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: [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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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