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A letter from Professor Alan Auerbach as he concludes his term as department chair and reflects on the many achievements of the department. We are so thankful to Alan for his service and to all of the alumni and friends who have made this year a success. Click here to read Alan's letter.
"His background reads like a fictional construct, or maybe a Mad Lib brought to life: a Canadian-born, Philippine-raised 42-year-old of Pakistani descent who went to MIT and has a doctorate in behavioral economics from UC Berkeley, who now -- oh, by the way -- runs one of the foundational franchises in Major League Baseball." Read more
More young people are leaning into the rental or sharing economy, owning less and renting and sharing more. NPR spoke with Skyler Wang, a Ph.D. student at @berkeleyecon who studies the sharing economy, to see if these changes represent a fundamental shift in American capitalism as we know it. Read more
The richest 1 percent of individuals captured twice as much of the world’s income growth than the poorest 50 percent between 1980 and 2016, according to new research from Berkeley Economics Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman and co-authors Facundo Alvaredo and Lucas Chancel. The paper combined survey, national accounts, and tax data to better estimate the growth of global incomes and inequality. Read more
facial recognition, applied to the web of cameras that already exists in most cities, is a privacy threat. Sahil Chinoy '17 Berkeley Economics , writes for The New York Times about the incredible (and legal!) experiment of creating a Facial Recognition Machine. Read more
The deadline to register for commencement is Wednesday, May 1 at 4pm! CLICK HERE to get up to speed on everything commencement- including ceremony, including tickets, caps and gowns, flowers, and much more!