Faculty In the News Economics

EconTalk - James Heckman on inequality and economic mobility; Audio: Prof. James Heckman compares economic mobility between the United States and Denmark

In the News Faculty Economics

Al Jazeera English - Could lower vaccine doses be key to ending the Covid pandemic? Prof. Michael Kremer discusses proposals to increase vaccine distribution by lowering dosage

Faculty In the News Economics

Barron's- Delta is casting a dark shadow over the recovery; Article cites Prof. Michael Greenstone's early estimate of the economic impact from reducing Covid-19 deaths

Faculty In the News Economics

New Yorker - Can Democrats create a new economic model? Column commends Prof. James Heckman's research into the long-term effects of government intervention in early childhood as an important factor in the Child Tax Credit program

Faculty In the News Economics

New York Times - Plans for free pre-K and community college could provide a ‘ladder into the middle class’; Feature looks at Prof. James J. Heckman's research on the economic impact of early childhood education

Announcements Faculty Economics

Hugo Sonnenschein, 11th president of the University of Chicago, 1940-2021

This story was originally published by UChicago News. View the article on their site here. University administrator and economist remembered for ...

Faculty In the News Economics

NPR - Democrats' budget plan pushes a shift to clean energy. Here's how it would work; Prof. Michael Greenstone responds to Democrats' blueprint for a climate budget

Faculty In the News Economics

Bloomberg- The Winklevoss's Crypto Carb Capture Conundrum; Article discusses Climate Vault, a nonprofit founded by Prof. Michael Greenstone’s to reduce carbon emissions

Faculty In the News Economics

Yahoo! Sports - CAA’s Nobel Prize-Winning Expert Witness Sounds Off on Alston, NIL; Article describes Prof. James Heckman's role as an expert witness in NCAA cases and his support for amateurism

Faculty Economics Political Science In the News

Washington Post- Across Latin America, citizens and governments are clashing over their countries’ authoritarian pasts; Assoc. Prof. Michael Albertus pens op-ed on the "resurgence of leftism" in Latin America