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New York Times- The sandwich economics of the Masters and Augusta National, Prof. John A. List discusses the economics behind Augusta National Golf Club's $1.50 pimento sandwiches

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Big Brains Podcast: Fighting Poverty And Pandemics, with Nobel Economist Michael Kremer (Ep. 66)

This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here.   Show Notes The solutions to global poverty c...

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Three SSD Faculty Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Four UChicago scholars awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellows...

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New York Times- A novel effort to see how poverty affects young brains, Prof. James Heckman takes critical look at new study on poverty and child brain development

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Washington Post: Biden's infrastructure plan aims to turbocharge U.S. shift from fossil fuels, Prof. Michael Greenstone comments on the Biden infrastructure plan's inclusion of nuclear and hydropower

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NYT - Biden’s Lesson From Past Green Stimulus Failures: Go Even Bigger, Prof. Michael Greenstone discusses the cost and energy efficiency of electric vehicles

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Family background shapes children’s lives despite different social policies in U.S., Denmark

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Study suggests that educational and social mobility can ...

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The Hill: Ending amateurism would be disastrous for student-athletes, Prof. James Heckman argues that in effectively ending amateurism, Supreme Court ruling mandating could "have wide-ranging policy implications for higher education"

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WRAL-TV: 17% more died in NC in 2020 over 2019, Prof. Casey Mulligan discusses his research on "deaths of despair" during the pandemic

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Wall Street Journal - The right discount rate for regulatory costs and benefits: In op-ed, Prof. Michael Greenstone calls for the Biden administration to adjust its climate policy and recalibrate its estimation of the future impact of greenhouse gases