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Created: 12 April 2016

We are pleased to announce the winners of our March 2016 Blog Comment Competition. Nodar Okroshiashvili (class 2017) and Dace Javashvili (class 2014) received certificates and cash prizes of $200 and $100 respectively.

Nodar Okroshiashvili was recognized for his contribution to the discussion of the flaws of Georgia’s current military conscription law and the discriminatory manner in which it is implemented (On Education and the Sacred Duty of Defending One’s Motherland). He gave the example of his fellow Georgian village boys, who, he argued, “are slaves in 21th century… There are facts when my friends got some chronic diseases while serving our prisons, they had no food and water, there [was] no place where [to] sleep...“. Nodar argued that Georgia should discontinue this modern form of slavery and, instead, “adopt a compulsory Israeli-style national military service or an American style professional volunteer army”.

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Created: 12 April 2016

The screening of “The Big Short” was organized on Tuesday, April 12, by ISET’s communication department for staff, faculty and students in ISET’s MA and Finance for Professionals programs. “The Big Short” is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama based on an eponymous non-fiction book released in 2010. Written by Michael Lewis, the book provides insights into the causes of the 2007–2008 global financial crisis, which was triggered by the build-up of a gigantic financial bubble originating in the US housing market.

 The movie was followed by a short discussion, led by Jean Frederic Paulsen and Paul Henri Forestier, finance professionals and teachers in ISET executive education programs. 

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