Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, has been named to the Earth Commission, a research group of the global research network Future Earth, tasked with exploring some of the planet’s most pressing issues.
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2024 Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture with Cecilia Conrad CEO, Lever for Change
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2024 Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture with Cecilia Conrad CEO, Lever for Change
Thursday, April 18, at 5 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. umass.edu/economics/news…

Fidan Kurtulus research cited in The Council of Economic Advisers research in the 2024 Economic Report of the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic policy priorities. (Chapter 1, The Benefits of Full Employment) whitehouse.gov/cea/written-ma…

Isabella Weber Isabella M. Weber Featured in Spain's Newspaper, El Pais: ‘It’s time to cut rates’
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Professor Emeritus James Boyce wins first Global Inequality Research Awardhttps://wid.world/news-article/bina-agarwal-and-james-boyce-win-first-global-inequality-research-awards/

Deepankar Basu and Kartik Misra (UMass Economics Alum) oped for the Hindustan Times, 'Guarantee Procurement, not Just Minimum Prices' epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/ShareArti…

UMass Women in Economics series event: “An Intro to Professional and Personal Negotiations” w/ UMass Sociology Professor Ofer Sharone, MARCH 7th, CAMPUS CENTER RM 804-08, 5:30-6:45PM; RSVP required at BIT.LY/2024WIE. Co-sponsored by Umass Economics & Resource Economics.

Isabella M. Weber, Isabella M. Weber has won the 2024 Hans Matthöfer Prize for public writing in economics for How China Escaped Shock Therapy fes.de/abteilung-anal…

Our Spring 2024 workshop schedule is available on our website. umass.edu/economics/even…

Isabella M. Weber, Isabella M. Weber , has won the 2024 Hans Matthöfer Prize for Business Journalism for How China Escaped Shock Therapy
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Arindrajit Dube, Arin Dube On rising real wages, reduced inequality, and Bidenomics.
Credit Bidenomics for Rising US Wages
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Arindrajit Dube, Arin Dube , was interviewed about the benefits of full employment. “We gave up on full employment in the 1980s. That was really a mistake that gave up a lot for American workers,”
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Isabella Weber, Isabella M. Weber was interviewed in Tagesspiegel about the debt brake and its impact on the German economy.
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Jayati Ghosh, economics, published an op-ed about challenges facing India’s employment market. project-syndicate.org/commentary/can…

Gerald Epstein book reading/signing event for Busting the Bankers' Club; Finance for the Rest of Us, at Amherst Books, on Wednesday, February 7th, at 7 PM.

Livestreamed conference alert! 🕓 Isabella M. Weber will speaking at BruxConf2024, Jan. 31 at 10:10 CET, on 'Market Power Dysfunctions: Seller Inflation, Inequality & AI Acceleration.' buff.ly/3SDyo5i UMass Economics

Gerald Epstein's Book launch 'Busting The Bankers' Club' webinar/panel discussion Friday, February 2 at 11:30 am EST. Exploring how public institutions can challenge the dominance of private banks.
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Gregor Semieniuk Co-Authors Climate Impact Report umass.edu/economics/news…

Research by Lee Badgett, Lee Badgett on the economic impact of not extending the social institution of marriage to same-sex couples is cited in an article examining the topic in India. hindustantimes.com/top-news/india…