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Nobel-winning Economist: Authorities Will Bring Down ‘Hammer’ on Bitcoin

Nobel prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz is among those critics. Although the ledger of transactions that has taken place on the blockchain is public, Stiglitz says the anonymity of bitcoin opens the door for criminal enterprises. “You cannot have a means of payment that is based on secrecy when you’re trying to create a transparent banking system,” Stiglitz, 75, told the Financial News Monday.

Greed is Biggest Obstacle to Achieving Fair Societies, Professor says at UN

A well-known professor said Monday at a UN high-level meeting that the biggest obstacle to achieving fair societies is greed. Jeffrey D. Sachs, professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said that the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “This generation’s only hope for creating peaceful, safe, fair and sustainable societies.”

Chicago Booth

John Gallemore, Michael Minnis, and Valeri Nikolaev at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business are hiring a full-time research assistant to start around August 1, 2018. This full-time RA will be working on projects in finance and accounting. If you could...