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April 12, 2018
Nobel Laureate, Lars Peter Hansen Will Deliver PER Distinguished Lecture
Media Advisory Media Contact: Sophia N. Johnson, sj2482@columbia.edu, 212-854-1566 PER DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES Featuring Nobel Laureate, Lars Peter Hansen WHAT: Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Laureate (2013) will deliver lecture titled, ‘Pricing Uncertainty Induced by Climate Change’ WHO: Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Laureate (2013), David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, Booth School of Business, University […]
April 12, 2018
Media Advisory: Economists to Discuss Design of Markets in a Variety of Settings
Media Advisory: Market Design Conference: Economists to discuss the design of online and offline markets in a variety of settings.
April 11, 2018
Media Advisory: Joseph E. Stiglitz to Discuss Race and Inequality in Trump’s America
This year marks the 50th year anniversary of the publication of the Kerner Report, famous for declaring “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one white, one black, separate and unequal.” The anniversary of the Kerner Report presents an opportunity to call attention to the issues such as inequality of income, racism and ethnic discrimination, education, public safety and the police, sentencing and the prison-industrial complex. This event follows the launch of Healing our Divided Society: Investing in America Fifty
April 10, 2018
Congratulations François Gerard, Awarded National Science Foundation Research Grant!
François Gerard of Columbia’s Department of Economics was awarded the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) division of social and economic sciences grant for a project titled, ‘Unemployment Insurance Schemes in Developing Countries.’
April 10, 2018
Joseph Stiglitz Discusses the Current Administration’s Relationship to the WTO Trade Wars
Economist Joseph Stiglitz was a guest on CNBC where he warned against the White House's resistance to appointing new judges at the World Trade Organization as well as the dangers of trade skirmishes.