Past Presentations

​October, 2020:
"State of Our Regions Offices and Commercial Real Estate in the New Era of Remote Work"
Carolyn Davis, Research Manager, CBRE
cbre_puget_sound_office_market_conditions_sec_oct_6_2021.pdf
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​February, 2020:
"Vision 2050, A Comparative Regional Planning Perspective"
Josh Brown, Executive Director, PSRC
josh_brown_vision_2050_a_comparative_regional_planning_perspective_final.pdf
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December, 2019:


"Universal Basic Income: Policy & Perspectives"


Professor Mark C. Long, Evans School, University of Washington
mark_long_--_universal_basic_income_--_policies___perspectives.pdf
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November, 2019:
​"U.S.-China Trade War-Impact on Washington State"
Spencer Cohen, Senior Economist, Community Attributes Inc.
cai.sec_trade_war_update.2019_1106.pdf
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October, 2019: "A Forecast for the Puget Sound Economy:
Both Sides of the Curtain"
Hart Hodges, Director, Center for Economic & Business Research (CEBR), Western Washington University
contact: hodgesl@wwu.edu
sec_oct_2_2019.pdf
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June 2019: "Our Crazy, Uneven, Amazing, & Expensive Healthcare System"
Jeff Roe, President & CEO, Premera Blue Cross



seattle_economics_council_-_june_2019_-_sec_version.pdf
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May 2019: "Experimental Economics, An Overview of Research Methodology"
Mahnaz Islam, Senior Economist, Amazon
Seattle Economics Council members who were unable to attend should please
send request for more information to sec.secretary@gmail.com
April 2019: "Update on Seattle $15 Minimum Wage Study"
Jacob Vigdor, Professor, University of Washington, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.
minwagesec2019_vigdor_040319.pdf
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March 2019: "The International Economy and the Tech Hardware Industry"
Carolyn Evans, Chief Economist Intel
Seattle Economics Council members who were unable to attend
should please send request for more information to sec.secretary@gmail.com
February 2019: "Trade-offs in Managing Wastes for Sustainability & Resiliency
Jeff Morris, Sound Resource Management
jeff_morris_feb_6_2019.pdf
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December 2018: "Key Trends in US Economy-Industrial/Rail Sectors"
Sam Kyei, Chief Economist SAK Economics LLC. BNSF Railway (Ret.) and NABE Board Member.
sec_dec_2018_meeting_kyei.pdf
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November 2018: "King County: A View from a Circulal Flow's Third Box"
David Reich, Chief Economist
King County
sec_nov_2018_meeting_reich.pdf
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October 2018: "Washington State - China Trade and Tariffs"
Spencer Cohen, Senior Economist
Community Attributes
sec_oct_2018_meeting_cohen_4.pdf
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