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Congratulations to the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics David Card, the 6th Nobel for Berkeley Economics. Professor Card, who shares the award with two other winners, was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for his empirical contributions to labor economics. Read more
Op-Ed by Berkeley Economics Profession Edward Miguel: How foreign aid for medicine yields big economic returns. Read more
Are India's rural self-employed really entrepreneurs, or would they prefer a job? In a Vox podcast, Berkeley Economics Professor Supreet Kaur argues unemployment in low-income countries may be much higher than we assume. Listen to the podcast
Letter organized by Professor Hilary Hoynes gets signed by 450 economists in support of the Child Tax Credit expansion. Read the Letter here. A recent article by Paul Krugman highlights the research by Professor Hilary Hoynes that supports the policy. Read the article
In a new op-ed for the New York Times, Associate Professor Gabriel Zucman writes that "for working-class Americans who have fallen behind as tax cuts helped the rich get richer, 15 percent is too little, too late." Read the article