Bill Boal, Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Public Administration, appeared on the Iowa PBS television program “Iowa Press,” moderated by David Yepsen on Friday, July 2. In this week’s program, Boal and Iowa State University Professor Peter Orazem answered questions from journalists Linh Ta and O. Kay Henderson about the current state of Iowa’s economy.
As the countdown timer clicked down to 0:00, it appeared as if the 555.55-carat black carbonado diamond known as "The Enigma" would be sold at Sotheby's online auction yesterday for the rock-bottom price of £1.5 million ($2.03 million).