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Big Brains: Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt on the secret to making tough choices
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Of the academic books that have become household names, “Freakonomics” must be at the top of the list. The 2005 book by University of Chicago scholar ...
UCHICAGO TO CONVENE 6TH SCIENCE OF PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE CONFERENCE (2019)
PUBLISHED ON MAR 25, 2019 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce the sixth Science of Philanthropy Initiative (AFE20...
POSTPONED: MOGSTAD TO SPEAK AT HARPER LECTURE SERIES MARCH 19 (2020)
PUBLISHED ON FEB 20, 2020 Chicago Harper Lecture: Inequality in the Labor Market: Causes, Consequences, and Public Policy THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PO...
GEORGE S. TOLLEY, PIONEER IN ENVIRONMENTAL, URBAN, AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, 1925-2021 (2021)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 7, 2021 George S. Tolley, pioneer in environmental, urban, and energy economics, 1925-2021 By Sarah Steimer George S. Tolley...
ROBERT A. MUNDELL, FORMER PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND “FATHER OF THE EURO,” 1932-2021 (2021)
Robert A. Mundell, a Nobel Laureate and former Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, died April 4, 2021 in Siena, Italy. Mundell was a ...