In the News COVID-19 Economics

NYT: U.S. Is Nowhere Close to Reopening the Economy, Experts Say

In the News COVID-19 Economics

WSJ: Flatten the Curve of Economic Distress, Prof. Casey Mulligan argues that GDP losses understate the costs and sacrifices households and businesses are making

In the News COVID-19 Economics

Rolling Stone - The Payoff from the Pain: Trillions in Benefits Seen from Social Distancing to Slow Coronavirus

In the News COVID-19 Economics

Washington Post: Moderate social distancing yields $8 trillion in economic benefits, study finds, article discusses new working paper from Prof. Michael Greenstone on social distancing

In the News COVID-19 Economics

Bloomberg: This Time the Numbers Show We Can’t Be Too Careful, article cites Prof. Michael Greenstone's economic analysis of social distancing

In the News COVID-19 Economics

Vox: A just and sustainable economic response to coronavirus, explained, Prof. Michael Greenstone discusses clean energy stimulus spending

In the News COVID-19 Economics

NYT: Trump considers reopening economy over health experts' objections, Prof. Casey Mulligan discusses efforts to shut down economic activity

Announcements Faculty Economics

UChicago economist’s innovative research honored with €1.5 million prize

Prof. Ufuk Akcigit will study Germany’s east-west divide by turning a new lens on data As a doctoral student in economics, Prof. Ufuk Akcigit found...

Announcements Faculty Economics Psychology

Azeem Shaikh (Economics) and Boaz Keysar (Psychology) Elevated to Named Professorships

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Announcements Faculty Economics Social Thought

Two Faculty named members of the American Philosophical Society

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