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Michael Greenstone Named Distinguished Lecturer for 2024 American Economic Association Annual Meeting

Monday, December 18

The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Michael Greenstone, has been named the Distinguished Lecturer for the ASSA 2024 Annu...

James J. Heckman, PhD analyzes the work of Piketty and Saez and income inequality

Tuesday, December 12

Michael Greenstone, PhD evaluates climate policy and a new powerful policy tool (New York Times)

Tuesday, December 12

Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt on the secret to making tough choices (Ep. 121)

Tuesday, October 24

Big Brains: Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt on the secret to making tough choices

Thursday, October 19

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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 ...

Freakonomics author: ‘Objections to data science in K-12 education make no sense’

Monday, October 16

John List accepts the R.K. Cho Economics Prize in South Korea

Professor John List Awarded the R. K. Cho Economics Prize

Friday, October 13

The Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, John List, was awarded the R. K. Cho Economics Prize by Yonsei Un...

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UChicago Alum Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize for Research on Gender and Labor

Monday, October 9

Pioneering economist, AM’69, PhD’72, uncovered key drivers of differences in paid workforce University of Chicago alum Claudia Goldin was awarded t...