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What can an analysis of India’s rapidly changing political economy, its developmental history, and its relationship with the global economy tell us about the current predicament of increasing authoritarianism? Join "Authoritarianism in the world's Greatest Democracy", an upcoming panel on the political economy of democratic backsliding in India. Monday, 2/14 at 1 PM PDT. Register here
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2022-02-08 12:19
Realtime Inequality, a powerful new web tool from Berkeley Economics faculty members Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, along with Thomas Blanchet, a UC Berkeley economist and postdoctoral researcher, will allow users to track how economic growth and policy affect US distribution of wealth and income. Read more
(UC Berkeley illustration by Neil Freese)
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Mon, 2022-01-31 15:52
President Biden nominates three new Federal Reserve officials, including Berkeley Economics PhD alum Lisa Cook, an economist at Michigan State University who has researched racial disparities and labor markets. Dr. Cook was an economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama. Read more
Photo credit: Brittany Greeson for The New York Times
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2022-01-18 12:48
Does alleviating a worker's financial strain allow them to better focus at work and therefore be more productive? Watch this video highlighting a 2021 working paper by Supreet Kaur, Sendhil Mullainathan, Suanna Oh, and Frank Schilbach. Watch the video
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Thu, 2022-01-13 11:29
The Past, Present, and Future of Globalization: Tune in to an episode of the Econofact podcast, in which Michael Klein speaks with Maurice Obstfeld, widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in international economics, on the tensions between globalization and economic nationalism – the historical context, current challenges, and the prospects for the future. Listen to the podcast
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Wed, 2022-01-12 11:32
Ben Hermalin is announced as UC Berkeley’s new executive vice chancellor and provost. Professor Hermalin joined the economics department in 1988 and served as its chair in 2005-2008. For the past five years, he served as vice provost for the faculty. Read more
Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Wed, 2022-01-12 09:44