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In a Social Science Matrix interview, economics PhD candidate Arlen Guarin discusses his research on the effects that reparations have for victims of violence during the internal armed conflict in Colombia. Drawing on administrative data, Guarin shows how reparations change lives for ordinary Colombians affected by wartime violence. Read more
Ulrike Malmendier, Professor of Economics, was appointed to the German Council of Economic Experts. Read the article on the Daily Californian.
Macroeconomic policies for wartime Ukraine, a new publication co-authored by Barry Eichengreen, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Maurice Obstfeld and others, outlines macroeconomic policies to put the economy of Ukraine on a sustainable trajectory for the duration of the war. Read more
How to Achieve Inclusive Growth, a new publication Edited by Valerie Cerra, Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, and Martin Schindler Analyses the paramount economic, social, and environmental policy challenges of our day. Read more
Buy your tickets today for "Slouching Towards Utopia". On Tuesday, September 13th at 7:00 p.m., KPFA Radio will welcome UC Berkeley professor Brad DeLong to celebrate the release of his most recent book, Slouching Towards Utopia. This live, in-person event will feature Brad DeLong in conversation with Michael Mechanic, author of Jackpot and senior editor at Mother Jones.Buy tickets here.
A new tool by Berkeley Economics faculty Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, Realtime Inequality, quickly analyzes a variety of data sources to detect widening income and wealth disparities before it’s too late. A new Bloomberg article discusses this new tool and its implications. Read more