysts expected cuts [...]
Overview of the Irish Crisis
Posted in Economics, Ireland, Mohit Agrawal on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Prof. Karl Whelan from University College Dublin presented a succinct overview of the Irish crisis at a conference in Reykjavik earlier this month. He also contrasted the Irish response to that of Iceland–while Ireland guaranteed bank bondholders (under ECB pressure), Iceland did not. See his presentation slides here. The presentation is very readable, though I [...]
Response to “The Real Economy”
Posted in Economics, Ireland, Mohit Agrawal on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dara Turnbull, a good friend who is studying alongside me in the Economic Policy Evaluation and Planning masters program at NUI Galway, penned an article titled “The Real Economy,” which discusses a prospective course of action for Labour and the coalition government to improve the economy here in Ireland. The full text of the article [...]
Interview with Martin McGuinness
Posted in Ireland, Mitchell, Mohit Agrawal, Sin on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve posted my interview from last week with Martin McGuinness below. Mr. McGuinness is the former deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and is running for president of Ireland. More info about McGuinness at his campaign website: http://www.thepeoplespresident.ie/
