The second edition of Turner College
economics professor Frank Mixon’s
textbook, Economics and Finance for
Leaders, hit shelves in August of 2022.
Beginning with Chapter 1, “The Economic Way of Thinking,” the first
several chapters provide students with the basic concepts applied later in the
book. Mixon explained to Turner Business that in doing so the
book presents many historical vignettes that the students find
interesting. These include, but are not
limited to, a lesson on how the Alchian-Allen theorem helped the Union win the
Civil War, and the story of how the Pope’s 1966 decree, Paenitemini, which relaxed the rules on fasting and abstinence
outside of Lent, affected at least four major markets. In addition to coverage of the time value of
money, disequilibrium in the pricing of certain goods and services, the present
value concept and the determination of bond yields and market interest rates,
and how a market for human organs (for transplantation) might improve social
welfare, the book also introduces students the games and economic behavior, law
and economics and public choice. These
chapters cover an array of issues that most students never realized involved
the application of economics concepts.
The book covers many of these issues using examples from sports, current
events and pop culture, as well as from military conflict, which Mixon notes is
beneficial to the members of the U.S. Army officer corps who enroll in the
leadership track of the Turner College’s master’s degree program in
organizational leadership (MSOL).
The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s
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