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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 […]

Media Advisory: Market Design Conference: Economists to discuss the design of online and offline markets in a variety of settings.

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

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.’

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.